The Colts
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Theorems and formulas
Math trivia
Just for fun :)
100

The colts record is currently 2-4. To the nearest percent, what is their win percentage?

33%

100

Aleksa works at Culver’s. She earns $12 per hour. On Saturdays, she earns an extra $3 bonus per shift completed, which is 8 hours. Last week, Aleksa worked 3 weekday shifts and 1 saturday shift, but spent $45 on pomegranates. How much money does Aleksa have left from her paycheck?

$342

100

I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this theorem that the margin of this Jeopardy board is not large enough to contain

What is Fermat's last theorem?

100

These 5 polyhedra are known as the platonic solids

Tetrahedron, cube (hexahedron), octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron

100

These are the Large School rankings of Middleton's teams in the most recent MAML

JV - 3rd

V1 - 1st

V2 - 3rd

200

Jonathan Taylor has 492 rush yards on 122 carries. To the nearest tenth, what is his yards/carry?

4.0

200

Ever since Aleksa downloaded Instagram, she hasn't been able to stop doomscrolling and binge-eating. On Thursday night, instead of locking in, she doomscrolled on Instagram Reels. She eats ¼ of a pomegranate per 3 reels she watches, and every reel takes her 45 seconds to watch. If she spent 1.5 hours on reels, how many pomegranates did Aleksa eat?

10

200

This is equation relating the faces, edges and vertices of polyhedra is known as Euler's Polyhedron Formula

F - E + V = 2

200

This famous Greek mathematician and author of The Elements, is known as the “Father of Geometry.”

Who was Euclid?

200

This Math Team Communications Director loves money

Who is Wilson Tang?

300

alec pierce and daniel jones were playing football when laiatu latu and kapena gushiken told them to bake cookies. They agree and each bake a cookie. Alec pierce’s cookie has a 5 in radius, daniel jones & laiatu latu have 6 in radius cookies, and kapena gushiken has 7 in radius cookie. For every π square inches of cookie area, there are 2 sprinkles. How many sprinkles were needed to decorate the 4 cookies?

292

300

At Skibidi Scoops, the shop offers 5 base flavors: pickle juice, garlic vanilla, duck liver mousse, edamame, and artichoke. It also offers 3 toppings, which are pomegranate arils, freeze-dried mealworms and whole potatoes. Sid wants to make an ice cream cone by choosing 2 base flavors and any combination of toppings. How many unique cones can Sid make?

80

300

It has been proven that any map on a flat plane can be colored with no more than this many colors

4

300

This person invented the Cartesian coordinate system, supposedly by watching a fly cross their ceiling and wondering how to describe its position to someone else.

Who was René Descartes?

300

This is the date for our next MAML

When is 12/2

400

Sid’s non-biological father alec pierce played bomb party with him. He tried to type in the word “INDIANA” but 1. Forgot it was a state so it wouldn’t count anyway, and 2. Misspelled it. How many misspellings are there of the state “INDIANA” that use the same letters in a different order?

630

400

Aethon, Aleksa, Weiqi and Daud love food! They decide to go downtown to get hotpot together, however Aethon’s uber driver takes him to the Pick ‘N’ Save across town instead of to the hotpot place, for some reason. Suppose Pick ‘N’ Save is at the bottom-most left corner (0,0) and the hotpot place is at the topmost right corner (5,5). Aethon’s new uber can move only right or up. The central intersection at (3,3), however, is blocked, so his uber cannot pass through it. How many different shortest paths can Aethon’s uber take to reach hotpot? (a true story btw)

132

400

This algorithm for finding greatest common divisors was first described in 300 BCE

What is the Euclidean algorithm?

400

This 18th century math puzzle named after a city in Russia is often considered the beginning of graph theory

What is the Seven Bridges of Königsberg problem?

400

These 3 teachers are our advisors

Who are Ms. Wood, Ms. Corradi, and Mr. Brousseau?

500

tyler warren hates scibowl but mateo wok convinces him to try it. To wok’s surprise tyler warren is actually very smart. He has an 80% chance of getting a question right and always buzzes faster than wok. When tyler warren gets it wrong, there is a 70% chance wok gets it right. Alex ding has lined up 10 toss-up questions (no bonus questions) for them to try. What is the expected number of points for wok if each toss-up is worth 4 points?

5.6

500

alex ding’s private chef, shane steichen, is making dingus some buttery lobster and juicy steak. Steichen first prepares the 1st attempt of the dish for dingus: a 100% buttery lobster and a 100% juicy steak, but dingus says he can’t handle that amount of butter and juice. For every subsequent attempt (attempt n, where n>=2), steichen reduces the butteriness by (n-1)^2 percent and reduces the juiciness by (n+4) percent. Dingus will only be happy and accept the dish when both the steak juiciness and lobster butteriness are both less than 50%. Which dish attempt will dingus accept?

7

500

This fundamental principle in number theory solves a system of simultaneous modular equations (it helps you find a single unknown number when you know what remainders it leaves after being divided by a set of smaller, mutually independent coprime numbers)

What is the Chinese Remainder Theorem?
500

This Iranian mathematician and math professor was the first woman to receive the Fields Medal

Who was Maryam Mirzakhani?

500

These 3 Oreo varieties were provided at last week’s MAML

What are Double Stuf, Golden, and original

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