Number Theory
Mental Math & Arithmetic
Geometry
Algebra
Olympiad Challenge
100

What is the smallest prime number greater than 20?

Answer: 23

100

What is 15% of 240?

Answer: 36

100

A triangle has angles of 40° and 65°. Find the third angle.

Answer: 75°

100

If 3x=27, find x.

Answer: 9

100

A number is increased by 5 and then doubled. The result is 20. What is the number?

Answer: 5

200

A number is divisible by both 6 and 8. What is the smallest possible positive number?

Answer: 24

200

Without multiplying directly, find:

25×48

Answer: 1,200

200

A rectangle has an area of 48 cm² and a length of 8 cm. Find its perimeter.

Answer: 28 cm

200

If x+y=10 and x−y=4, find x.

Answer: 7

200

The average of 5 numbers is 18. Four of the numbers are 12, 15, 20, and 25. What is the fifth?

Answer: 18

300

The sum of two prime numbers is 24. What is the greatest possible product of the two primes?

Answer: 143 (11 × 13)

300

Without using a calculator:

1/2 + 1/6 + 1/12 + 1/20

Answer: 3/4

300

A square has diagonal 10sqrt(2) cm. What is its area?

Answer: 100 cm²

300

If x + 1/x = 5, find:

x2 + 1/x2.

Answer: 23

300

A two-digit number has digits that add to 11. Reversing the digits increases the number by 27. Find the number.

Answer: 47

400

What is the units digit of 72026?

Answer: 9

400

Find the value of:

482−472

Answer: 95

400

A triangle and a parallelogram have the same base and height. The parallelogram has an area of 60 cm². What is the triangle's area?

Answer: 30 cm²

400

If a + b = 12 and ab = 35, find a2 + b2.

Answer: 74

400

Find the smallest positive integer whose digits add up to 10.

Answer: 19


500

Find the smallest positive integer that leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3, a remainder of 3 when divided by 5, and a remainder of 4 when divided by 7.

Answer: 53

500

Calculate mentally:

1012−992

Answer: 400

500

A square is inscribed in a circle of radius 5 cm. What is the area of the square?

Answer: 50 cm²

500

If x2−5x+6=0, what is the sum of the reciprocals of the roots?


Answer: 5/6

500

A square and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. If the square has side length 6 cm, what is the side length of the triangle?

Answer: 8 cm