Math Time!
Fresno State Math Department
The Officers
Record-Breakers & Legends
SIAM or Nah?
Riddle Me This
100
Jack drew a point in the middle of a piece of paper. Next, he drew four different straight lines going through this point. Into how many pieces did these lines divide paper?
8
100
What days of the week does each club meet? AWM, SIAM, and Math Club.
SIAM - Wednesday
AWM - Thursday
Math Club - Friday
100
What Officer position is Clara Castillo?
What is treasurer?
100
This 2009 movie set the record for highest-grossing film worldwide at the time.
What is Avatar?
100
This fragrant white flower shares its name with a princess in Disney’s Aladdin.
What is jASMIne?
100
I can fill a room but take up no space.
What is light?
200
What is the smallest number bigger than 1005, in which the sum of its digits is equal to the sum of the digits of 1005?
1014
200
Who is the chair of the math department?
Who is Dr. Carmen Caprau?
200
Which officer is also an officer for both AWM and Math Club?
Who is Mich?
200
This 2019 hit by The Weeknd is one of Spotify’s most-streamed songs of all time.
What is “Blinding Lights”?
200
To condense information into a brief overview or main points.
What is SuMmArIze?
200
I am always running, but I never move. I have a bed, but I never sleep. What am I?
What is a river?
400
Let A and B be natural numbers such that the following is true. 1/3=1/A+1/B, \text{ }A<B
What are A and B?
A=4, B=12
400
Where is the math office located? (building and room number)
What is Peters Business Building
Room 381?
400
What is Vick's favorite color that is also Bethany's least favorite color?
What is Purple?
400
Often called the "Prince of Mathematicians," his work spanned number theory, analysis, differential geometry, and statistics.
Who is Carl Friedrich Gauss?
400
A computational error resulting from incorrect arithmetic or estimation.
What is a MIScAlculation?
400
What letter is missing here J__MAMJJASOND?
What is the letter F? (First letter of each month of the year)
600
What is the area of a square that has a side 5 cm longer than the side of a square with an area of 121 cm^2
256cm^2
600
The name of the newest math faculty member.
Who is Dr. Ernesto Calleros?
600
What class are President, Vice President and Director of membership all currently taking?
What is KAC 12 Elementary social dance?
600
This artist won the most Grammy Awards at the 68th Annual Grammys in 2026.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
600
This Italian dessert’s name literally translates to “pick me up.”
What is tIrAMiSu?
600
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
What is corn?
800
In the figure below, some angles are given. Find the degree measures of angles \alpha,\beta,\text{ and } \gamma
\alpha=25,\beta=35,\gamma=40
800
Where is the SIAM advisors office located?
What is PB 337?
800
Before Bethany was the SIAM President she was the SIAM ______.
What is treasure?
800
This long-awaited sequel to a 2016 Disney animated film is the highest-grossing Disney animated film.
What is Zootopia 2?
800
Relating to melody, harmony, or composed sound.
What is MuSIcAl?
800
What starts with the letter P ands with the letter E and has a 1000 letters in it?
What is a post office?
1000
How many ways are there to place one white and one black king on a chessboard so that they do not attack each other? (Both kings can be placed on squares of any color.)
3612 ways
1000
The total number of Department of Mathematics Days there have been at Fresno State as of today.
What is 11?
1000
What two classes is Mario currently teaching?
What is Math 102 and Math 123.
1000
This theorem, proven in 1994, solved a 350-year-old conjecture, and is considered one of the most famous math breakthroughs of the 20th century.
What is Fermat’s Last Theorem?
1000
Originally referring to a racecourse in ancient Greece, this event venue hosts large crowds.
What is a StAdIuM?
1000
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
What is NOON?