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Living Maths Mental 1

Living Maths Mental 1 contains forty sets of 10 mental questions for each of the books 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B. These are written to parallel work being studied from the core books and each set is titled to show up to which exercise it covers.

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Living Maths Mental 1, page 11:

Set 25: (Up to and including Ex 44)

Blackboard:

1. What fraction of this diagram is shaded?

2. Write another fraction equal to one half.

3. Cancel down 15 over 20.

4. How much is one half of 82?

5. How much is one fifth of 40?

6. One third plus what equals one?

7. What number adds to -17 to give zero?

8. True or false? -19 is bigger than -9.

9. What is 100 lots of $1.95?

10. Spell: fraction

 Set 26: (Up to and including Ex 45)

1. Cancel down 14 over 20.

2. What is one quarter plus one quarter?

3. Write down the fraction three quarters.

4. What is one quarter of $20?

5. What is two thirds of nine?

6. What is double one third of a cup?

7. If three tenths of a pack of 50 seeds germinated how many was this?

8. If three tenths germinated what fraction did not germinate?

9. If Alison ate ½ a block of chocolate and Greg ate ¼ of the same block how much is left?

10. Spell: quarter

Set 27: (Up to and including Ex 48)

1. Draw a triangle.

2. How many vertices does a rectangle have?

3. Which two dimensional shape has 4 sides of equal length and 4 right angles?

4. How many diagonals does a square have?

5. What is the sum of the three angles in a triangle ?

6. How many degrees is a right angle?

7. What number is 8 more than -6?

8. Add together three sevenths and two sevenths.

9. At $8.50/h how much will be earned in 3 hours?

10. Spell: rectangle

 Set 28: (Up to and including Ex 50) Blackboard:

1. What is A called?

2. What is B called?

3. What is C called?

4. If the diameter of a circle is 30mm what is its radius?

5. How many diagonals does a triangle have?

6. True or false? The diagonals in a square are of equal length.

7. At $7/h how long do you have to work to earn $35?

8. What is the total of 1.5km and 2000m?

9. What is three fifths of $30?

10. Spell: circle

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