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  1. If a triangle has one angle of 60 degrees, a second angle of 90 degrees, how many degrees would the third angle measure?

  2. What is 90.3 divided by 10?

  3. Find the incorrect number in the following series: 4, 9, 16, 24, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

  4. How many seconds are there in one hour?

  5. What is the square root of 100?

  6. If 1609.34 meters is equivalent to one mile, how many lengths, to the nearest length, would complete one mile in a 25 meter swimming pool?

  7. What is 921 - 356?

  8. Paul needs 13 bottles of lemonade from the shop but he can only carry 3 bottles at a time. How many trips to the shop will Paul need to make?

  9. What is 1/5 of 1/2 of 1/4 of 600?

  10. Complete the following mathematical sequence: 120, 360, 1080, ...

  1. What mathematical term is given to 3.14159265?

  2. Can you reach the target number 200 using only the following numbers: 5, 6, 7, 10?

  3. How many degrees are there on one side of a straight line (a straight angle)?

  4. Frankie buys 1 pencil and 1 rubber for £1.10, Jimmy buys 1 pencil and 1 ruler for £1.30, Sandy buys 1 ruler and 1 rubber for £1.40 - what is the cost of 1 pencil?

  5. What do the numbers 4, 36 and 49 have in common?

  6. What is two thirds of 960?

  7. If the number 2 = E and 1 = A, can you fill in the missing letters to reveal the name of a famous ancient leader:  1*2*1** 2*   **2    **21*

  8. What is the cube root of 27?

  9. What name is given to a triangle with one angle greater than 90 degrees?

  10. What is the next number in the following sequence: 2, 4, 8, 20, 40, 80, 200, 400, ***