Fun Facts- Math
When is the Pi day celebrated?
March 14th (3.14)
What is the name for the study of Triangles?
Trigonometry
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
You go at red and stop at green?
Watermelon
How many colors are there in a rainbow?
7
What is the only even Prime Number?
Two
What base is our current number system?
Base 10
Who Painted the Mona Lisa?
Name three consecutive days without naming any of the seven days of the week?
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
What is the nickname of the US state of California?
Golden State
How many moves does it take to solve a Rubik's Cube?
No more than 20 moves.
There are 43 quintillion possible configurations of Rubik's Cube.
Which historical figure is credited with the phrase "Eureka" ?
Archimedes.
Botany is the study of what life form?
Plants
I'm tall when I am young and I'm short when I am old. What am I?
A Candle
What Geometric Shape is generally used for STOP sign?
Octagon
Most of the Mathematical Notations in use today were not invented until when?
The 16th Century
Which mathematician is known for the x/y coordinate plane?
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Rene Descartes
Newton
Rene Descartes
What company is also the name of one of the longest river in the world?
Amazon
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
When did the website "Facebook" launch?
2004
What was the number Zero originally called?
Cipher
Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz are credited with both working on what popular Advanced Placement math topic?
Calculus
Where is the smallest bone in the human body located? Name the bone.
Ear
Stapes
I follow you every time and copy your every move, but you can't touch me or catch me. What am I?
A Shadow
What was the original name of the search engine "Google"?
BackRub