Can any one give me a math trivia? (with answers) i need 20 for our exhibit..our school might be accredited...

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if our school will be accredited by the paascu... our school will be the best in the philippines... go chiang kai shek college!

our group project will be joined to the exhibit... our group needs at least 20 trivias.... our school has more than 60,000+ groups (elementary)and 1/3 of it will be part of the exibit... our group is already a part of thr 1/3.... pls. help me... as a leader of our group, its very hard... because there are 1 project each in a subject... and i'm more into english subjects...

thanks very much 4 your answers

Answer 1

Here are 10 followed by another 10. Enjoy yourself.



Math Masters
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Mixed Math : Math Masters

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Introduction:
"This math quiz involves some concepts from high school math."


Question 1:

The equation 5y^2 - 3x^2 = 25 will yield what type of graph? (Note: ^ is used as "raised to the power of".)

Hyperbola
Circle
Ellipse
Parabola

Question 2:

2x + 3y = 19 and 6x - 3y = 21. Find x and y.

(5,3)
(8,9)
(2,5)
(8,1)

Question 3:

In trigonometry, "sin x" is equal to which of the following?

1/sec x
1/cos x
1/cot x
1/csc x

Question 4:

Set R has 17 members. Set S has 10 members. Set R contains 4 of the same members as set S. How many members would be in the union of set R and set S?

27
35
31
23

Question 5:

In geometry, which of these is not a triangle congruency theorem? Note: A triangle congruency theorem is something that can be used to prove two triangles congruent. For example, Angle-Angle-Side is a triangle congruency theorem. This means that two angles in two triangles are congruent as well as a side. Angle-Angle-Side would be different from Angle-Side-Angle, however, because the side in the latter is in between the two congruent angles. (S is side and A is angle.)

SSS
SAS
ASA
SSA

Question 6:

Which of these is not a prime number (a number that is only divisible by one and itself)?

31
97
71
111

Question 7:

5! equals what?

Answer: (One Number, do not use words)

Question 8:

A parabola is the locus of all points equidistant from a point and a line. What is the term for that point, and what is the term for that line, respectively?

Focus and Directrix
Focus and Latus Rectum
Directrix and Focus
Directrix and Latus Rectum

Question 9:

If a?b means a(a+b) and a#b means b(a-b), find 5?(8#3).

130
110
100
120

Question 10:

How many roots does the equation
"x^4 + 6x^3 - 8x^2 + 10x + 88 = 0" have?

4
2
3
1


Answers are given below:


Results for Math Masters
A Mixed Math quiz


Question 1:

The equation 5y^2 - 3x^2 = 25 will yield what type of graph? (Note: ^ is used as "raised to the power of".)

Your Answer Hyperbola Correct!

In a circle, the x and y coefficients must be equal and positive. In an ellipse, they have to be positive. In a parabola, only one of the terms would be squared.

36% of players have answered correctly.


Question 2:

2x + 3y = 19 and 6x - 3y = 21. Find x and y.

Your Answer (5,3) Correct!

Add the two equations together, and you get "8x = 40". Divide both sides by 8, and x = 5. Plug x back in to one of the equations and y will equal 3.

82% of players have answered correctly.


Question 3:

In trigonometry, "sin x" is equal to which of the following?

Your Answer 1/csc x Correct!

Cos x equals 1/sec x, and tan x equals 1/cot x.

41% of players have answered correctly.


Question 4:

Set R has 17 members. Set S has 10 members. Set R contains 4 of the same members as set S. How many members would be in the union of set R and set S?

Your Answer 23 Correct!

You would not count twice those four members that are in both sets.

74% of players have answered correctly.


Question 5:

In geometry, which of these is not a triangle congruency theorem? Note: A triangle congruency theorem is something that can be used to prove two triangles congruent. For example, Angle-Angle-Side is a triangle congruency theorem. This means that two angles in two triangles are congruent as well as a side. Angle-Angle-Side would be different from Angle-Side-Angle, however, because the side in the latter is in between the two congruent angles. (S is side and A is angle.)

Your Answer SSA Correct!

Side-Side-Side, Angle-Side-Angle, and Side-Angle-Side are all triangle congruency theorems.

51% of players have answered correctly.


Question 6:

Which of these is not a prime number (a number that is only divisible by one and itself)?

Your Answer 111 Correct!

111 is divisible by 3 and 37.

72% of players have answered correctly.


Question 7:

5! equals what?

Your Answer 120 Correct!

The "!" means factorial. The natural number preceding that is multiplied by every natural number below it down to 1. 5*4*3*2*1 is 120.

65% of players have answered correctly.


Question 8:

A parabola is the locus of all points equidistant from a point and a line. What is the term for that point, and what is the term for that line, respectively?

Your Answer Focus and Directrix Correct!

The vertex of the parabola is one-half the way in between the focus and the directrix.

55% of players have answered correctly.


Question 9:

If a?b means a(a+b) and a#b means b(a-b), find 5?(8#3).

Your Answer 100 Correct!

3(8-3) is 15, and then 5(5+15) equals 100.

62% of players have answered correctly.


Question 10:

How many roots does the equation
"x^4 + 6x^3 - 8x^2 + 10x + 88 = 0" have?

Your Answer 4 Correct!

An equation always has the same amount of roots as the highest power of the variable, however sometimes these solutions can be the same. Ex: (x - 1)(x - 1) = 0. x = 1 for each of these factors.

59% of players have answered correctly.

You scored: 10 / 10
Total points: 100
The average score for this quiz: 6 / 10


The Top Ten Numbers: #1-10
Crafted by Trivia Architect Mrs_Seizmagraff
Mixed Math : The Top Ten Numbers: #1-10

Introduction:
"This is a 10 question quiz on the first 10 numbers. Have fun!"


Question 1:

The number 1 is an oddity in classical number theory as it is neither ______ nor ______.

even, odd
prime, composite
real, imaginary
rational, trancendental

Question 2:

The number 2 is the highest exponent that will solve (in integers):

The Four Colour Theorem
The Odd/Even Theorem
The Prime Decomposition Theorem
Fermat's Last Theorem

Question 3:

The Greeks were very interested in numerology. They held the number 3 as sacred - representing man - because it represented the union of:

1 (male) and 2 (female)
1 (heavens) and 2 (earth)
0 (nothing) and 3 (everything)
0 (death) and 3 (life)

Question 4:

Although we like whole numbers like the number 4, not all numbers are "nice". Most numbers are actually irrational - that is, non-terminating, non-repeating decimals. Three famous irrational numbers are phi (the Golden ratio), e (the Euler number), and pi (the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter). The whole number "4" is a ROUGH approximation of which of the following?

(pi) - (e) - (phi)
(pi) - (e) + (phi)
(pi) + (e) + (phi)
(pi) + (e) - (phi)

Question 5:

I love divisibility tricks. Do you know how to tell if a number is divisible by 5, say a really large number like 1203454045? Of course you do. It's because the last digit is a "5". So, if the last digit is a "5", that number is divisible by "5". For what other numbers does this trick always work?

2 (21872 is divisible by 2)
2 and 3 (21872 is divisible by 2; and 663 is divisible by 3)
2, 4, and 8 (the number 33728 is divisible by 2, 4, and 8)
2 and 4 (7884 is divisible by both 2 and 4)

Question 6:

Oh, that 6! What a perfect number! As perfect as 28. Why is the number 6 so perfect?

6 = 12/2
6 = 2 x 3
6 = 1+2+3
6 = 10 -4

Question 7:

In topology, we study "genus". The genus of a plane map is 0, and we require 4 colours to colour a map. 7 is the number of colours required to colour a map on a

Klein bottle, (genus 2)
sphere, (genus 1)
torus, (genus 1)
2-torus, (genus 2)

Question 8:

The number 8 is the largest cube in the Fibonacci Sequence. Given two consecutive terms of the Fibonacci Sequence, how would you find the one after that?

Square the two terms and add them up
Multiply the two given terms
Add the two given terms up
Subtract the larger term from the smaller

Question 9:

The number 9 has an unusual property that is not shared by any other number. What is it?

It is the arithmetic mean of a perfect square and a perfect cube
A perfect square less than 15
A square the sum of two different cubes
A numeral that when you turn it upside down, it is still a numeral ("9" rotated 180 degrees becomes "6")

Question 10:

Lastly, the number 10. Since this is done on a computer, the computer will read "10" as a very different number than we would. What would the computer interpret "10" as?

2
0
1
3


Results for The Top Ten Numbers: #1-10
A Mixed Math quiz


Question 1:

The number 1 is an oddity in classical number theory as it is neither ______ nor ______.

Your Answer prime, composite Correct!

The number 1 is real, odd, and rational. The definition of a prime is "a number divisible by only itself and unity". Since for the number 1 it is unity itself, it is barred by the classical definition from itself being a prime.

70% of players have answered correctly.


Question 2:

The number 2 is the highest exponent that will solve (in integers):

Your Answer Fermat's Last Theorem Correct!

Fermat's famous theorem states that for n>2 there are no integral triples that will solve a^2+b^2=c^2. There are lots of triples that solve it for n=2, such as (3,4,5) and (5,12,13). Can you find more? (Hint: there are an infinite number of them!)

35% of players have answered correctly.


Question 3:

The Greeks were very interested in numerology. They held the number 3 as sacred - representing man - because it represented the union of:

Your Answer 1 (male) and 2 (female) Correct!

The Pythagoreans associated 1 with masculinity and 2 with femininity. It is therefore natural that 3 (the sum of 1 and 2) would be associated with man (the result of the union of a man and a woman). The others I made up - the Greeks did not consider 0 a number and had no meaning associated with it.

39% of players have answered correctly.


Question 4:

Although we like whole numbers like the number 4, not all numbers are "nice". Most numbers are actually irrational - that is, non-terminating, non-repeating decimals. Three famous irrational numbers are phi (the Golden ratio), e (the Euler number), and pi (the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter). The whole number "4" is a ROUGH approximation of which of the following?

Your Answer (pi) + (e) - (phi) Correct!

pi = 3.1416, e = 2.7183, and phi = 1.6180 (all to 4 decimal places). Doing the math we see that (pi) + (e) - (phi) = 4.2419 which is the closest to "4" of all of these. (Think of pi as 3, e as 3, and phi as 1.5 for rough calcs.)

54% of players have answered correctly.


Question 5:

I love divisibility tricks. Do you know how to tell if a number is divisible by 5, say a really large number like 1203454045? Of course you do. It's because the last digit is a "5". So, if the last digit is a "5", that number is divisible by "5". For what other numbers does this trick always work?

Your Answer 2 (21872 is divisible by 2) Correct!

Use logic. Is 13 divisible by 3? Is 18 divisible by 8? No. For 4 and 8, the last TWO digits have to form a multiple of 4 (or 8). For 3, the SUM of the digits must be divisible by 3 (same trick for 9). For 6, it must end in an even number and be divisible by 3. Do you know a trick for 7?

69% of players have answered correctly.


Question 6:

Oh, that 6! What a perfect number! As perfect as 28. Why is the number 6 so perfect?

Your Answer 6 = 1+2+3 Correct!

A "perfect" number is one which is exactly equal to the sum of it's divisors (excluding the number itself). The next perfect number is 28 = 1+2+4+7+14.

78% of players have answered correctly.


Question 7:

In topology, we study "genus". The genus of a plane map is 0, and we require 4 colours to colour a map. 7 is the number of colours required to colour a map on a

Your Answer torus, (genus 1) Correct!

A torus is basically the same 3D shape as a doughnut and has genus 1. Genus refers to the number of "holes" a shape has, so in the choices a sphere is actually of genus 0. To colour a map on a torus completely, 7 colours are required.

25% of players have answered correctly.


Question 8:

The number 8 is the largest cube in the Fibonacci Sequence. Given two consecutive terms of the Fibonacci Sequence, how would you find the one after that?

Your Answer Add the two given terms up Correct!

The Fibonacci Sequence is (1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21, ...) and has fascinated mathematicians for centuries. As the term progresses, the ratio between two consecutive terms converges to the golden ratio phi (see question #4)

57% of players have answered correctly.


Question 9:

The number 9 has an unusual property that is not shared by any other number. What is it?

Your Answer A square the sum of two different cubes Correct!

I hope the option about turning a "9" into a "6" didn't throw you off. (Consider rotating the numerals "1", "0", and "8", not to mention "6"). Unusually enough, 9 is the only square (3^2) that can be written as the sum of 2 cubes (1^3+2^3).

36% of players have answered correctly.


Question 10:

Lastly, the number 10. Since this is done on a computer, the computer will read "10" as a very different number than we would. What would the computer interpret "10" as?

Your Answer 2 Correct!

Computers read binary. In base 2, "10" means "1 times 2^1 (or 2)) plus "0 times 2^0 (or 0)". It's interesting that the symbol "10" means 10 in base 10 and 2 in base 2. Would it equal 7 in base 7? 88 in base 88?

44% of players have answered correctly.

You scored: 10 / 10
Total points: 100
The average score for this quiz: 5 / 10

Answer 2

I don't know how to write summations, so I will try to express this in another way that I hope you can understand.

"For all of the whole numbers from 1 to any number, the square of their sum equals the sum of their individual cubes."

For example, for the numbers 1 through 5,
( 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 )^2 = 1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 + 4^3 + 5^3
15^2 = 1 + 8 + 27 + 64 + 125 = 225

Answer 3

Try this; O beautiful maiden with beaming eyes,tell me,Since you understand the methid of inversion. What number multiplied by 3.Then,increased by 3/4 of the product. Then divided by7. Then diminished by 1/3 of the final result. Then, multiplied byitself. Then, diminished by 52. Whose square root is then extracted. Before 8 is added. And then divided by 10. Gives the result of 2 ?

Answer; ( (2)(10)-8)^2 +52= 196. square root of 196 = 14. (14)(3/2)(7)(4/7)/3 =28. To solve it. You work backwards through the problem. Doing the inverse of the given operation.

Answer 4

A school worthy of accreditation would leave your mind with much more than 20 math trivia. In my opinion.

Answer 5

10 plus 10 plus 10 = 30 30 - 5 = 25 5 goes 4(OFEM) ways to 10 - 1 = 9 times 3(THREEOFEM) = 27 plus 2(ONEOFEM) = 29

Answer 6

Modern mathematics has its origins in three main ancient cultures: Egyptian, Babylonian, and Indian (based upon the Hindu religion)

Most folks don't regard mathematics as being **ancient**.

Answer 7

We need to know the level of difficulty for the problems like easy, medium, or hard.

Answer 8

How long is a piece of string?
Answer
twice as long as it is from the middle to one end.

how far can you walk into the woods?
Answer
half way then you start walking out.

Answer 9

Give us an example first. We need to know how easy/difficult your exhibit is.

Answer 10

Who invented calculus?

Liebniz and Newton.