Mental maths questions

Below are a set of mental maths questions using addition and subtraction

  1. A batter scored a six and two fours off three balls before he was out. What was his total score?
  1. A batter has scored 82 runs. How many more runs does he needs to score to reach a century?
  1. The opener pair scored 28 and 36 before one of them was out. How many did score between them?
  1. A batsmen scored 23, 15, 9 and 12 in his last four games. How many runs has he scored in the four games?
  1. The top score in the last game England played, was a score of 76. The lowest score was 7. How many more runs did the highest scorer get than the lowest scorer?
  1. The first team scored 245 and the second team scored 212. By how many runs did the first team win by?
  1. In 5 matches a bowler took 5, 3, 4, 2 and 4 wickets. How many did he take altogether?
  1. The oppostion scored 218 runs. Your team is currently on 167. How many more runs do they need to score?
  1. The top three batsmen scored 113 between them. The total score for the team was 189. How many runs did the rest of the team score between them?
  1. A batsman scored 76 of his runs through boundaries. He scored 112 altogether. How many of his runs were not scored from boundaries?

Answers to mental maths questions

Below are the asnwers to the set of mental maths questions using addition and subtraction

1.  14

2.  18

3.  64

4.  49

5.  69

6.  33

7.  18

8.  51

9.  76

10.  36

Mental maths questions

Below are a set of mental maths questions focusing on measurement

  1. The distance between each of the wickets in a game of professional and blind cricket is 20.12 meters. If the batter hits a three, how far does he run? As there are two batsmen, how far do they run altogether? What is this distance in centimetres?
  1. The height of each stump is 71cm. What is the total height of all six stumps?
  1. The maximum height of a bat in professional and blind cricket can be 96.5cm. If two were layed end to end. How long would this be?
  1. The circumference of a cricket ball in professional cricket is 22.9 centimeters. In blind cricket it is 30.5 centimetres. How much bigger is the blind cricket ball in circumference?
  1. The weight of a professional cricket ball is 155.9 grams. There are six in a box. Not including the box, how much will they weigh altogether?
  1. The length of each bail, to go on top of the stumps in a game of professional cricket is 10.8 cm. There are 2 on each set of stumps. If laid on the floor, how long would they be altogether?
  1. The weight of a professional cricket ball is 155.9 grams and is 134.7 grams in a game of junior hardball cricket. How much heavier is the professional cricket ball?
  1. The maximum width of a professional and blind cricket bat is 10.8 centimetres. If the wole team of 11 players lined their bats up in a row, what would the total width be?

Answers to mental maths questions

Below are the aswers to the set of mental maths questions focusing on measurement

1.  1 batsman = 60.36m, 2 batsmen = 120.73 = 12073cm

2.  426cm or 4.26m

3.  193cm or 1.93m

4.  7.6cm

5.  935.4g

6.  43.2cm

7.  21.2g

8.  118.8cm or 1.19m

Mental maths questions

Below are a set of mental maths questions focusing on money and all of the number operations

  1. A player sold his cricket bat for £25. He is saving to buy a new bat which costs £180. How much more money does he need to raise?
  1. A player buys three cricket balls for £9.50 each. How much does he spend?
  1. Three friends are buying a pair of cricket pads to share. They cost £51.00. How much must each of them pay?
  1. A cheap pair of cricket gloves costs £4.99. An expenxive pair costs £29.99. What is the price difference?
  1. A kit bag costs £20.00. Freddie saves £2.50 each week. How many weeks does it take him to afford the kit bag?
  1. Cricket clubs pay £5.00 tea money per game for each player throughout the season. If a club plays 18 games a season, how much tea money does each player pay?
  1. Member ship costs £60.00 per adult to join a local cricket club. Students get a 30% reduction. How much do they pay?
  1. Tickets cost £10 to watch the final of the twenty-twenty cricket final. There are 15,000 tickets sold. How much money has been made from the spectators?
  1. A professional player is paid £4 for every 10 runs he scores. If he scored 500 throughout four consecutive games, how much did he earn that month?
  1. A cricket club pays three of its players £20 per game, four players £25 per game and four players £30 per game. How much does this cost the club each week?

Mental maths questions

Below are the asnwers to the set of mental maths questions focusing on money and all of the number operations

1.  £155

2.  £28.50

3.  £17.00 each

4.  £25.00

5.  8 weeks

6.  £90.00

7.  £42.00

8.  £150,000

9.  £200.00

10.  £280.00

Mental maths questions

Below are a set of mental maths questions using multiplication and division

  1. One of the batsmen scored 2 runs and the other 3 runs in each of the first 10 overs. How many did he score?
  1. The highest possible total from one over in a game of cricket is 36. How many runs would the batsman have to hit off each ball?
  1. A bowler has taken 4, 6 and 5 wickets in his last three games. What is the average number of wickets taken per game?
  1. There are 6 balls in an over. If a bowler has bowled 48 balls, how many overs has he bowled?
  1. If every batsman scored 10 runs, what would the total team score be?
  1. A batsman scored a four off of every ball in an over. How many runs did he score off of that over?
  1. In a game of twenty-twenty cricket, how many balls are bowled per innings?
  1. In a game of forty over cricket, how many balls are bowled per innings if there are 12 wide balls (extra balls) in the innings?
  1. Andrew Flintoff’s average score was 42. If he played 6 games, how many runs did he score altogether?
  1. If a bowler has bowled 38 balls, including 2 no balls, how many overs has he bowled?

Mental maths questions

Below are the answers to the set of mental maths questions using multiplication and division

1.  50

2.  6 per ball

3.  5

4.  8 overs (6 balls in an over)

5.  110

6.  24

7.  120

8.  252

9.  252

10.  6 overs (6 balls in an over)

Mental maths questions

Below are a set of mental maths questions focusing on percentages

  1. A team scored 200 runs. 20% were scored through bounadries. How many runs were scored through boundaries?
  1. 60% of the runs were scored in twos. If you scored 80 runs, how many were scored in twos?
  1. A team scored a total of 400 runs. One of the batsmen scored 100. What opercentage of the runs did he score?
  1. India scored 18 points in the qualifying league but were deducted 33% of their total due to illegal play. How many points did they end up with?
  1. Paul Colingwood scored 20% of England’s total and he scored 55 runs. What was the team total?
  1. England took 30 catches in the last nine mathces. Chris Read took 60% of these. How many did he take?
  1. Pakistan scored 135 runs. Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach demanded a 100% improvement. Therefore what should the score be in their next game?
  1. There are 16 teams consisting of 11 players each in the cricket world cup. If 25% of the players went on strike, how many were left to play?
  1. The crowd for one of the semi finals of the ICC tournament was 16, 500. If they expected a 50% increase for the final, what is the expected attendennce?
  1. England scored 1250 runs altogether in the last world cup. Their target was 2000. What percentage increase would they need to achieve to reach the target?

Mental maths questions

Below are the asnwers to the set of mental maths questions focusing on percentages

1.  40 runs

2.  48 runs

3.  25%

4.  12 points

5.  275 runs

6.  18 catches

7.  270 runs

8.  132 players

9.  24,750

10.  60%