Numbers in Real Life
Ordering a “baker’s dozen” gets you this specific number of pastries.
What is 13?
These are ten things you can count on.
What are “your fingers”?
A bat and a ball costs $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. This is what the ball costs exactly.
What is five cents?
Standard, red stop signs are shaped like this polygon.
What is an octagon?
A number plus its half equals 18. This number is…
What is 12?
This type of number is used to put things in order.
What are ordinal numbers?
This is what the triangle said when it met a circle at a party.
What is “You’re pointless!”?
Pi and Epsilon are talking to each other. One of them wearing a blue shirt says “I am Pi”. The other wearing a black shirt says “I am Epsilon”. At least one of them is lying. This is the person who is lying.
What is “both of them”?
Rotating a right angle triangle around its base creates this 3D shape.
What is a cone?
A triangle has angles 40 degrees and 55 degrees. The third angle is …
What is 85 degrees?
This single-letter Roman numeral represents 500.
What is D?
If an angle is over 90 degrees, it shares its name with this word meaning “unintelligent” or “blunt”.
What is “obtuse”?
There are only two barbers in town. One barber has messy, unkempt hair. The other barber has neat, cut hair. This is the barber you should go to.
What is “the barber with messy hair”?
This is why Ms Radian is such a good reporter.
What is “she covers stories from every angle”?
The probability of an event occurring equals alpha. The probability of the event not occurring is …
What is one minus alpha?
The number of seconds in a day.
What is 86400?
This is how a mathematician plows fields.
What is with a “pro-tractor”?
You have to take two different types of tablets every day. If you take two of the same tablet, or if you miss one tablet, you will get sick. You have two days left on the medicine, the tablets look the exact same, and you have dropped the four remaining tablets on the floor. This is what you should do.
What is “taking half of each tablet today, the rest tomorrow”?
I am round but not complete. Cut me in half, I still look neat. With one straight edge and one curved side, find me in a rainbow, stretching wide! I am this shape.
What is a semi-circle?
Three consecutive integers multiply to 336. They are…
What is 6, 7, and 8?
Sunflower seeds, pine cones, and sea shells arrange their spirals according to this famous sequence where each number is the sum of the two before it.
What is the Fibonacci sequence?
This is the official animal of Pi day.
What is the “Pi-thon”?
Alex is caught on the King’s property and will be sentenced. The King says “Tell me a statement. If the statement is true, you will be eaten by lions. If the statement is false, you will be trampled by boars.” Alex gives their statement and the King has to let Alex go. This is what Alex said.
What is “I will be trampled by boars”? OR What is “I will not be eaten by lions”?
Width, height, and depth define my space. I bring dimensions to every case. I am this type of object.
What is a three dimensional shape?
A quadrilateral’s angles are in the ratio 1:2:3:4. The angles are…
What is 36 degrees, 72 degrees, 108 degrees, and 144 degrees?