Mathematics Trivia

72

What is the sum of angles in a triangle?

24

What is the square root of 144?

15

What is the value of pi rounded to two decimal places?

14

Drivers in the Indianapolis 500 motor race cover 200 laps of the course. If a race car driver maintained a speed of 200 miles per hour for an entire lap, how long would it take him to negotiate that lap?

5

Joe drank 1/3 of a glass of milk in one swallow, then drank 4/5 of the remaining milk in another swallow. What fraction of the original milk was left?

17

If tourists in Switzerland pay $1.00 to get 1.5 Swiss Francs, then they pay the equivalent of how many dollars for a meal that costs 80 Francs?

4

Alan and Brigitte are beginning a bike race. Alan begins riding at 12 miles per hour, and ten minutes later Brigitte begins riding at 15 miles per hour. How many minutes will it take her to catch up to Alan?

8

How many degrees are there between boiling and freezing point of water in degrees fahrenheit?

4

If a sports team has won 30 games and lost 20 so far this season, what percentage of their remaining 20 games must they win in order to have a 50% winning season?

9

If 20 people are drinking beer, 16 are eating fish, and 12 are doing both, what fraction of the people are eating fish and drinking beer?

11

In how many different ways can the opening pair of moves be made in a game of chess - one white move followed by one black move.

13

If you roll three dice at the same time, what's the probability of rolling a sum of 3 or 4?

15

If there are 16 telephone poles in a straight line, each pole 80 meters apart, how far is it from the first pole to the last?

2

What is the smallest positive number which, when divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, always leaves a remainder of 1?

2

This mysterious number, the base of a natural logarithm, is related to natural and exponential growth. What is this number called, and what is its decimal value?