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1
Pi is the _______ letter in the Greek alphabet
8
6
12
16
2
I am a building with a number of stories. What am I?
Articles
Twin Towers
A Library
Eiffel Tower
3
The sequence of numbers wherein a number is the result of adding the two numbers before it...
Newton Sequence
Pascal Sequence
Plato Sequence
Fibonacci Sequence
4
Find the derivative.
sinx
-cscxcosx
-sinx
sin2x
5
Robert Recorde invented what?
Calculus.
Roman numerals.
Negative numbers.
The equals sign.
6
An opinion without 3.14159 is just
2.7894
Numbers
Onion
Sadness
7
A googol is a number 1 followed by how many zeros?
1000
0
10
100
8
What Scottish mathematician discovered logarithms?
Andrew Wiles
George Boole
Benjamin Bannecker
John Napier
9
A number raised to the zero power is equal to what?
one
infinity
100
zero
10
Approximately how long will it take you to count one to a million by ones non-stop?
one month
one year
12 days
18 days
11
If you're cold in math, where should you go?
the front of the room
Hypotenuse
the corner, it's 90 degrees
the office
12
What is a palindrome number?
12345
12321
55555
54321
13
Which number has the same number of letters as the number is represents?
6
3
4
5
14
Find the derivative.
xln(x)
1/ln(x)
1/x
x
15
What is the product of the least 2-digit whole number and the greatest 1-digit whole number?
19
99
9
90
16
What do cows use in math class?
Milk
Cheese
Moo
Cow-Culators
17
What letter appears only ONCE in the numbers between 1 and 1000?
A
E
I
O
18
Which math equation equals fruit?
Fruit salad yummy yummy
SinX
sin(gerine) / cos(gerine)
Gr+4
19
Are
pi’
s digits periodic? In other words, do the digits ever repeat themselves in any pattern?
No
Yes
20
How can 8 become greater than 9?
If it jumps on top of 9
If it cuts itself in half
If it wishes upon a shooting star
If it lays on its side
21
ln(e) =
1
2
3
0
22
True or False: GPS uses pi to calculate positions on earth
false
true
23
Who is known to be the Father of Geometry?
Descartes
Aristotle
Plato
Euclid
24
Find the derivative.
xex-1
ex-1
(x-1)ex
ex
25
What do the numbers on opposite sides of dice add up to?
6
10
11
7
26
Calculus was invented by:
Newton & Leibniz
Einstein & Euler
Gaus & Pythagoras
Archimedes & Pascal
27
I'll do algebra, trigonometry, and statistics, but graphing is where I...
draw the line
get creative
cross the axis
keep going on and on
28
True or False: Pi is the most recognized mathematical constant in the world.
True
False
29
What do you call a snake that is 3.14 feet long?
Python
Flamingo
Boa Constrictor
King Cobra
30
If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5...) the total is:
5050
250
4096
123456
31
Did you hear the one about the statistician?
No
Probably
Maybe
Yes
32
The triangle used to model probability is known as:
Newton's Triangle
Plato's Triangle
Fibonacci's Triangle
Pascal's Triangle
33
What did the pirate say when his bird flew away?
RRRRR
Polygon
Circle
Triangle
34
Who made the theorem about the sides of a right triangle?
Euler
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Pascal
35
I'm an odd number. Take away one letter and I am even. What number am I?
7
Three
Forty-Two
i
36
The word "mathematics" is derived from the word "máthēma", which is of which origin?
Greek
Roman
Latin
Chinese
37
What number does not have a Roman numeral?
2
0
3
1
38
Which mathematician discovered the law of gravity?
Newton
Bernoulli
Euclid
Hypatia
39
Why wasn't 4/3 allowed to leave the house?
It was grounded
It stole a purse
It was too improper
4+3=7 and 7 8 9
40
Solve 324 divided by 6=
144
54
364
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