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100

What are the two whole numbers that when multiplied result in a single digit number and when added result in a double digit number?

1 and 9

100

The mathematician who discovered this famous number sequence: {0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,...}

Fibonacci

100

If a rectangle with dimensions 8 units by 5 units is scaled down with a scale factor of 0.5, what is its new area?

10 units squared

100

Double Points!

Famous Quentin Tarantino movie title has this number (excluding the Kill Bill volumes I and II)

8 (The Hateful Eight)

100

In an isosceles triangle, the vertex angle is 40°. What are the base angles of the triangle?

70° 

200

In a circle, how many sides are there? (Remember, it's a puzzle!)

2 - inside and outside!

200

Sir Isaac Newton developed which field of maths to study the motion of particles?

Calculus

200

In a right-angled 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

200

This classic novel was published in 1949 and spoke about a dystopian future that is eerily similar to the present world today.

1984

200

The scale of a map is given as 1:30,000,000. Two cities are 4 cm apart on the map. Find the actual distance between them in km.

1200 km
300

Double Points!

A father was 31 years old when his son was 8 years old. Now he is twice as old as his son. What are their ages?

46 and 23

300

This mathematician is best known for his work of combining algebra with geometry. He has a plane named after him.

Rene Descartes

300

The sum of interior angles of a certain polygon is 2880 degrees. How many sides does this polygon possess?

18

300

In Back to the Future, Doc needs how many gigawatts to be able to travel back in time?

1.21

300

3y(2y-7)-3(y-4) for y=-2

84

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