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Math review question database

Questions with hints & answers

Questioning is the basis of all learning.

Introduction

This page includes 105 questions to review the use of arithmetic to solve problems with its operations and many algorithms. Each problem includes hints that suggest different solutions and ways to remember and apply them to different problems.

I have used these questions and similar ones in many different ways. One of the most successful to maximize individual learners achievement is to put one question on a card, randomize them, and play a board race game with a pair of learners or slighly larger group. A card is drawn and all players solve the problem and get to role a die if they solve the problem and accurately explain their solution. Depending on the learners and their responses an appropriate mini lesson can be provided as necessary. The hints on the cards provide suggestions and references for the type of mini lesson to provide.

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Number values

Question 1

Display 4.809

Ask. What is this decimal number?

Hints
Answer

four and eight hundred nine thousandths

 

Question 2

Display 4.3

Ask. What is this decimal number?

Hints
Answer

 four and three tenths

Question 3

Display 4.807

Ask. What is this decimal number?

Hints
Answer

four and eight hundred seven thousandths

 

Question  4

Display 4.7

Ask. What is this decimal number? 

Hints
Answer

 four and seven tenths

Question 5

Display. 4.54

Ask. What is this decimal number?

Hints
Answer

four and fifty-four hundredths

Question 6

Say. four and eight hundred nine thousandths.

Ask. Write the number.

Hints
Answer

4.809

 

Question 7

Say. four and fifty-four hundredths.

Ask. Write the number.

Hints
Answer

4.54

Question 8

Say.  four and three tenths.

Ask. Write the number.

Hints
Answer

4.3

Question 9

Say. four and eight hundred seven thousandths.

Ask. Write the number.

Hints
  • Learn the place values.
  • Remember there is only one ones (units).
  • The decimal point is a marker, NOT a place.
  • The only time to say and is between the whole numbers and the decimal numbers.
  • Review - Worksheet on - 
  • Saying, reading, & writing numbers plan & worksheets
Answer

4.807

 

Question 10

Say.  four and seven tenths. 

Ask. Write the number.

Hints
  • Learn the place values.
  • Remember there is only one ones (units).
  • The decimal point is a marker, NOT a place.
  • Review - Worksheet on - 
  • Saying, reading, & writing numbers plan & worksheets
  • The only time to say and is between the whole numbers and the decimal numbers.
Answer

four and seven tenths

Question 11

Display  3 1/2

Ask. What is the number?

Hints
Answer

three and one half

Question   12

Display: 1/2, 1/4, 3/4

Say. This is a three part question need to get all three right.

What percent is one half? one fourth? and three fourths?

Hints
  • Think of money
  • A quarter is what part of a dollar?
  • One dollar is how many pennies?
  • A quarter is how many pennies?
  • 1/2 of a dollar or 2 quarters is how many pennies?
  • 3/4 of a dollar or 3 quarters is how many pennies?
Answer

50%, 25%, 75%

Question 13

Display. 4/6, 8/4, 19/5

Say. four sixths, eight fourths, nineteen fifths.

Ask. Reduce the fractions.

Hints
Answer

4/6 = 2/3

8/4 = 2

19/5 = 3 4/5

Question 14

Display 2,628,506.407

Ask. What is this decimal number?

Hints
  • Learn the place values.
  • Remember there is only one ones (units).
  • The decimal point is a marker, NOT a place.
  • The only time to say and is between the whole numbers and the decimal numbers.
  • Review - Worksheet on - 
  • Saying, reading, & writing numbers plan & worksheets
Answer

two million, six hundred twenty-eight thousand, five hundred six and four hundred seven thousandths

Question 15

Say. Someone copied and wrote 6,983. When they did, they wrote a nine instead of a six.

Ask. How big an error did they make?

Hints
Answer

300

Question 16

Display. 1/2, 1/4, 3/4

Say. one half, one fourth, three fourths.

Ask. Change the fractions to decimal numbers.

Hints
Answer

1/2 = .5

1/4 = .25

3/4 = .75

Question 17

Say. One million, six hundred twenty-five thousand, seven hundred thirty-four and thirty-five hundredths.

Ask. Write the number.

Hints
Answer

1,625,734.35

Question 18

Display & Say. 8 Orange rods, 2 white cubes, 4 Orange squares, and 3 Orange cubes.

Ask. What is the total number of white cubes represented in this collection?

Hints
Answer

3,482

Question 19

Display 8 Orange rods, 2 white cubes, 4 Orange squares, and 3 Orange cubes.

Ask. What is the total value in this collection if the Orange cube, represents one?

Hints
Answer

3.482

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Addition & subtraction

Question 1

Display 5 + 5 = ?

Ask. What is the sum?

Hints
Answer

5 + 5 = 10

Question 2

Ask. What are the addends (positive integers) that sum to 5?

Hints
Answer

0 + 5; 1 + 4; 2 + 3; 3 + 2; 4 + 1; 5 + 0.

Question 3

Display 7/8 - 3/8 =

Ask. What is the difference between 7/8 and 3/8?

Hints
  • Think of eights as apples or oranges what is the diffrerence between 7 apples and 3 apples?
  • 4 apples
  • Four out of a group of 8 is 1/2
  • Development of fractions
Answer

4/8 or four eights

Or 1/2

Question 4

Ask. What are the addends (positive integers) that sum to 3?

Hints
Answer

0 + 5; 1 + 4; 2 + 3; 3 + 2; 4 + 1; 5 + 0.

Question 5

Display 78. - 67.5 =

Ask. What is the difference between seventy-eight and eight tenths and sixty-seven and five tenths?

Hints
Answer

11.3 or eleven and three tenths

Question 6

Display 1/3 + 3/5 + 1/2 =

Say. What is the sum of 1/3 + 3/5 + 1/2.

Hints
  • Can't add different fractional denominators (downstairs number).
  • Like Can't add thirds & fifths.
  • Can't add apples and oranges.
  • Need to change to fruits.
  • Need to find a common denominator. (3&5 15? or 5&2. 10? or 3&10 30?
  • Add the numerators to find the total number or 30ths.
  • 43/30 ths. Which is more than one 30/30ths. Can think of it as a unfinished division problem 43 divided by 30, which is 1 and 13/30ths.
  • Development of fractions
Answer

10/30 + 18/30 + 15/30 = 43/30 or 1 13/30

Question 7

Display 2/3 + 4/5 + 1/2 =

Say. What is the sum of 2/3 + 4/5 + 1/2.

Hints
  • Can't add different fractional denominators (downstairs number).
  • Like Can't add thirds & fifths.
  • Can't add apples and oranges.
  • Need to change to fruits.
  • Need to find a common denominator. (3&5 15? or 5&2. 10? or 3&10 30?
  • Add the numerators to find the total number or 30ths.
  • 59/30 ths. Which is more than one 30/30ths. Can think of it as a unfinished division problem 59 divided by 30, which is 1 and 29/30ths.
  • Development of fractions
Answer

20/30 + 24/30 + 15/30 = 59/30 or 1 29/30

Question 8

Display 82,314 - 4,526

Say. What is the difference between eighty two thousand, three hundred fourteen and four thousand, five hundred twenty-six?

Answer

77,788

Question 9

Display. 12 for 5¢ ; 3 for 25¢

$2.00

Say. At a flea market you buy 12 Legos for 5 cents and three others for a quarter. You pay with two dollars. How much change should you get?

Answer

65 ¢

Question 10

Display 5/6 - 4/6 = ?

Say. What is the difference between five sixths and four sixths?

Hints
  • Can add similar fractional denominators (downstairs number).
  • Like thirds & thirds.
  • Like apples and apples.
  • Add the numerators to find the total number of sixths.
  • Development of fractions
Answer

1/6

Question 9

Display. quarter + .45 + 1.85 + .49

Say. At a flea market you buy four things. One for a quarter, another for forty-five cents another for one dollar and eighty-five cents and another for forty-nine cents. How much are they together?

Hints
Answer

$3.04

Question 10

Display. 6,000 − 23

Say. What is six thousand minus twenty-three?

Hints
Answer

5,977

Question 11

Display 85.06 − 49.97 =

Ask. What is the difference between eighty-five and six hundredths and forty-nine and ninety-seven humdredths?

Hints
Answer

35.09

Question 12

Display 1,076,924 − 987,135

Say. What is the difference between one million seventy-six thousand, nine hundred twenty-four And nine hundred eighty-seven thousand, one hundred thirty-five?

Answer

77,788

Question 13

Display 31.4 − 18.66 =

Ask. What is the difference between thirty-one and four tenths and eighteen and sixty-six hundredths?

Hints
Answer

12.74

Question 14

Display 70,482 − 42,854

Say. What is the difference between seventy thousand, four hundred eight-two and forty-two thousand eight hundred fifty-four?

Answer

27,628

Question 15

Display. Ninety minus eight-four hundredths.

Say. What is ninety minus eight-four hundredths.

Hints
Answer

$3.04

Question 16

Display. forty minus nineteen hundredths.

Say. What is forty minus nineteen hundredths.

Hints
Answer

39.81

Question 17

Display 2/3 − 1/4 =

Say. What is the difference between 2/3 and 1/4?

Hints
  • Can't subtract different fractional denominators (downstairs number).
  • Like Can't subtract thirds & fourths.
  • Can't subtract apples and oranges.
  • Need to change to fruits.
  • Need to find a common denominator.
  • 3&4 is 12 and 4&3 is 12
  • Subtract the numerators to find the difference in 12ths.
  • Development of fractions
Answer

2/3 - 1/4 = 5/12

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Multiplication & division

Question 1

Display 206,703 × 201

Ask. What is the product?

Hints
Answer

41,547,303

Question 2

Display 3 ÷ 6 =

Ask. What is 3 divided by 6?

Hints
Answer

1/2

Or 1/2 piece of the three ... pizzas.

Question 3

Display 2/3 × 3/4 =

Ask. What is 2/3 of 3/4?

Hints
Answer

1/2

1/2 of the original pizza is 2/3 of the 3/4.

Question 4

Display 3/4 × 3/4 =

Say. What is 3/4 of 3/4? or 3/4 times 3/4?

Hints
Answer

9/16, nine sixteenths

Question 5

Display 6/6 × 1/2 =

Say. What is 6/6 of 1/2? or 6/6 times 1/2?

Hints
Answer

3/6 or 1/2, one half

Question 6

Display 66,090,327 ÷ 3

Ask. What is sixty six million, ninety thousand, three hundred twenty-seven divided by three?

Hints
Answer

22,030,109

Question 7

Display 4.89 × 906

Ask. What is the product of four and eighty-nine hundredths and nine hundred six?

Hints
Answer

4430.34

Question 9

Display 1/9 × 1/5 =

Say. What is 1/9 times 1/5? or 1/9 of 1/5?

Hints
Answer

1/45, one forty-fifth

Question 10

Display 1/3 × 99 =

Say. What is 1/3 of 99? or 1/3 times 99?

Answer

33, thirty-three

Bonus what is 2/3 of 99?

Question 11

Display 1/2 × 64 =

Say. What is 1/2 of 64? or 1/2 times 64?

Answer

32, thirty-two

Bonus what is 3/4 of 64?

Question 12

Display 60.9 × 15

Ask. What is the product of sixty and nine tenths and fifteen?

Hints
Answer

913.5

Question 13

Display 8.1 ×.79

Ask. What is the product of eight and one tenth and seventy-nine hundredths?

Hints
Answer

6.399

Question 14

Display $5.25 for 5 weeks

Say You save five dollars and twenty-five cents for five weeks.

Ask. How much can you save in five weeks?

Hints
Answer

$26.25

Question 15

Display You are one third of the way through reading a book. If you are on page 99, how many more pages do you have to read.

Say. You are one third of the way through reading a book. If you are on page 99,

Ask How many more pages do you have to read.

Hints
  • 1/3 of the book is 99 pages.
  • 2/3 of the books is 2 × 99 (or 99+99) (or (100 + 100) -2)
  • 3/3 of the books is 3 × 99 (or 99+99+99)
  • Have read 99 ∴ 297 - 99
  • Sequence of multiplication of fractions
Answer

198

Question 16

Display 214 × 1 = 214

n × 1 = ?

Say. Two hundred fourteen times one is Two hundred fourteen.

Ask. What is n times 1?

Hints
Answer

n

Question 17

Display 7 × 7 × 264 × 0 = ?

Ask. What is seven times seven times two hundred sixty-four times zero?

Answer

0

Question 18

Display 2/3 × 99 =

Say. What is 1/3 of 99? or 1/3 times 99?

Answer

66, sixty-six

Question 19

Display 869 × 300

Ask. What is the product of eight hundred sixty-nine and three hundred?

Hints
Answer

260,700

Question 20

Display 2/3 × 1 1/3=

Say. What is 2/3 of one and one third?

Hints
Answer

66, sixty-six

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Geometry & visual spatial relationships

Question 1

Display

Ask.

Hints

 

 

Answer

 

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Measurement

Question 1

Ask. How many hours from 10:15 to 2:45?

Display. 10:15 and 2:45.

Hints
  • Picture a clock and visualize the hours passing by and then minutes.
  • Like. 10:15 + 1 hour = 11:15.
  • Plus another hour is 12:15.
  • Plus another hour is 1:15.
  • Plus another hour is 2:15.
  • Almost there need some more minutes or part of an hour.
  • Now add up all the hours and part of one.
Answer

4 1/2 hours

Question 2

Ask. What is the difference between 14 degrees above zero and 22 degress below 0?

Display. 14 and 22

Hints
  • Picture a thermometer and approximately visualize 14 below and 22 above. Thermometer
  • Think of how far from 14 below to 0.
  • Think of how far from 0 to 22.
  • Add the two together.
Answer

36 degrees

Question 3

Display Want to arrive at 11:45. Takes 45 minutes to get ready. Sixty minutes to get there. Ten minutes to park and walk. Latest to get up?

Say. Going to (shop, eat, visit) and need to be there to meet up or arrive on time at 11:45 A.M. If it takes 45 minutes to get ready, 60 to travel there, and 10 minutes to park and walk, then what time is the latest I can get up?

Hints
  • Work backwards.
  • Visualize a clock at 11:45.
  • GO back 45 minutes, then 60, and finally 10.
  • Arrive at time to get up.
Answer

9:50 A.M.

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Algebra

Question 1

Display. N/25 = 80/100

Ask. What is the value N in the equation: N/25 = 80/100 ?

Hints
  • Contemplate 80/100 as a percentage or fraction.
  • How does 25 compare to 100?
  • 25 is one fourth of 100.
  • Four quarters make 100 pennies or $1.
  • N is 1/4 of 80.
  • 20 × 4 is 80
Answer

20

Question 2

Display. n - 9 = 8

Say. If n - 9 = 8, then what is the value of n

Hints
  • Use a guess and check strategy.
  • Try different numbers for n and see.
  • Like if try n=10, then 10-9 = 1.
  • Need to go bigger.
  • Or. Think. If I add nine to each side, The -9 is gone and n would equal 17.
Answer

17

Question 3

Display. What is the average of 8 and 10?

Say. What is the average of 8 and 10?

Hints
  • What is between 8 and 10?
  • Visualize if move one from ten to eight, then have two nines.
  • Add all the data and divide by the number of data items.
Answer

9

Question 4

Display. If x > 1; then x ÷ x = ?

Say. For x greater than one. What is x divided by x?

Hints
  • One divided by one is one.
  • Two divided by two is one.
  • Seven divided by seven is one.
  • An elephant divided by an elephant is one.
  • Anything divided by anything is one.
Answer

1

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Data analysis

Question 1

Display. What is the average of 8 and 10?

Say. What is the average of 8 and 10?

Hints
  • What is between 8 and 10?
  • Visualize if move one from ten to eight, then have two nines.
  • Add all the data and divide by the number of data items.
Answer

9

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Problem solving

Question 1

Display. You have 24 people and are going to transport then four to a car. How many cars do you need?

Ask. You have 24 people and are going to transport then four to a car. How many cars do you need?

Hints
  • Skip count by fours.
  • Guess and check.
Answer

6 cars

Question 2

Display. There are 120 kids coming to school and there are 5 teachers.

Say. Is it possible for each teacher to be responsible for the same number of students?

Ask. If so, how many will each have?

Hints
  • Guess and check.
  • 20 times 5 is 100. Not enough kids.
  • 25 times 5 is 125. Too many kids.
  • Five less is 24.
  • Or 100 ÷5 + 20 ÷5
  • 20 + 4
Answer

24

Question 3

Display Admission

$1.35 under 12.

$2.85 over 12

Say. How much will the admission be for 6 children and 2 adults?

Hints
Answer

$13.80

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Addition and subtraction four types questions

Question 1

Display and read aloud

Pete had 3 apples. Ann gave Pete 5 more apples, How many apples does Pete have now?

Answer

 

Question 2

Display and read aloud 

Sandi had 7 dimes. Mike gave her 4 more. How many dimes does Sandi have altogether? 

Answer

 

Question 3

Display and read aloud  

Kathy had 5 pencils. How many more pencils does she have to put with them so she has 7 pencils altogether? 

Answer

 

Question 4

Display and read aloud   

Sandi has 7 dimes. Mike gave her some more. Now Sandi has 11 dimes. How many did Mike give her? 

Answer

 

Question 5

Display and read aloud   

Bob got 2 cookies. Now he has 5 cookies. How many cookies did Bob have in the beginning? 

Answer

 

Question 6

Display and read aloud    

Sandi has some dimes. Mike gave her 4 more. Now Sandi has 11 dimes. How many dimes did Sandi have to begin with? 

Answer

 

Question 7

Display and read aloud     

Sandi has 11 dimes. She gave 4 dimes to Mike. How many dimes does Sandi have now? 

Answer

 

Question 8

Display and read aloud      

Joe had 8 marbles. Then he gave 5 marbles to Tom. How many marbles does Joe have now? 

Answer

 

Question 9

Display and read aloud       

Sandi had 11 dimes. She gave some to Mike. Now she has 7 dimes. How many did she give to Mike?

Answer

 

Question 10

Display and read aloud       

Fred had 11 pieces of candy. He lost some of the pieces. Now he has 4 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy did Fred lose?

Answer

 

Question 11

Display and read aloud       

Sandi had some dimes. She gave 4 to Mike. Now Sandi has 7 dimes left. How many dimes did Sandi have to begin with?

Answer

 

Question 12

Display and read aloud       

Karen had some word problems. She solved 2 of them. She still has 3 word problems. How many word problems did she have to start with?

Answer

 

Question 13

Display and read aloud       

There are 6 boys and 8 girls on the volleyball team. How many children are on the team?

Answer

 

Question 14

Display and read aloud       

Bobbi has 3 dimes and Azzie has 5. If they put them together how many do they have? 

Answer

 

Question 15

Display and read aloud        

Mike has 5 pennies and 10 dimes. How many coins does he have?

Answer

 

Question 16

Display and read aloud        

Mike has 5 dimes and Sandi has 10 dimes. They put there dimes into a piggy bank. How many dimes did they put into the bank? 

Answer

 

Question 17

Display and read aloud         

Sara has 6 sugar donuts and 9 plain donuts. Then she puts them all on a plate. How many donuts are there on the plate? 

Answer

 

Question 18

Display and read aloud        

Carlos had 8 quarters in his pocket. He reaches in and pulls out four. How many are still in his pocket?

Answer

 

Question 19

Display and read aloud        

Brian has 14 flowers. Eight of them are red and the rest are yellow. How many yellow flowers does Brian have? 

Answer

 

Question 20  

Display and read aloud        

Bobbi and Sandi put 12 dimes into a change purse. Sandi put in 8. How many did Bobbi put in? or Mike and Sandi put 11 dimes into a piggy bank. Mike put in 7 dimes. How many dimes did Sandi put in? 

Answer

 

Question 21   

Display and read aloud        

Mike has 10 coins. 7 of his coins are dimes, and the rest are pennies. How many are pennies? 

Answer

 

Question 22  

Display and read aloud        

Joe and Tom have 8 marbles when they put all their marbles together. Joe has 3 marbles. How many marbles does Tom have?

Answer

 

Question 23

Display and read aloud        

Joe has 3 balloons. His sister Connie has 5 balloons. How man more balloons does Connie have than Joe? 

Answer

 

Question 24  

Display and read aloud        

Janice has 8 sticks of gum. Tom has 2 sticks of gum. Tom has how many sticks less than Janice? 

Answer

 

Question 25  

Display and read aloud        

Kai has 11 dimes and Sandi has 5. How many more dimes does Kai have than Sandi? 

Answer

 

Question 26   

Display and read aloud        

Mike has 11 dimes. Emma has 5 dimes. How many fewer dimes does Emma have than Mike?

Answer

 

Question 27   

Display and read aloud        

Luis has 6 goldfish. Carla has 2 more goldfish than Luis. How many goldfish does Carla have? 

Answer

 

Question 28   

Display and read aloud        

Dad bought 18 bottles of milk on Sunday and on Monday he brought 6 bottles less. How many bottles did he bring on Monday? 

Answer

 

Question 29  

Display and read aloud        

Mike has 4 more dimes than Olivia. Olivia has 7 dimes. How many dimes does Mike have? 

Answer

 

Question 30  

Display and read aloud        

Sandi has 4 fewer dimes than Mike. Sandi has 7 dimes. How many dimes does Mike have?

Answer

 

Question 31  

Display and read aloud        

Jane has 7 dolls. Ann has 3 dolls. How many dolls does Jane have to lose to have as many as Ann?

Answer

 

Question 32  

Display and read aloud        

Connie has 13 marbles. If Jim wins 5 marbles, he will have the same number of marbles as Connie. How many marbles does Jim have? 

Answer

 

Question 33  

Display and read aloud        

Maxine has 9 sweaters. She has 5 sweaters more than Sue. How many sweaters does Sue have? 

Answer

 

Question 34   

Display and read aloud        

Jim has 5 marbles. He has 8 fewer marbles than Connie. How many marbles does Connie have? 

Answer

 

Question 35   

Display and read aloud        

Sandi has 4 fewer dimes than Mike. Mike has 11 dimes. How many dimes does Sandi have? 

Answer

 

Question 36    

Display and read aloud        

Julian has 4 more dimes than Sandi. Julian has 11 dimes. How many dimes does Sandi have? Susan has 8 marbles. 

Answer

 

Question 37

 Display and read aloud

Fred has 5 marbles. How many more marbles does Fred have to get to have as many marble s as Susan has?

Answer

 

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Decimal card place value seqencing game

Make a deck of decimal cards:

Cards include: 

Total 48 or 52 if add 4 demon cards

3(2); 4(2); 4.1; 4.2; 4.3(2); 4.4(2); 4.5(4); 4.51; 4.52; 4.53; 4.531; 4.532; 4.533; 4.534; 4.535; 4.536; 4.538; 4.539; 4.54; 4.55; 4.56; 4.57; 4.58; 4.59; 4.6(4); 4.7(2); 4.8(2); 4.9(2); 5(2); 6; Wild Card(4) 

Could ADD some demon cards (cards that don't fit a sequence pattern for a run. like 8; 3.1; 4.01; 4.541; ... 

To play. Shuffle the cards, deal 8 to each player, select a person to start. Draw a card from the discard pile, play, discard, next person plays.

Object is to sequence cards into sets of place values: of whole number,s tenths, hundredths, or thousandths. 

 

 

N0tes for symbol & emoji codes

+ - * /

 

🕸 🕸

☃ snowman

Emoji animal codes

🐴 horsehead

 

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