2003 MetrobankMTAP –DepEd Math Challenge

Grade Two

Directions: Check your answers. Analyze the solutions given in every

question. Be sure you deeply understand the concepts
involved. Test yourself again by answering the questions.

1.Numbers ending in 0,2,4,6,and 8 are called ____ numbers.

Answer:Even numbers
Even numbers are numbers that end in 0, 2, 4, 6,
and 8. It can be divided by 2 without remainder.

2.In 67- 31 = 36, the minuend is ______________.

Answer: 67

3.What is the short way of writing 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7?

Answer: 6 x 7 = 42
Count how many times the number was used as addends.
The number you get will be the multiplier and the number
used as the addends will be the multiplicand. So, 6 is the
multiplier and 7 is the multiplicand.

4.Write XLVIII in Hindu- Arabic.

Answer: 48
In a Roman Numeral system, if a big number is preceded by
a small number, subtract the value of a small number from
the bigger number.
X-10, L-50 , V- 5 , I-1
5.Write 27 in Roman Numerals.
Answer/ Solution : XXVII
20 + 5 + 2 = 27
XX + V + II = XXVII

6.What is 7 ones, 4 hundreds and 5 tens in Hindu- Arabic?

Answer :457

7. What is N in 11, 23, 35, N, 59?

Answer/ Solution:
11 23 35 47 59
+12 +12 +12 +12

Repeat the pattern by adding 12. Use the inverse operation.

Subtract 11 from 23, then 23 from 35. Since you get the
same answer which is 12, we are going to add 12 to 35 to
get the value of N.

8. Subtract 9 from the sum of 12 and 13.

Answer /Solution: 12 + 13 = 25; 25 – 9 = 16

9. A vendor changed a P 100 –bill into P5-coins.How many did he get?

Answer/ Solution: P100 ÷ P5 = 20

10. 594
+365
959
Answer: 959
11. 487
+257
744
Answer: 744

12. How many 25- centavo coins are equal to P10.00?

Answer / Solution : P1 = (4) 25¢, 4 x 10 = 40

13.There are _____ days in 7 weeks.

Answer/ Solution : 7 days =1 week
7 days x 7 weeks =49 days

14. Luz bought 3 dozen of eggs. How many eggs did she buy?
Answer/ Solution : 1 doz. = 12 pieces
3 doz.x 12 = 36

15.Luz has 10 five-peso coins and 12 one- peso coins in her purse. How
much money has she?
Answer/ Solution : 10 x P5 = P 50.00
12 x P 1 = P 12.00
P 62.00

16.In 205, the 0 means there are no __________.

Answer : tens

17. 635 = 600 + ____ + 5.

Answer/ Solution: 635 = 600 + 30 + 5

18. Put ( < or > )into the blank in 4578 _____ 4587.
 Answer/ Solution: 4578< 4587In comparing 4 digit
numbers, compare first the place value of each digit.
4 5 7 8
4 5 8 7 Thus, 8 is greater than 7

19. 5 more than 16 + 18 equals ______.

Answer/ Solution: 16 + 18 = 34,
5 + 34 = 39

20. The smallest 3-digit number is________.

Answer : 100

21. What is the missing number in 632 = 600 + 30 + 2= 500 +__ + 2?

Answer/ Solution: 632 = 600 + 30 + 2 = 632; 500 + 2 = 502
632 – 502 =130

22. N + 67 = 7 x 28. Find the N.

Answer/ Solution:Multiply first 7 and 28, then subtract 67
from the product.
28 x 7 = 196 ; 196 - 67 = 129

23. In the word C O N T E M P O R A R Y, which letter is the eighth from

the left?
Answer/ Solution : O is the 8th from the left

24. There are 48 cans of milk in one box. There are ____ cans in 3
boxes.
Answer/ Solution: 48 + 48 + 48 = 144 cans
 or 3 x 48 = 144

25. Jose has 54 mangoes to sell. He sold 2/3 of them. How many
mangoes remained?
Answer/ Solution: 2/3 of 54 = 36; 54 - 36 = 18

26. What is the missing number in 18, 27, 36, _____, 54?
Answer/ Solution: Repeat the pattern by adding 9 .Or use the
inverse operation to get the pattern. Subtract 18 from 27, 27
from 36 to get the missing number.
18 27 36 45 54
+9 +9 +9 +9

27. Which number does not belong in (21, 28, 34, 42, 49)?
Answer/ Solution: The numbers are multiples of 7, except
34; so, 34 does not belong to the group (21, 27, 35, 42, 49)

28. The Cub Master has 155 sandwiches and 5 groups of Cubs.
How many sandwiches will each group get if shared equally?
Answer/ Solution: 155 ÷5 = 31 sandwiches

29. Kitty saves P 3.50 a week. How much can she save in a year?
Answer/ Solution:
1 year = 52 weeks , P 3.50 x 52 = P 182.00
30. What fraction in the rectangle is shaded?
Answer: 7/12

31. Write twenty- three pesos and eighty- five centavos using the
peso sign.
Answer: P23.85

32. What time does the clock show?

Answer :7: 53

33. Which month has 28 days?

Answer :February

34. When do we celebrate New Year’s day?

Answer :January

35.What is the area of the figure ?

Answer/ Solution:
6 cm x 4 cm = 24 sq.cm
Count the number of squares in
the figure. There are 24 square
units.

36.What is the distance around the figure?

Answer/ Solution: P= 2 x (L + W)
= 2 x (6 + 4) = 2 x 10 = 20cm
37. Gene began his homework at 8: 10. He finished in 45 minutes.
What time did she finish?
Answer/ Solution: 8:10
+ 45
8:55

38. Jose had 24 marbles. He gave 1/6 of them to Martin. How many
marbles had he left?
Answer/ Solution: 1/6 of 24 = 4
24– 4 = 20 ; so; 20 marbles left

39. What is 100 less than 567?

Answer/ Solution: 567 -100 = 467

40. Add 45 to the product of 4 and 36.

Answer/ Solution: ( 36 x 4 )+ 45 = 189

41. Subtract 25 from the sum of 56 and 28.

Answer/ Solution: Add 56 and 28, then subtract 25 from
the sum. ( 56 + 28 ) – 25
84 – 25 = 59

42. Write ( < , > ) in the [ ]. 4 P 20-bill [ ] 7 P10-bills.

Answer/ Solution: Get the value of 4 P20- bill and 7 P 10-
bill, then compare the sum. 4 x P20 = 80; 7 x P10 = P 70;
P80>P70

43. 5 P20-bills + 6 P10-bills equals to how much?

Answer/ Solution; 5 xP20= P100.00
 6 x P10 =P60.00
P100.00 + P60.00 = P160.00

44. Apples cost P 8 each. How many can I buy with P100?
Answer/ Solution: P100 ÷ P8 = 12

45. George gave 54 marbles to three friends. He gave the same

marbles to each. How many marbles did each friend receive?
Answer/ Solution : 15 ÷ 3 = 18

46. A Grade-2 class bought 2 boxes of milk. Each box has 48cans.
How many poor families can they give 3 cans of milk to?
Answer/ Solution: 2 x 48 = 96; 96 ÷3 = 32
There are 32 families

47. Father picked 144 mangoes. He put an equal number of mangoes in

each of 4 baskets. How many mangoes did he put in each basket?
Answer/ Solution: 144 ÷ 4 = 36
there are 36 mangoes in each basket.

48.Father has 3 plots of pechay. There are 24 pechay plants in

each plot. How many pechay plants has father?
Answer/ Solution: 24 x 3 = 72pechay plants

49.Nita bought 3 candies for P1.00. How many did she pay for 15
candies?
 Answer/ Solution: 15 candies ÷ 3= 5; 5 x P1 = P5.00
is the amount she paid for 15 candies.

50. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is

twice as my ones digit. The sum of my digits in 11. Who I
am?
Answer/ Solution: Use the trial and error method
H T O
2 4 1
4 5 2 is the answer because 4 + 5 +2 = 11
6 6 3