Math Trivia

Which of the following is the most recent mathematician?

Which set is the largest?

What is the largest number that was given a name and practically used to solve a problem?

Who is considered to be the father of fractal geometry?

What constant is associated with perfection and shows up in the Pantheon?

What is the correct mathematical name for the # symbol?

In what century did mathematicians first use the plus and minus (±) sign?

What two letters are both symbols for 1000?

What is the 21st prime number?

What is the correct mathematical name of the division (÷) sign?

Fill in the missing number: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, _____, 17, 19

Where was Fermat’s Last Theorem originally written?

One billion seconds is approximately

Among all shapes with the same area, which has the shortest perimeter?

Which of the following is not a field of mathematics?

How many equal sized faces does an icosahedron have?

What was the first mathematical proof that required a computer program as part of the proof?

Which mathematician came up with the standard form of a complex number, a + bi?

How many regular (convex) polyhedra are there?

What number, a one followed by 100 zeros, was first used by 9-year-old Milton Serrota in 1940?

What is the highest honor awarded in mathematics?

What number does “giga” stand for?

Which of the following shows the correct first 7 digits of pi (without rounding)?

The mathematical symbol for factorial (!) also has this other name in computer science.

What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 BC?