Quiz for 7 year olds

20. Count in tens 2 times: 10, 20.

True. Count in fives 8 times: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40.

54. Tens, then ones: 20 + 20 = 40, 7 + 7 = 14, so 40 + 14 = 54.

False. 78 − 63 = 15. Tens, then ones: 78 − 60 = 18, then 18 − 3 = 15.

46. Tens, then ones: 30 + 10 = 40, 1 + 5 = 6, so 40 + 6 = 46.

False. 12 × 2 = 24. Count in twos 12 times: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24.

42. Tens, then ones: 88 − 40 = 48, then 48 − 6 = 42.

5. A pentagon has 5 straight sides and 5 corners.

True. A hexagon has 6 straight sides and 6 corners.

True. It's Rome. Rome has a whole country inside it: Vatican City.

Spain. Madrid sits almost exactly in the middle of Spain.

Which country's flag is this?

• Canada
• South Korea
• Nigeria
• Norway

Norway. Norway has sent London the giant Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square every year since 1947.

True or false: This is the flag of the Netherlands.

False. It's Kenya. Kenya's flag has a Maasai shield and two spears in the middle.

False. It's Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. is not part of any US state.

Which country's flag is this?

• Japan
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Ireland

Ireland. The white on Ireland's flag stands for peace between the green and orange traditions.

Which country's flag is this?

• Argentina
• France
• South Africa
• Turkey (Türkiye)

France. France has more time zones than any other country, thanks to its territories around the world.

United Kingdom. London's Underground opened in 1863. It is the oldest in the world.

Lungs. Your left lung is a little smaller than your right, to make room for your heart.

True. A snake moves by gripping the ground with the scales on its belly.

False. Penguins can't fly through the air, but they zoom through the water using their wings as flippers.

Mars. Mars looks red because its dusty ground is full of rust.

Neil Armstrong. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon in 1969. Buzz Aldrin followed him about 20 minutes later.

True. Your nose can tell apart a huge number of different smells.

False. Woolly mammoths were mammals. They lived in the last Ice Age, long after the giant dinosaurs.

False. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar System, about 11 times as wide as Earth.

A pattern of stars. Astronomers split the whole sky into 88 official constellations.

Oak. An acorn is the seed of an oak tree. Squirrels bury them, and the forgotten ones can grow into new oaks.

Ankylosaurus. Ankylosaurus was built like a tank, with bony armour across its back and a club on its tail.

Spinosaurus. Spinosaurus caught fish with long, crocodile-like jaws and cone-shaped teeth.

A rocket. To stay up in a low orbit round Earth, a spacecraft has to travel at about 28,000 kilometres an hour.

True. Space has no air to breathe, so a spacesuit is like a tiny spaceship you wear.

True. The caterpillar makes a hard case called a chrysalis and changes inside it.

Carnivore. Lions, sharks and eagles are carnivores.

Joey. Koalas are not bears. They are marsupials, like kangaroos.

True. That silent h is why we say an hour.

behind. Behind is be plus hind, and hind rhymes with find and kind.

door. Door and floor both end in oor.

by. By ends in y, just like my. Bye, with an e, is what you say when you leave.

today. Today is to plus day, joined together.

pretty. Pretty sounds like pritty, but it starts p, r, e, with double t.

school. School comes from Greek. Its ch makes a k sound, just like in chorus.

has. Has sounds like haz, but it ends with an s.

great. Great rhymes with late, but it's spelt with ea, just like break and steak.

you. You is spelt y, o, u. Add an r and you get your.

father. Father ends in ather, just like rather.