Math Puzzles
What are the two whole numbers that when multiplied result in a single digit number and when added result in a double digit number?
1 and 9
The mathematician who discovered this famous number sequence: {0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,...}
Fibonacci
If a rectangle with dimensions 8 units by 5 units is scaled down with a scale factor of 0.5, what is its new area?
10 units squared
Double Points!
Famous Quentin Tarantino movie title has this number (excluding the Kill Bill volumes I and II)
8 (The Hateful Eight)
In an isosceles triangle, the vertex angle is 40°. What are the base angles of the triangle?
70°
In a circle, how many sides are there? (Remember, it's a puzzle!)
2 - inside and outside!
Sir Isaac Newton developed which field of maths to study the motion of particles?
Calculus
In a right-angled triangle, one leg is twice the length of the other leg. If the shorter leg is 4 units long, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
4√5 units
This classic novel was published in 1949 and spoke about a dystopian future that is eerily similar to the present world today.
1984
The scale of a map is given as 1:30,000,000. Two cities are 4 cm apart on the map. Find the actual distance between them in km.
Double Points!
A father was 31 years old when his son was 8 years old. Now he is twice as old as his son. What are their ages?
46 and 23
This mathematician is best known for his work of combining algebra with geometry. He has a plane named after him.
Rene Descartes
The sum of interior angles of a certain polygon is 2880 degrees. How many sides does this polygon possess?
18
In Back to the Future, Doc needs how many gigawatts to be able to travel back in time?
1.21
3y(2y-7)-3(y-4) for y=-2
84