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You know 2 + 2 gives the same result as 2 x 2. Find a set of three different whole numbers whose sum is equal to their total when multiplied.

1, 2, 3

100

Who discovered the right triangle?

A. Ancient Egyptians, B. Leonardo DaVinci, C. Pythagorus, D. Fibonnaci

C
100

What is the formula for slope?

y2-y1/x2-x1

100

What occurs once every minute, twice in every moment, and yet never in a thousand years?

The Letter M

200

Using only addition, add eight 4s together to get to the number 500?  

 444 + 44 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 500

200

Who is believed to be the first mathematician?

A. Archimedes, B. Brad Pitt, C. Thaleus of Miletus, D. Fibonacci 

C

200

What is the formula to find the volume of a cylinder?

πr^2h

200

A duck was given $9, a spider was given $36, and a bee was given $27. Based on this information, how much money would be given to a cat?

$18

300

Ms. Szerminska tossed a ball in the air that the path of the ball was modeled by the equation y = −t² + 6t.

In the equation, y represents the height of the ball in feet and t is the time, in seconds. At what time is the ball at its highest point?

At x=3 seconds, the ball is at its highest point

300

Who developed the theory of probability? 

A. Pascal and Fermat, B. Cavallerri and Newton, C. Bach and Beethoven, D. Karamata and Burg

A. Pascal and Fermat

300

What is the formula to find the area of a sector of a circle?

θ/360 × π r^2

300

 If seven people meet each other and each shake hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes happened?

21

400

What is the smallest number that increases by 12 when it is flipped and turned upside-down?

86

400

From about 800 BC, the Babylonians had complete lists of what astronomical phenomena?

Lunar Eclipses 

400

What are the first 12 digits of pi?

3.14159265359

400

If 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, and 5=4, then 6=?

3

500

A, B, 22, 14, 10... For every term in this sequence that follows after the initial term (A), the term preceding it is divided in half, and the result is increased by three. And is x-y?  

32

A=70, B=38 

70-38=32

500

What historical figure is credited with the phrase "Eureka!"

A. Plato, B. Galileo, C. Newton, D. Archimedes

D. Archimedes

500

How many zeros are in 1 septuagintillion? 

A. 500, B. 213, C. 614, D. 204

B. 213

500

I am a three-digit number. My second digit is four times bigger than the third digit. My first digit is three less than my second digit. Who am I?

141