Saturday, November 8, 2008

Stories and stuff you'll love: Math test

Ages 9-10
Here is a math test. It has fun facts about math, too. This is a fun way to do math!

Easy:
1. 57+83=?
2. 74-31=?
3. 2x4=?

Medium:
1. 5x4=?
2. 793+496=?
3. 596-247=?
4. 3x4=?
5. 826-587=?

Fun fact:
This does not have anything about math, but it's cool: The Mayan temple of five stories faces west so that on May 1st and August 13th(my birthday!)when the sun reaches it's highest point, it shines directly into the temple's rooms.

Hard:
1. 1,694+2,037=?
2. 4,283-2,846=?
3. 8x4=?
4. 3,741+5,960=?
5. 9x6=?

Fun fact: From 350-900 AD, the Mayan people developed the concept of zero. They also estimated the number of days in a year. Mayan children were homeschooled by their parents(like me!).

Answers:
Easy:
1. 8
2. 140
3. 43
Medium:
1. 20
2. 1, 289
3. 349
4. 12
5. 239
Hard:
1. 3, 731
2. 1, 289
3. 32
4. 9, 701
5. 45

Those last ones must have been really hard!

Facts taken from The Mystery of History Volume II The Early Church and the Middle Ages written by Linda Lacour Hobar.

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