Mathematics Grade 6 15 min

Guess-and-check problems

Guess-and-check problems

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Two numbers add up to 10. Their difference is 2. What are the numbers?

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A farm has 8 animals, some chickens and some pigs. There are 22 legs in total. How many of each?

3

Leo has 10 coins (dimes and quarters) worth $1.60. How many of each coin?

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
Two numbers add to 8. Their difference is 2. What is the larger number?
0.3
1.4
2.5
3.6
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Two numbers add to 12. Their difference is 4. What is the smaller number?
0.3
1.4
2.5
3.8
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A pet store has 5 animals, either cats (4 legs) or birds (2 legs). There are 14 legs total. How many cats?
0.1
1.2
2.3
3.4

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