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100
What animal once lived without its head for 18 months?
a chicken
100
An apple fell on his head, which led him to discover gravity.
Isaac Newton
100
pi (π)
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
a. Archimedes
100
MENTAL MATH
72 + 3
75
100
What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
length x width
100
Simplify the fraction 24/68
6/17
100
What are the first 3 digits of pi?
3.14
100
Name the fastest human sense.
Hearing
100
Which country is Mr. Edwin from?
Kenya
200
Which country were fireworks first invented?
China
200
This mathematician was afraid of beans, believing they were an omen of death.
a. Pythagorus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
a. Pythagorus
200
zero (0)
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
c. Aryabhata
200
Mental Math
500 + 3 +10
513
200
What is the formula for the area of a circle?
πr2
200
The Roman symbol for 2000
MM
200
How many sides does a dodecahedron have?
12
200
What month was Julius Caesar stabbed in?
March
200
What is Mr. Arthur's last name?
Sibgatullin
300
How many legs does a crab have?
10
300
As punishment for being rowdy and to keep him busy, he was told to add up all the integers between 1 and 100. He almost immediately produced an answer, which was 5,050.
a. Pythagorus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
d. George Dantzing
e. Carl Gauss
e. Carl Gauss
300
phi (
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
b. Michael Mästlin
300
Mental Math
4 squared plus 6 squared
52
300
What is the quadratic formula?
(-b±√(b^2-4ac))/2a
300
Which number is represented by the Roman symbols?
MCDLXIV
1464
300
What does the word "sum" refer to in math?
addition
300
How many number combinations are there in a pair of dice?
36
300
Which month is Ms. Amanda's birthday?
TBD
400
What animal is 30 times more likely to be struck by lightning than humans?
Giraffe
400
This mathematician arrived to his statistics class late, where the professor had written two unsolved problems on the board; he mistook them for homework and solved both.
a. Pythagorus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
d. George Dantzing
e. Carl Gauss
d. George Dantzing
400
functional notation, f(x)
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
d. Euler
400
Mental Math
306 plus 19 plus 1
326
400
What is the factoring of a difference of perfect squares? a2-b2
(a+b)(a-b)
400
What is the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon?
720 degrees
400
What does the word "quotient" refer to in math?
division
400
The line "To be or not to be" comes from which Shakespeare play?
Hamlet
400
Name any three administration or office staff?
Mr. Andrey, Ms. Lana, Ms. Natalia, Ms. Oksana,
Mr. Ivan, Ms. Maria, Ms. Daria, Mr. Rustam
500
The only continent on which spiders don't exist?
Antarctica
500
This astronomer lost part of his nose in a sword duel with a fellow Danish nobleman and replaced it with what he thought was gold (it was actually just brass).
a. Pythagorus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
d. George Dantzing
e. Carl Gauss
c. Tycho Brahe
500
i (imaginary numbers) (or at least one of the people)
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
e. William Rowan Hamilton
500
MENTAL MATH
-50 + 34
-16
500
What is the formula to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius?
°C = (°F - 32) × 5/9
500
What is the product of 451 and 14?
6314
500
When a fair die is thrown, what is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?
2/6 or 1/3
500
What was a frequent subject in Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings?
Flowers
500
How many meetings and how many hours do you need to get to be a distinguished member of MHS?
6 meetings and 15 hours