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100

What is 35% of 20? 

6

100

Kris multiplies the first six positive prime numbers together. How many zeros follow the last non-zero digit of the product?

1

The first six positive primes are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13


Multiply them all together you get 30,030. 

100

Before he was president, this man once chased thieves who stole his boat down a freezing river for three days while reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Theodore Roosevelt

100

3 - (-4) = 

7

100

In the Hunger Games, what is the name of Katniss's little sister? 

Primrose or Prim

200

What is 34.3% of 34.3? Round your answer to the nearest tenth

11.77

Answer is 11.7649. Rounded to the nearest tenth is 11.77

200

Carmichael’s favorite race car driver completes 10 laps in 10 minutes. If one lap is 2.5 miles long, what was the average speed of the driver, in miles per hour?

150 miles per hour

200

Born on July 4, 1872, this man is the only president to be born on Independence Day

Calvin Coolidge

200

4x + 5 = 33


What is x? 

x = 7

200

How many studio albums has Taylor Swift made? 

10

300

35% of u is 26.25. What is u? 

75

300

Dwight has nine coins consisting of only pennies and nickels. If the total value of the coins is 29 cents, how many nickels does Dwight have?

5 nickels

300

For two days every week, this president held "office hours" where any American could visit him and speak to him directly in the White House for any reason. 

James Polk

300

w - (-3) = 7

What is w? 

4

300

What is the capital city of England? 

London

400

You took a test with 18 questions. Every question had equal weight in the score. You got 15 correct. What is your percentage correct? Round to the nearest tenth. 

83.3%

400

A survey of 100 people, each of whom owns a dog or a cat or both, showed that 63 own a dog and 58 own a cat. Based on these results, how many of the people surveyed own both a cat and a dog?

21


With 63 people owning a dog, the remaining 100 − 63 = 37 people must own just a cat, since all 100 people own a dog, a cat or both. However, 58 people own a cat, and only 37 cats have been accounted for. That means 58 − 37 = 21 cats are owned by the people owning a dog also.

400

This man was president when Prohibition started. 

Warren G. Harding

400

If there are 15 strawberries in a bundle and 8 bundles in a crate, how many dozen strawberries are in a crate? Note: 1 dozen = 12 strawberries.

10 dozen

400

In what Star Wars movie do we learn that a man named Galen Erso sabotaged the Death Star? 

Rogue One

500

If 108 is 90% of x, what is 84% of x? Round to nearest tenth. 

100.8

500

What is the value of 8 squared minus 6 squared? 

28

500

Mr. Baum was born in 1975, meaning this man was president when Mr. Baum was born. 

Gerald Ford

500

If a right triangle has one leg that is 6 inches long, and a hypotenuse that is 10 inches long, how long is the other leg? 

8 inches

500

In the Justice League movie of the DC Universe, Batman, Superman, Cyborg, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and this hero fight to save the world from Steppenwolf

The Flash