Children in Crossfire
Maths Challenge
2015
Quiz 2
Question 1
A female elephant and her calf together weigh 6 Tonnes. If the female weighs three times
as much as her calf, how much does the adult female weigh?
Question 2
If one quarter of Africa is covered
by the Sahara and the area of the
Sahara is approximately 9 million
km2. What is the approximate
area of Africa?
Question 3
Use the following information to answer the question.
A is the number of countries that produce Uranium
B is the number of countries that produce Manganese
C is the number of countries that produce Gold
D is the number of countries that produce both Oil and Gas
E is the number of countries that produce Diamonds but not Manganese.
What is the value of
AXBXC
Question 4
Bayana and Dalia carry water home
from the well. If Dalia carries 3 jugs
home and Bayana ‘s carries 5 jugs, how
much water do they carry home if each
jug holds 9 litres of water?
Question 5
Use the diagram below to make an estimate of the length of the
largest recorded specimen of a Nile crocodile.
Question 6
Jaha uses different coloured beads to make
necklaces and bracelets that she then sells in
the market.
She uses purple, red, green, black, white,
yellow, blue and orange beads to make one
of her bracelets
She uses 50 of any colour that has an ‘r’ in
its name and 100 of each of the other
colours. How many beads does she need to
make the bracelet?
Question 7
Malika works in the cornfield. She
has to check the corn every day to
make sure it is growing properly. It
takes her 2 hours to check 5 rows of
corn. How many hours has she
worked if she has worked in the
field if she has checked 30 rows of
corn?
Question 8
Below you can see a map of Africa. The map also shows part of Asia and Europe.
How many countries in Africa share a border with only one country?