Math
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Puzzles
A grandfather, two fathers and two sons went to the movie theatre together and everyone bought one movie ticket each. What is the smallest possible number of tickets?
3
Our National Flag has which shape in the center?
Circle
If the radius of a circle is 7 units, what is its approximate circumference? Assume pi = 22/7
44 units
102 ^ 2
100+2+2=104, 2*2=4, Thus 10404
In an isosceles triangle, the vertex angle is 40°. What are the base angles of the triangle?
70°
What are the two whole numbers that have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?
1 and 9
The Great ____ of Giza, Egypt
Pyramid
If a rectangle with dimensions 8 units by 5 units is scaled down by a factor of 0.5, what is its new area?
10 units squared
71+72+……+80=?
71+4=75, add 5, Thus 755
The scale of a map is given as 1:3,000,000. Two cities are 4 cm apart on the map. Find the actual distance between them in km.
120 km
Tom was on the way to KLCC Park. He met a guy with 2 wives and each of them came with 3 sacks. Each sack contained 4 cats and each of these 4 cats had 5 kittens. So in total, how many were going to KLCC Park?
1 (only Tom!)
The mathematician who discovered this famous number sequence that can be seen in spiral patterns: {1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,...}
Fibonacci
If the perimeter of a hexagon is 444 units, what is its side length?
74
Square root of (1+2+3+4+5+6+5+4+3+2+1)
6 (answer is just the largest term in sequence)
Double Points!
A train is moving at a uniform speed of 75 km/hour. Find the time required to cover a distance of 250 km.
3 hours and 20 minutes
Double Points!
A father was 38 years old when his son was 15 years old. Now he is twice as old as his son. What are their ages now?
46 and 23
What geometric shape (having equal sides and perpendicular diagonals) symbolized man’s way to God in the Chartres Cathedral near Paris?
Diamond/Rhombus
In a peculiar polygon, the sum of interior angles is 2880 degrees. How many sides does this polygon possess?
18
999 * 298
298-1=297, 999-297=702, Thus 297702
A school has 8 periods a day, each of 45 minutes duration. How long would each period be if the school has 9 periods a day, assuming the number of school hours remains the same?
40 min
How many days are there in 4 years?
1461
Used in conveyor belts and in the construction of the famous Wuchazi Bridge, China, what is the term for a band that has an odd number of half-twists, which ultimately causes the strip to have only one side? (Hint: Also mentioned in Avengers Endgame)
Mobius Strip
In a right triangle, one leg is twice the length of the other leg. If the shorter leg is 4 units long, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
4√5 units
104 * 308
1*3=3, cross multiply 1*8+4*3=20, 4*8=32, Thus 32032
3y(2y-7)-3(y-4) for y=-2
84