Number Trivia
What is the only number that has the same number of letters as it’s meaning?
4
What is the perimeter of a circle called?
Circumference
What does the Roman numeral “X” equal
10
What number sequence often appears in nature and was discovered in 1202 AD
Fibonacci Sequence
What year did NOVA open?
1992
What is the sum of the other four faces on a dice if you throw a six?
14. The 1 would be face down on the table out of view.
Which number is greater, a googol, or a quadrillion
googol
How many seconds are in one day
86,400
What is the fastest someone has ever counted to one billion?
89 days
What NOVA teacher has been here for the most number of years?
Mo
What is the only number spelled with letters in alphabetical order
Forty
What is the smallest whole number?
0
What is the sum of a triangle's interior angles?
180 degrees
In 1882, Whiz Ferdinand Von Lindemann discovered which Mathematical Symbol?
Pi
NOVA first opened as a middle school in what city?
Lacey
What letter does every odd number have in it?
E
How many equal sides do Icosahedrons have
20
How many sides does a dodecahedron have
12
How old was Isaac Newton when he developed integral calculus
23
Room 1.5 used to be called what?
The conference room
What is the only temperature that is the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius
-40
Who was the Greek mathematician who used tiny rocks to represent equations and numbers?
Pythagoras
When was the equal sign invented?
1557
Where was the first recorded instance of math games played
Africa
How many humans currently work at NOVA?
19 LM JO SG RP SC JG DC HG MJM AA AW YK BS JS PB NM TP CM JH