Identities
cot(x) = ?
cos(x) / sin(x)
There are twelve kids in a classroom. Six kids are wearing socks and 4 are wearing shoes. Three kids are wearing both. How many have bare feet?
Five
Zero is a **(even or odd)** number
Even
Isaac Newton's third law states that an object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion unless acted on.
False, equal & opposite force
What is the largest annual celebration at Missouri S&T?
St. Pats
sin(2x) = ?
2sin(x)cos(x)
Where can you add 2 and 11 and get 1
A clock (modular arithmetic)
The number that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself
Four
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) fell deathly ill when he was young. His cure involved the sacrifice of a cat. (T/F)
True
What is the oldest building on campus?
Rolla Building
(a / sinA) = (b / sinB) = ?
= (c / sinC)
The number of days in 4 years.
1461 because of leap year.
__ is the only number that is twice the sum of its digits (hint: it is less than 25)
18
Greek mathematician Euclid is often referred to as the 'Father of Algebra' (T/F)
False, Geometry
The number of design teams at Missouri S&T
19
tan2(x) + 1 = ?
sec2(x)
One day your minimalist friend is visiting, and she presents you with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5, and the symbols = and +, and the following tantalizing challenge: It is possible to use each number and symbol once and only once and end up with a true equation; further, you cannot use any number or symbol not given. How can you do this?
I think 4+3 = 5+2
The numbers on opposite sides of a die always add up to __
Seven
Pierre de Fermat was a lawyer who only did mathematics as a hobby.
True
The original name of S&T when founded in 1870.
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
b2 + c2 - 2(b)(c)(cosA) =
a2
How many times does the long hand of the clock pass the short hand between midnight one day and midnight the following day? As both hands are together at the starting time of midnight this does not count as a pass.
21
The chance that two people have the same birthday in a group of 23 people.
50% chance
Alan Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who cracked German ciphers in the First World War.
False, WWII
The weight of the granite used to construct the Missouri S&T Stonehenge.
160 tons of granite