name that mathematician
name that equation/constant
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this mathematician famously equated the legs and hypotenuse of a right triangle in the equation a2+b2=c2
Who is Pythagoras
100
this is the ratio of a circle's area to its diameter
What is pi
100
Sev, Antoine, and Tee sit at a table with 10 seats numbered 1-10. how many Sev-Antoine-Tee-chair arrangements are there?
What is 720
100
what's 9+10
What is 19
100
there are twenty teachers and each of them have three kids. if four of the teachers are married to another teacher, how many kids are there?
What is 54
200
these two mathematicians are famous for "discovering" calculus. they had major beef. name either one or both for brownie points
Who is Newton/Leibnitz
200
this equation can find the roots of a degree 2 polynomial. it can be stated as x=(-b+-sqrt(b^2-4ac))/2a. interestingly, there is an equivalent equation for degree 3 polynomials and degree 4 polynomials, but Galois proved there is no equivalent equation with degree 5 polynomials
What is the Quadratic Formula
200
brandon has gone to wissahickon since kindergarten. he has gone to one of four elementary schools. at every elementary school, each grade has four possible math teachers. in middle school, each grade has six possible math teachers. in high school, if brandon takes math-, then he will have four different teachers from a pile of ten. if brandon takes math+, he will have randomly one of two math teachers from a pile of two. how many possible math teacher lists can brandon have possibly had?
What is
200
what's 1000011 from binary in decimcal
What is 67
200
there are small cars and big cars. small cars take up 1 space and big cars take up two 2 spaces. how many ways can a 6-space parking lot be filled? all of the same sized cars are identical, but the order of the cars is significant.
What is 13
300
this mathematician is infamous for their book The Elements, which included the famous "parallel postulate". the geometry this postulate described is named after them.
Who is Euclid
300
this number is approximately 1.414. this number was the first number to be discovered that is irrational
What is root 2
300
holden caulfield has to go to the store to buy mangoes and mustard bottles. if each mango costs $1.50 and each mustard bottle costs $2.25, how many fewer mango-mustard combinations does holden have with $6 as compared to $7?
What is 2
300
this is the portal diagram of this cookie
What is a Klein Bottle (bjork)
300
how many times during the day are the minute hand and hour hand pointing in the same direction
What is 22
400
this mathematician is famous for their namesake conjecture. the conjecture asks if there are any nontrivial zeros of this mathematician's namesake "zeta function". their work in complex analysis and measure theory was way ahead of its time
Who is Riemann
400
this equation states that e^(pi i)=-1. this equation is a specific case of the equation e^(i theta)=cos(theta)+i sin(theta). i'll accept either tho idrc
What is Euler's identity/formula
400
there are eight pop stars. each of them pairs up with another forming a duo. there are five different clothing brands and each sells three different outfits. each duo chooses a distinct brand, and each pop star picks a different outfit from that brand. how many pop star-outfit combinations are there?
What is 16,329,600
400
what's 1+1/2^2+1/3^2+1/4^2+...
What is pi^2/6
400
one euro converts to 180 yen. one usd is 160 yen. one poopcoin is 0.00012 usd. how much poopcoin can i buy with 30 euros?
What is 10937.5 poopcoin
500
this indian math prodigy famously discovered a series that sums to 1/pi. they also famously declared that 1+2+3+4+5+...=-1/12
Who is Ramanujan
500
this is the difference between the divergent integral of 1/x from 1 to infinity and the divergent sum of 1/x from 1 to infinity. despite both of these values equalling infinity on their own, when subtracting them, we get a finite value of about 0.577
What is the Euler-Masceroni (lmao macaroni) constant, symbolized gamma
500
there's a dozen identical cookies and castor, furman, and {tyler, shuman, aris} want to split them. assuming that {tyler, shuman, aris} is one person, how many ways are there to distribute the cookies?
What is 55 (stars and bars)
500
draw a shape that has the following cayley table
What is octagon with no reflections
500
josiah feng is thinking of a number. he google chat's you that his number (x) is the smallest positive number such that x/3 has a remainder of 1, x/5 has a remainder of 4, and x/7 has a remainder of 6. what is his number?
What is 34