Math Puzzles
I add four to eleven and get three. How is this possible?
I am a clock!
The father of Geometry
Euclid
If the diameter of a circle is 10.5 cm, what is its approximate circumference? (can use 22/7 for pi)
33 cm
In S5 E4 of Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper uses these to make all trivial decisions.
Dice
A train is moving at 75km/h. Find the time required to cover a distance of 250km.
3 hours and 20 minutes
Tom was on his way to KLCC park, when he met a guy with 2 wives each carrying 3 sacks. Each sack contained 4 cats and each of these cats had 5 kittens. So in total, how many were going to KLCC park?
1 (Only Tom!)
Double Points!
The mathematician of sound and has great contribution in the geometry of triangles
Pythagoras
You have a rectangular garden measuring 12m x 8m. If you wish to enhance the garden's size by adding a uniform-width walking path around it, such that the total area is twice the original, what should be the width of the path?
2m. The garden will then be 16m x 12m.
In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark calls his suit, Mark __, 'The Prodigal Son'. (Fill the blank with the correct number)
42
Ravi starts from his house at 8:20am on his bike. His school starts at 9am. If he travels 10km/h, he reaches school late by 8 minutes. How far is his school from his house?
8 km
What is the smallest number that increases by 12 when seen upside down?
86
She was the first programmer, and her program was an algorithm to calculate Bernoulli numbers.
Ada Lovelace
Double Points!
What is the interior angle of an octogon?
135 degrees
The Justice League consists of 7 founding members. If each member of the team shakes hands with every other member once, how many handshakes occur in total?
Two numbers differ by 40. When each number is increased by 8, the bigger one becomes thrice the smaller one. What are the two numbers?
12 and 52