Mathematics Trivia

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?

12

On a recent shopping trip, Julie spent 85% of her money, and now $75 left. How much did she spend?

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?

18

How many total degrees are there among all the angles of a hexagon?

2

If a tax increase of one quarter percent causes you to pay an extra 15¢ for a product, what was the original price of the item?

19

A restaurant is owned by three partners. Partner "A" owns 3/5 of it, and partner "B" owns twice as much as partner "C". What percentage of the restaurant belongs to partner B?

10

Prefixes used in the metric system: a. What prefix do you use to signify one-thousand metric units? b. What prefix do you use to signify one million metric units? c. What prefix do you use to signify one-tenth of a metric unit?

20

There are 8 people on the winning Trivia team, and each person shakes hands with each other person once. How many handshakes take place?

15

If four interior angles of a five-sided figure pentagon measure 100 degrees each, what will the fifth angle measure?

15

How many half-pints of a beverage could fill up a one-gallon container?

13

If, beginning at 10:30 AM, the minute hand of a clock rotates 960 degrees, what time will it then be?

4

A "perfect number" is one in which the sum of the divisors of the number add up to the number. The first "perfect number" is 6, because its divisors are 1,2,3. What is the second perfect number?

15

The minute hand of a clock is three inches long. About how many feet does the tip of that hand move in one day?

17

If an airplane flies 100 miles due north, then turns and flies 100 miles directly northeast, how far is it then from the original starting point, to the nearest mile? margin 3 miles for calculation errors.

6

A bicycle wheel whose tire radius is 14 inches is rotating at 120 revolutions per minute. How fast is the bicycle moving in feet per second (to the nearest whole number)?