Halloween Word Problems
Algebra
Geometry
Halloween Riddles
Fun Facts about Math
100

Emma and Jack are trading Halloween candy. Emma has 20 pieces, and Jack has 5. Jack gets x candies from Emma so they have the same number. How many candies does Jack get?

Answer= 7.5

100

What is the quadratic equation? (x-6)(x+5)

x2-x-30

100

In a 30-60-90 triangle, the length of the hypotenuse is 6. What is the length of the shortest side?

3

100

By day I sleep, by night I fly.

I have no feathers, yet soar the sky.

I use no magic, spell, or chant-

I hang upside down. I am a...

Bat!

100

Who is known as the "Father of Geometry"

a.Pythagoras

b.Euclid

c.Archimedes

d.Descartes

Euclid

200

Tickets to the Haunted House are $6.50 for adults and $4.30 for children. How much would it cost for 2 adults and 4 children?

$30.20

200

Which expression is equivalent to 100x2-16

(10x-4)(10x+4)

200

4. Find the measure of the missing angle in the triangle below.


50o

200

I do not breath, but I can bite.

My touch is sharp, I strike at night.

Silver is my only bane-

Keep me out or feel the pain...

Vampire!

200

Which ancient civilization first used a place value number system including zero? 

a. Romans

b.Babylonians

c.Mayans

d.Greeks

Mayans

300

A rectangular haunted garden is 3 meters longer than it is wide. If the perimeter is 26 meters, what are its dimensions?

Width= 5 meters and length= 8 meters

300

Given f(x)= 2/3+6, write the f-1(x)

f-1(x)= 3/2x-9

300

The circumference of a circle is 30. What is its area?

225

300

Bound in cloth but not by thread,

You'll find me resting with the dead.

Through ancient now, I walk once more-

Disturb my tomb, and feel my roar...

Mummy!

300

The famous mathematicians Archimedes is created with which of the following discoveries?

a. The value of π (pi) and principles of levers

b. The concept of zero

c. The coordinate plane

d. The Fibonacci sequence

The value of π (pi) and principles of levers

400

A square pumpkin patch has an area of 81 m2. The farmer wants to put a fence around it. What is the length of one side and the total fence length? 

Side= 9m and Perimeter= 36m

400

Josie examines the graphs of f(x)=3x-8 and g(x)=1/x2-4. The number of solutions to f(x)=g(x) is?

3 solutions

400

Which of the following could be the side lengths of a right triangle?

  1. 3, 13, and 14
  2. 4, 5, and 6
  3. 4, 9, and 10
  4. 5, 10, and 15
  5. 5, 12, and 13

 5, 12, and 13

400

I have no shadow, yet I may follow.

No feet I have, yet through walls I go.

I whisper secrets in the dead of night,

And vanish swiftly out of sight...

Ghost!

400

Who developed the early ideas of calculus independently?

a.Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

b. Blaise Pascal

c.Pierre de Fermat

d. Carl Gauss

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

500

A vampire drops a pebble from the top of a tower. Its height after t seconds is given by h=-5t2+40. How long until it hits the ground?

t=2.83 seconds

500

The expression i(5x-2i)is equivalent to 

-25x2+20xi+4

500

Pure silver has a density of 10.5 g/cm3. Samantha has a pure silver charm on her necklace in the shape of a sphere. The radius of the charm is 0.5 cm. Determine and state the mass of the charm, to the nearest tenth of a gram

5.5

500

By curse of moon and blood of kin,

My fate is sealed in fur and sin.

To chain me fast is all in vain-

I'll wake with hunger none can tame...

Werewolf!

500

What is the philosophical concept that math truths exist independently of human minds, discovered through reason called?

a. Empiricism

b.Logicism

c. Platonism

d. Constructivism

Platonism