Women in Math
Solving Basic Math Equations
Marian History
Word/Logic Problems
Random Questions
100

To publish her famous Notes in 1843 without drawing attention to her gender or status, this mathematician signed her work using her initials: A.A.L. What is her name?

Augusta Ada Lovelace

100

What are the mean and median of the following data set:

[12, 10, 7, 21, 30]?

mean = 16

median = 12

100

Which religious community founded the institution that would eventually become Marian University?

The Sisters of St. Francis

100

Markayla has 10 oranges. Nicole has five less than half the amount of oranges Markayla has. How many oranges does Nicole have?

None (Zero)

100

What is the mitochondria?

The powerhouse of the cell

200

Although Sophie Germain's work on the theory of elasticity was integral to this structure in Western Europe, her name was left off while the names of 72 male scientists were engraved.

The Eiffel Tower

200

On Halloween, 3 children go trick or treating. One child got 54 pieces of candy, one got 80 pieces, and the third got 22. How much should each child have if they split their candy evenly?

52 pieces

200

Which historic mansion on Marian's campus now serves as the President's Office?

Allison Mansion

200

Josephine began her day at 7am. She ate lunch at noon. 6 hours later, she ate dinner, then 2 hours later she started to do her homework. She worked on her homework for 130 minutes. After finishing her homework, she went straight to bed. What time did Josephine go to bed?

10:10 pm

200

What was Disney’s first full-length animated film?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

300

Katherine Johnson, whose orbital-mechanics calculations were vital to NASA's space exploration missions, is one of the main characters in this movie.

Hidden Figures

300

3x3+6(8-3)2 -7 

152

300

What profession was Marian originally founded to prepare students for?

Teaching/Teacher Education

300

Sabina walks 7 steps west, 6 steps south, 3 steps north, 4 steps east, then finally 2 steps south. Where is she? Express your answer as a coordinate pair

(-3, -5)

300

What country has the longest total coast line in the world?

Canada

400

In 2014, Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani made global history by becoming the first woman to win which prestigious award that is considered the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics”?

The Fields Medal

400

If the area of a circle is 9π, what is the circumference?

6π

400

What year did Marian became Indiana's first co-educational Catholic college?

1954

400
Brianna has 5 US coins on a table that add up to exactly 45 cents. One of the coins is not a nickel. What are the 5 coins?

4 dimes and 1 nickel

400

Which planet in the solar system has the most confirmed moons?

Saturn

500

In 1965, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller became the first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science. At Dartmouth College, she played a key role in developing and teaching which revolutionary programming language designed to make coding accessible to beginner students?

BASIC (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)

500

Worksheet!

5/13

500

On July 1 of this year, the institution officially changed its name from Marian College to Marian University.

2009

500

Jalyn owns a company that has two warehouses and 100 trucks. 

Jalyn knows that after each day 80% of trucks that leave warehouse 1 return to warehouse 1 and 50% of the trucks that leave warehouse 2 go to warehouse 1.

If there are 50 trucks at warehouse 1 at the beginning of the day, how many trucks are at warehouse 2 at the end of the day?

35 trucks at warehouse 2

500

What is the name of the basketball player that the AWM president is named after?

Jalen Rose