math club lore
math trivia
~silly~ problems
guest speakers
*serious* problems
100

The rooms that math club met in last year. Teacher names are insufficient.

What is room 008 and room 167?

100
Famous problem solved by AI.

What is the Naiver-Stokes problem?

100

The product of all integers.

What is 0?
100

Number of guest speakers we've had this year so far divided by number of guest speaker events.

What is 7/3?

100

The value of 1 + 1 * 2 / 2?

What is 2?

200

Brian's favorite shape.

What is square?

200

Math problem with goats and a car.

What is the Monty Hall problem?

200

What is bu-bu-bugging

What is -bugging?

200

First guest speaker this year.

Who is Dr. Wei Zhang?

200

Andy and Betsy both live in Mathville. Andy leaves Mathville on his bicycle at 1:30 AM, traveling due north at a steady 8 miles per hour. Betsy leaves on her bicycle from the same point at 2:00 PM, traveling due east at a steady 12 miles per hour. At what time will they be exactly the same distance from their common starting point?

When is 3:00 AM?

300

Contest that once featured this problem:

On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 = the least fun and 10 = the most fun, how much fun are you having on this test? Note: your answer must be an integer, and the answer is > 9 and < 11.

What is Math is Cool? (2024)

300

Divisor is to dividend as subtrahend is to ______

What is minuend?


300

If 1 = 4, 2 = 8, and 3 = 12, then 4 = ___

What is 1?

300

Guest speaker who discovered their love for math after failing a math class forced them to study math over the summer.

Who is Stefan Steinerberger?

300

The number of nondegenerate isosceles triangles with integer side lengths and longest side length 2026.

What is 3038?

400

Year that math club was founded*

When is 1967?

400

Famous mathematician who developed the fast Fourier transform and proved quadratic reciprocity. 

Who is Gauss?

400

If 2 wrongs make a right and 3 lefts make a right, how many wrongs make a left?

What is 2/3?

400

Guest speaker who studies inverse problems.

Who is Juan Felipe Osorio-Ramirez?

400

Carlos uses a 3-digit passcode to unlock his computer. In his passcode, exactly one digit is even, exactly one (possibly different) digit is prime, and no digit is 0. How many 3-digit passcodes satisfy these conditions?

What is 120?

500
Only song that was ever sung at a math club lunch meeting last year.

What is Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat?

500

Multiplicative counterpart of sigma notation.

What is pi notation?

500

The maximum number of pieces you can slice an infinitely large 2D weed (a flat plane) with 7 infinitely long straight-line cuts.

What is 29?

500

Guest speaker who initially studied linguistics.

Who is Heather Wilber?

500

Eight chairs are arranged around a round table. Three students and three teachers randomly select four of the chairs to sit in. What is the probability that the three students will sit in three adjacent chairs and the three teachers will also sit in three adjacent chairs?

What is 3/70?

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