Mathematicians & Fun Facts
Who were the first people known to use a multiplication table?
Egyptians
A right prism has a square base with side lengths of 10 inches. The height of the prism is 58 inches. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the prism?
5,800 in3
Solve for x:
3(2x - 5) - 2(x + 4) = 17
x = 10
Find the average rate of change of the function:
f(x) = x2 - 2x + 8
from x1 = 2, x2 = 5
What is a group of witches called?
A coven
A pioneer in statistics, and the inventor of the modern nursing profession.
Florence Nightingale
Right triangles PRQ and SUT are similar, where P corresponds to S. If the measure of angle Q is 18 degrees, what is the measure of angle S?
72 degrees
If x + (1/x) = 5, find the value of x2 + (1/x2)
x2 + (1/x2) = 23
Find the domain of the function:
f(x) = √(2x - 10) - 4
[-5, ∞)
What is the most popular Halloween candy in the USA?
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Mathematicians have calculated there are 6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960 ways to complete this logic puzzle.
Sudoku
A region is bounded by semicircular arcs constructed on the sides of a square whose sides measure 2/pi. What is the perimeter of this region?
Perimeter = 4
Find all real solutions to the equation:
x4 - 2x3 - 7x2 + 8x + 12 = 0
x = +/- 2, 3, -1
Find the inverse of the function:
f(x) = (x + 1)/(x - 2)
What was candy corn originally called?
Chicken feed
His famous “Last Theorem” holds the record for the most wrong proofs ever published.
Pierre de Fermat
In the right triangle QRS, the length of hypotenuse SQ is 4√82 and the length of side QR is 4. What is the length of side RS?
RS = 36 units
Find all real values of x satisfying the equation:
(x + 1 )/(x - 2) + (x - 2)/(x + 1) = 5/2
X = 5, -4
Find the derivative:
3x3 - 7x2 + 2/√x - 4
9x2 - 14x - x-3/2
What was the most popular Halloween costume in 2025?
Rumi from k-pop Demon Hunters
This mathematician laid the groundwork’s for the probability theory, and when he fell ill at 1 years old, the local gossip was that a witch has cursed him.
Blaise Pascal
A rectangular field is half as wide as it is long and is completely enclosed by x yards of fencing. What is the area in terms of x?
x2/18
Given that x + y = 6 and xy = 4, find the exact value of
f(x) = (x3 + y3)/(x2 + y2)
f(x) = 36/7
Find the equation of the tangent line to the function:
3x2y = 5x - y at the point (-1, 2)
y - 2 = -5/8 (x + 1)
What is a fear of Halloween called?
Samhainophobia