Math Trivia
The current numerical system.
What is the decimal system?
758+423+231
1412
I add six to eleven, and get five. How is this correct?
It's a clock.
The first mathematical operation likely discovered.
What is addition?
The credited creator of calculus.
Who was Issac Newton?
"Giga" refers to this number
What is one billion?
63*11
78*11
39*11
693
858
429
One brother says of his younger brother: “Two years ago, I was three times as old as my brother was. In three years’ time, I will be twice as old as my brother.” How old are they each now?
Older: 17
Younger: 7
The people that implemented the term "mathematics."
Who were the Pythagoreans?
a2 + b2 = c2
Who was Pythagoras?
The base that binary is in.
43 written in binary.
What is base 2?
101011
752
452
852
5625
2025
7225
Using only addition, add eight 8s to make 1000.
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
This device was used before calculators by sliding beads along rods in a frame.
What is an abacus?
The "father" of geometry.
Who was Euclid?
The number of zeros in a googel.
What is 100 zeros?
57*99
5643
A farmer says: “I only ever keep sheep, goats, and horses. In fact, at the moment they are all sheep except three, all goats except four, and all horses except five.” How many does he have of each animal?
The farmer has 3 sheep, 2 goats, and 1 horse.
The company that invented the first handheld calculator.
Who is Texas Instruments?
The developer of a formula for adding values in an arithmetic series.
Who is Gauss?
Discovered the formula for the circumference of a circle.
Who is Archimedes?
7!
5040
If two hens lay two eggs in two days, how many eggs will a dozen hens lay in a dozen days?
72 eggs.
The base of the earliest known place value system.
What is base 60.
Had a theorem that said there are no natural numbers greater than two were x2 + y2 = z2.
Who is Pierre de Fermat?