Stupid Math
There are 10 fish in a tank.
2 swim away.
3 drown.
How many fish are left?
What is 10?
(Fish can’t swim away… and they can’t drown.)
The reason ice floats in water is because ice has lower this than liquid water.
What is density?
The derivative of a constant.
What is 0?
This metal has the highest electrical conductivity.
What is silver?
There are this many sides on a hexagon.
What is 6?
If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 parts,
how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 parts?
What is 5 minutes?
This law states that force equals mass times acceleration.
What is Newton’s Second Law?
The integral of 5 dx.
What is 5x + C?
The Golden Gate Bridge is located in this U.S. state.
What is California?
Water boils at this temperature in Celsius at sea level.
What is 100°C?
If you have a bowl with 6 apples and you take away 4, how many do you have?
What is 4?
(You took 4.)
Voltage is measured in this unit.
What is volts?
If the second derivative is positive, the graph is shaped like this.
What is concave up?
The first successful airplane was built by these two brothers in 1903.
Who are Wright brothers?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away.
How many are left?
What is 9?
The speed of light is approximately this number times 10⁸ m/s.
What is 3?
If the derivative of a function is zero everywhere on an interval, the function must be this.
What is constant?
This programming language is commonly used in introductory engineering courses and is named after a snake.
What is Python?
There are this many bits in a byte.
What is 8?
You’re running a race and pass the person in second place.
What place are you in?
What is second place?
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
This theorem relates a line integral around a closed curve to a double integral over the region it encloses.
What is Green’s Theorem?
This NASA mission first landed humans on the Moon in 1969.
What is Apollo 11?
This famous scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?