Geometry
Famous People
Math Battles
Games
Physics / Chemistry
100
What is the shape of the Earth? (Approximately)
Sphere
100
The inventor of this famous formula:
E=mc^2
Einstein
100
The game played by a collection of Collin College students with the objective of using math knowledge to score more points than opposing teams.
Math Jeopardy
100
This, in my completely unbiased opinion, is the best game.
Chess
100
This is the atomic number of Hydrogen
1
200
The collection of these 5 three-dimensional shapes is named after a famous Greek philosopher.
The Platonic Solids
200
This mathematician is commonly regarded as the inventor of the modern computer.
Alan Turing
200
This a calculus-based math competition held annually at a prestigious American university.
MIT Integration Bee
200
This is the most famous example of a cellular automata, invented by John Conway.
Conway's Game of Life
200
This is the current number of named elements.
118
300
The mathematical name of this shape.
Truncated Icosahedron
300
This famous mathematician claimed to have solved a problem but did not provide solution, saying that he did not have enough room on the paper to write it.
Fermat
300
During World War 2, the allies used which piece of information gained from captured tanks to estimate enemy production rates?
Serial Numbers
300
This simple children's game is mathematically equivalent to selecting numbers on a magic square.
Tic-Tac-Toe / Noughts-And-Crosses
300
This number, named after its discoverer, is the number of particles in a mole.
Avogadro's Number
400
The name of this formula: X=V-E+F
The Euler Characteristic
400
This United States President discovered a novel proof for the Pythagorean Theorem while he was serving in Congress
James A. Garfield
400
The ability to solve this type of equation allowed Niccolo Tartaglia to defeat Antonio Maria Fior in a math duel.
(Depressed) cubic equations
400
This number, named after and formulated by the father of information theory, is one of the first estimates for the number of possible games of chess.
Shannon's number.
400
This is the path of least time for a downwards rolling object. Also known as the curve of fastest descent.
The Brachistochrone
500
The number of regular polytopes in 4 dimensions.
6
500
(DAILY DOUBLE)
This prolific mathematician and this famous actor are the two namesakes of this type of number.
Erdős-Bacon Number.
500
This number, named after the philosophy professor who invented it, led to his victory in the MIT big number duel.
Rayo's number.
500
This trading card game, beloved by many nerds, was proven to be Turing Complete
Magic: The Gathering
500
The name of this formula, which is used to estimate the number of communicating alien civilizations in Milky Way Galaxy.
The Drake Equation