2014 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge

Sectoral Finals - Grade 1

15-second questions
1. There are 12 balloons in the room. One fourth of the balloons are white. How many balloons
are white?
[3]
2. Teacher has 84 popsicle sticks. How many groups of ten popsicle sticks are there?
[8]
3. A bar of chocolate is to be divided equally among 2 boys and 3 girls.
What part of the chocolate will the girls receive?
[3/5]
4. What number is 10 more than the difference between 15 and 9?
[16]
5. If the 3 in 325 is changed to 9, by how much is the number increased?
[600]
6. When you write the number word SEVEN twice without space, what is the 8 th letter?
[V ]
7. My favorite book is 5th from the left and 6th from the right on my shelf.
How many books are in my bookshelf?
[10]
8. What is the answer to: 24 20 + 16 12 + 8 4?
[12]
9. Juan began doing his homework at 6:15 p.m.. He spent 75 minutes doing it.
What time did he finish?
[7:30p.m]
10. Eighteen more than the difference between 21 and 19 equals to what number?
[20]

11. If 15 is added to
[35]

1
2

of 40, what is the sum?

30-second questions
1. While camping, you leave your tent. You walk 200 m north, turn west and walk 160 m,
turn south and walk 150 m. Finally, you turn east and walk 160 m. How far are you from your
tent?
[50 m]
2.
How
much
more
is
1/2
of
60
than
1/4
of
100?
[5]
3. Two houses have 8 windows each. The third house has 13 windows.
How many windows are there in all 3 houses?
[29]
4. There are 12 rabbits and chickens altogether. In total, there are 36 legs.
How many chickens are there?
[6]
5. Ales has 7 pens. Ben has 8 pens. If Alex gave Ben 2 pens and Ben gave Alex 4 pens,
how many pens has Alex at the end?
[9]
6. Gary's soccer team had 12 kids. Four more kids joined the team later.
Half of all the team members play piano. How many of those kids play piano?
[8]

1-minute questions
1. Maria and Rosa compare the number of books they have. Maria says she has twice as many
books as Rosa.
Rosa says she has 4 fewer books than Maria. Both girls are correct. How many books do they
have altogether?
[12]
2. Pete will build a fence around his vegetable garden. His garden is 12 m long and 9 m wide.
How
many
meters
of
fencing
material
does
he
need?
[42 m]
3. Jane has 3 m of ribbon. She will divide it into 5 equal pieces.

How
many
centimeters
long
will
be
each
piece?
[60 or 60cm]
4. There are 12 red balls in a box. There are 5 less than twice as many blue balls as red balls in
the box.
How
many
balls
are
in
the
box?
[31]
5. Loly eats 1 jelly ace on October 1st, 3 on October 2nd, 5 on October 3rd, and so on, until October
7.
Each day she eats 2 more than the day before. In all, how many jelly ace did Loly eat from
October 1 to 7?
[36]
6. What number makes the statement true in 220 -22 = ____ x 22?
[9]

Clincher
C1.
What
is
twelve
more
than
15
+
18?
[45]
C2. Joe has to catch a train at 7:30. He is still at home at 6:45. If he takes 38 minutes to each the
station,
will
he
catch
the
bus?
[Yes]
C3. Find the sum of: 81 + 28 + 72 + 37 + 63 + 46 + 54 + 45 +4
[430]
Do or Die
DoD. There are a total of 100 men and women on an airplane. There are 12 more women than
men.
What is the number of women in the airplane?
[56]
15-second questions
1. There are 12 balloons in the room. One fourth of the balloons are white. How many balloons
are white?
[3]
sagot nyo po here ay 18 kanina
10. Eighteen more than the difference between 21 and 19 equals to what number?
[20]
original problem is
Eighteen more than the difference between 21 and 19 equals ______.
30-second questions
1. While camping, you leave your tent. You walk 200 m north, turn west and walk 160 m,
turn south and walk 150 m. Finally, you turn east and walk 160 m. How far are you from your
tent?
[50 m]
200 150 = 50m
2.
How
[5]
30 25 = 5

much

more

is

1/2

of

60

than

1/4

of

3. Two houses have 8 windows each. The third house has 13 windows.
How many windows are there in all 3 houses?
[29]
8 x 2 + 13 = 29
4. There are 12 rabbits and chickens altogether. In total, there are 36 legs.
How many chickens are there?
[6]
Kung rabbit lahat 12 x 4 = 48
48 36 = 12
12/2 = 6 chickens, dapat rabbit talaga hehe
5. Ales has 7 pens. Ben has 8 pens. If Alex gave Ben 2 pens and Ben gave Alex 4 pens,
how many pens has Alex at the end?
[9]

100?

72+4=9
6. Gary's soccer team had 12 kids. Four more kids joined the team later.
Half of all the team members play piano. How many of those kids play piano?
[8]
1-minute questions
1. Maria and Rosa compare the number of books they have. Maria says she has twice as many
books as Rosa.
Rosa says she has 4 fewer books than Maria. Both girls are correct. How many books do they
have altogether?
[12]
Maria (2x), Rosa (x) then mas kaunti ng 4 si Rosa so bale possible answers ay ( 2, 1) (4,2), (6, 3),
(8, 4) (8 + 4) = 12
2. Pete will build a fence around his vegetable garden. His garden is 12 m long and 9 m wide.
How
many
meters
of
fencing
material
does
he
need?
[42 m]
21 x 2 = 42 m
3. Jane has 3 m of ribbon. She will divide it into 5 equal pieces.
How
many
centimeters
long
will
[60 or 60cm]

be

each

piece?

300 / 5 = 60
4. There are 12 red balls in a box. There are 5 less than twice as many blue balls as red balls in
the box.
How
many
balls
are
in
the
box?
[31]
Red balls = 12
Blue balls ay = 2(12) 5 = 19
Parehas lang ba ng meaning ung 5 less than twice as many blue balls as red balls at 5 less than
twice as many red balls as blue balls

5. Loly eats 1 jelly ace on October 1st, 3 on October 2nd, 5 on October 3rd, and so on, until October
7.
Each day she eats 2 more than the day before. In all, how many jelly ace did Loly eat from
October 1 to 7?
[36]
1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 = 36
6. What number makes the statement true in 220 -22 = ____ x 22?
[9]

Clincher
C1.
What
[45]
15 + 18 + 12 = 45

is

twelve

more

than

15

18?

C2. Joe has to catch a train at 7:30. He is still at home at 6:45. If he takes 38 minutes to each the
station,
will
he
catch
the
bus?
[Yes]
Joe will be in the station at 7:23
C3. Find the sum of: 81 + 28 + 72 + 37 + 63 + 46 + 54 + 45 +4
[430]
Bahala na silang magpair haha, nagcalculator ako hehe

Do or Die
DoD. There are a total of 100 men and women on an airplane. There are 12 more women than
men.
What is the number of women in the airplane?
[56]
100 2 = 50 50 + 6 = 56, ang gumamit ng X magaling hehe