Maths terms quiz

You can do this quiz online or print it on paper. It tests some of the terms covered in the glossary of Maths terms in our Vocabulary section.

1. If you add 6, 3 and 20, the total comes to

25
27
29
a) 25 b) 27 c) 29

2. A pentagon is a geometric shape with _______ sides of equal length.

five
six
seven
a) five b) six c) seven

3. If you multiply 5 and 6 and then subtract 3, the answer is

4
10
27
a) 4 b) 10 c) 27

4. What shape is a basketball?

a circle
a sphere
a cube
a) a circle b) a sphere c) a cube

5. What kind of number is 3rd or third, as in "I came third in the race"?

a consecutive number
a cardinal number
an ordinal number
a) a consecutive number b) a cardinal number c) an ordinal number

6. Which of the following is an odd number?

11
12
12.3
a) 11 b) 12 c) 12.3

7. A square is a 2-dimensional shape with four equal sides and _______ in each corner.

an obtuse angle
an acute angle
a right angle
a) an obtuse angle b) an acute angle c) a right angle

8. If 50% of the students in a class are boys, it means that

fifty are boys
half are boys
most are boys
a) fifty are boys b) half are boys c) most are boys

9. A train runs on two _______ rails that form a track.

equilateral
parallel
geometrical
a) equilateral b) parallel c) geometrical

10. Which branch of mathematics is about calculating how likely something is to happen?

probability
calculus
algebra
a) probability b) calculus c) algebra

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Contributor: Matt Errey. Matt is the author of several books including 1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context and Common English Idioms for learners, and Matt's ESL Games and Quizzes for teachers.