Memes from the Crypt
Boo! ... who?
This Year's Scares
Trig or Treat
Arithmetic
100
The degree of the polynomial
f(x) = (x^2-3x)^3 \cdot (1-x^9)^4.
Alternatively, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
What is
42?
100
The only professor teaching Math 250 - Logic & Proof this semester.
Who is Dr. Atanasov?
100
The value of
\frac{d^{2026}}{dx^{2026}} [ \cos(x) ].
What is
-\cos(x)?
100
This is the number of solutions between 0 and 2pi for the equation
\cos(x) = \sin(2x)
What is
4?
100
The number of digits in the integer
123456789+987654321.
What is
10?
200
This is
\sqrt{\text{4 million}}.
Alternatively, the Millennium Bug.
What is
2000?
200
The professor whose office is Stillwell 450.
Who is Dr. Pace?
200
This is the quadrant where the terminal side of
2026^\circ
rests when using standard position.
What is quadrant III?
200
The value of
\arcsin(\sin(\frac{3\pi}{4})) + \frac{\pi}{2} \cdot \cos(\frac{4\pi}{3}).
What is
0?
200
This is
1 + 36 div 6 * 2.
What is
18?
300
The value of
\lim_{t \to 7} \frac{30t^2-1470}{t-7} \ .
Alternatively, Up In Smoke.
What is
420?
300
The professor who satisfies the equation
\text{liscense plate #} \ \ = \ \ \text{first name}.
Who is Dr. Scott?
300
The value of
\frac{1}{2026} \cdot \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{2026}{n(n+1)}.
What is
1?
300
The value of
\int_0^4 \frac{x}{\sqrt{x^2+9}} \ dx.
What is
2?
300
This is the remainder when 58537 is divided by 11.
What is
6?
400
The roots of the quadratic
\frac{1}{3}x^2-\frac{13}{3}x+14.
Alternatively, Doot Doot.
What is
6 \ , \ 7 \ ?
400
The professor who earned their PhD in mathematics at Florida State University.
Who is Dr. Anbouhi?
400
In a survey of students, 1500 are enrolled in Calculus, 1000 are enrolled in Linear Algebra, and 474 are enrolled in both. This is the number of students enrolled in at least one of the two courses.
What is
2026?
400
An angle
0 \leq \theta \leq 2 \pi
is picked uniformly at random. This is the probability that
\sin(\theta) > \frac{1}{2}.
What is
\frac{1}{3}?
400
This is
(\overline{A} \cup B) \cap \{1,2,\ldots,10\} \cap A,
where
A = \{\text{even integers}\} \ \ \text{and} \ \ B = \{\text{multiples of 3}\}.
What is
\{6\}?
500
The number that is four less than the tenth smallest prime.
Alternatively,
What is
25?
500
The professor whose dissertation was titled
"Families of distributions arising from the quantile of generalized lambda distribution."
Who is Dr. Aldeni?
500
The value of
f'(2026)
for the function
f(x) = \frac{1}{2}(2x-2026)^2 - x^2.
What is
0?
500
The value of
\sin(2 \cdot \arctan( \frac{3}{4})).
What is
\frac{24}{25}?
500
The value of
h(f(g(f(g(f(g(f(0))))))))
where
f(x) = x^2+1 \ \ \text{,} \ \ g(x) = x^2-1 \ \ \text{, and} \ \ h(x) = 2x.
What is
2?