Algebra
Geometry
Math History
Word Problems
Riddles
100
The simplified version of (2x³)⁴
What is 16x12?
100
The midpoint of the line segment joining points (1, 2) and (5, 8).
What is (3, 5)?
100
The mathematician who discovered the right triangle.
Who is Pythagoras?
100
The distance a cat runs in 10 minutes if it can run at a rate of 12 miles per hour.
What is 2 miles?
100
The single digit that appears most frequently between and including the numbers 1 and 1,000.
What is 1?
200
x2+5x+6
What is (x+3)(x+2)?
200
The measurement of the indicated angle assuming the figure is a square.
What is 90 degrees?
200
Mathematician credited with the sequence: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,...
Who is Fibonacci?
200
The number of units, x, that a company must sell to break even if the profit equation is P(x)=500x−10,000.
What is 20 units?
200
The age of each brother if one brother says of his younger brother: “Two years ago, I was three times as old as my brother was. In three years time, I will be twice as old as my brother.”
What is 17 and 7?
300
10th term of the arithmetic sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, …
What is 39?
300
The measure of angle a if the line m is parallel to the side AB of triangle ABC.
What is 50 degrees?
300
Mathematician was a member of the British parliament and warden of the Royal Mint of England.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
300
The amount of money a non-profit organization earns/loses during their campaign of selling shirts for $13 to raise money. They purchase 500 shirts at a cost of $5 per shirt. During the course of the month, they are only able to sell 388 shirts. They donate the extra shirts.
What is $2544?
300
The mathematical equation found when using only addition to add eight 8's to get the number 1,000.
What is 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8?
400
The domain of the function f(x) = √(x - 3)
What is x ≥ 3?
400
The area of the uncovered portion of the large circle assuming the point is the midpoint of the circle.
What is 12pi? (or about 37.699)
400
Believed to be the first mathematician.
Thales of Miletus
400
The number of pounds of green candies to be added to restore the distribution in the following scenario.
Pieces of Rainbow Candy come in six colors, including green. The machines are carefully set to make sure each batch of sixty pounds contains an equal amount of candy of each color. One day, something went wrong, and one sixty-pound batch only contained half as much green candy as it was supposed to; the other five colors were distributed equally.
What is 5 pounds?
400
What are the lowest possible numbers of our houses if my twin's house number is the reverse of my house number and the difference between our house numbers ends in two.
What is 19 and 91? (Or 80 and 08)
500
(f ∘ g)(x) if f(x) = 3x - 1 and g(x) = x² + 2
What is (f ∘ g)(x) = 3(x² + 2) - 1 or 3x² + 5?
500
The volume of the figure shown assuming all squares are equal.
What is 1000 cm3?
500
Kepler used the data from this astronomer to work out the orbit of Mars.
Who is Tycho Brahe?
500
The rate it will take Sally to drive r miles if it takes her 3 hours to drive q miles, assuming she drives at the same rate.
What is
(3r)/q
500
The amount of money Old Granny Adams left all together if she left half her money to her granddaughter, half that amount to her grandson, a sixth to her brother, and the remainder, $1,000, to the dogs’ home.
What is $12,000?