The Amazing Math Race

Answer Key
Thank you for taking this math journey with us. Here are the answers to the problems, if you have any questions
please feel free to contact us.

Remember, at the end of the Amazing Math Race we want to celebrate the children’s success on our social
media sites. We want to have a virtual math parade! Once a child has finished the race send us their first
name, state and grade. If the parents of the child wants, they can also send in a picture of the students with
the last correct answer. We are hoping to have students participation from all 50 states and beyond. That
would really be an Amazing Math Race!
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Enjoy Math,
Mary Curry

MANGO Math Enthusiast

425-260-3221
mary@mangomath.com
www.mangomath.com
 Square of Numbers
Answer #1
Hint: Divide the largest whole number first. There is more than one right answer.

1 5 8 ÷ 4 = 2
2 6
3 7 - 7 x 3
4 8
1 + 5 = 6

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 100 Grid Code Breaker
Answer #2
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 Crack the Code
Answer #3

6 8X 2  One digit is correct in correct place

6 4 5  One digit not in correct place

xx x 2 0 6  Two digits not in correct place

7X 3X 8X  Nothing is correct

7X 8X 0  One digit not in correct place

05 2
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 Dinner Party
Answer #4
Hint for students: figure out the largest total of 11 tables and then subtract from there 6 tables
until you get to an amount that allows for full seating.

32 6

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 Square Partitions
Answer #5
Graph paper can help. Hint: Answer to 7 can help with 10 and 13.
Answer to 9 can help with 6 and 12. Answer to 13 can help with 8
and 8 can help with 11.

4 X X 6 X X X 7 X X X
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8 X X X X
9 X X X 10 X X X X
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 Petals Around the Rose
Answer #6
The rose is the dot in the center, and the petals are the dots that surround
the dot. In each row the petals are highlighted in yellow.

= 6

= 12

= 8

= 4

= 2

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 Social Distancing
There may be more than one right answer.

X X X X
X X X
X X X X X X X
X X
X X X X
X X

X X X
X X X X X X
X X X
X X X
X X X X
X X X

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 What’s the Area?
Question #8
98 3/4 square centimeters. Hint: recognize that some square are half of the whole
square and some of the half squares have been divided in half again.

1/2 1 2 3 1/2

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1/2
1/4
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 1/2 1/2 28 29
1/2
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
1/2 1/4
38 1/2 39 40 41 42
1/4
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

1/2 43 44 1/2 1/2 45 46 47 48 49

50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 1/2
1/2 1/2
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 1/4
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/4
77 1/2 1/2 78 79
80 81 1/2 1/2 82 83 84

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 Trebling
Answer #9
Write down the multiples of 3s to help solve the problem.

1 a b c d e
X 3
a b c d e 1

4 2 8 5 7
a b c d e

2 f g h i j
X 3
f g h i j 2

8 5 7 1 4
f g h i j
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Answers #10
Students can use a calculator. Extra points if they figure out each salary.

$450 $750

$90

$385 $2325 $9455

$67,108,864 + $275 $1860

To much to count
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Answer #11
As the books are arranged, the front cover of Volume 1 is on the right side
of Volume 1 and the back cover of Volume 10 is on the left side of Volume 10.
The worm does not move through either Volume 1 or 10. So the worm travels
16 inches.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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 Ogham
Answer #12
The symbol has a stem and leaves. The leaves are on the right and left sides. The leaves on
the left coincide with the numbers on the left column of the grid. The leaves on the right coin-
cide with the numbers on the top. Count numbers on left and then numbers of right and meet
those two numbers give you a letter. Example: y (5,5) o (3,5)
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