What animal once lived without its head for 18 months?
a chicken
An apple fell on his head, which led him to discover gravity.
Isaac Newton
pi (π)
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
a. Archimedes
MENTAL MATH
72 + 3
75
What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
Simplify the fraction 24/68
6/17
What are the first 3 digits of pi?
3.14
Name the fastest human sense.
Hearing
Which country is Mr. Edwin from?
Kenya
Which country were fireworks first invented?
China
This mathematician was afraid of beans, believing they were an omen of death.
a. Pythagorus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
a. Pythagorus
zero (0)
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
c. Aryabhata
Mental Math
500 + 3 +10
513
What is the formula for the area of a circle?
πr2
The Roman symbol for 2000
MM
How many sides does a dodecahedron have?
12
What month was Julius Caesar stabbed in?
March
What is Mr. Arthur's last name?
Sibgatullin
How many legs does a crab have?
10
As punishment for being rowdy and to keep him busy, he was told to add up all the integers between 1 and 100. He almost immediately produced an answer, which was 5,050.
a. Pythagorus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
d. George Dantzing
e. Carl Gauss
e. Carl Gauss
phi ()
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
b. Michael Mästlin
Mental Math
4 squared plus 6 squared
52
What is the quadratic formula?
(-b±√(b^2-4ac))/2a
Which number is represented by the Roman symbols?
MCDLXIV
1464
What does the word "sum" refer to in math?
addition
How many number combinations are there in a pair of dice?
36
Which month is Ms. Amanda's birthday?
TBD
What animal is 30 times more likely to be struck by lightning than humans?
Giraffe
This mathematician arrived to his statistics class late, where the professor had written two unsolved problems on the board; he mistook them for homework and solved both.
a. Pythagorus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
d. George Dantzing
e. Carl Gauss
d. George Dantzing
functional notation, f(x)
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
d. Euler
Mental Math
306 plus 19 plus 1
326
What is the factoring of a difference of perfect squares? a2-b2
(a+b)(a-b)
What is the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon?
720 degrees
What does the word "quotient" refer to in math?
division
The line "To be or not to be" comes from which Shakespeare play?
Name any three administration or office staff?
Mr. Andrey, Ms. Lana, Ms. Natalia, Ms. Oksana,
Mr. Ivan, Ms. Maria, Ms. Daria, Mr. Rustam
The only continent on which spiders don't exist?
Antarctica
This astronomer lost part of his nose in a sword duel with a fellow Danish nobleman and replaced it with what he thought was gold (it was actually just brass).
a. Pythagorus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Tycho Brahe
d. George Dantzing
e. Carl Gauss
c. Tycho Brahe
i (imaginary numbers) (or at least one of the people)
a. Archimedes
b. Michael Mästlin
c. Aryabhata
d. Euler
e. William Rowan Hamilton
e. William Rowan Hamilton
MENTAL MATH
-50 + 34
-16
What is the formula to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius?
°C = (°F - 32) × 5/9
What is the product of 451 and 14?
6314
When a fair die is thrown, what is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?
2/6 or 1/3
What was a frequent subject in Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings?
Flowers
How many meetings and how many hours do you need to get to be a distinguished member of MHS?
6 meetings and 15 hours