Mathematics Trivia

10

Three sisters have a total of $91. The first sister has 20% more than the second and the second sister has 20% more than the third. How much does the first sister have?

15

What is be the minimum number of baseball players from both teams who could come to bat in a 9-inning baseball game which ends with the score 1-0?

2

A high school senior said she knows all the seniors, half the juniors, 1/3 of the sophomores, and 1/4 of the freshmen. If each class has the same numbers of students, then she knows what fraction of the school?

9

The classes in a school run from 8:15 a.m. until 3:06 P.M. . There are 8 class periods with 5 minutes passing time between classes. How long is each class period?

9

Evaluate the given trigonometric expression: The sine of a 420 degree angle, in non-decimal form (exact answer)

11

Elvis Presley was born in ... what year ... divisible by 129

7

Let's say you take a 2,000 mile automobile trip, and you use five tires equally. How many miles does each tire use?

13

How many numbers between 0 and 200 are divisible by both 6 and 8?

15

A town in India has 20,000 inhabitants. 5% of the inhabitants are one-legged, and half the others go barefoot. How many sandals are worn in this town?

16

A 19th century mathematician once stated that he was x years old in the year x2. In what year was he born?

12

How many whole numbers between 100 and 400 contain the digit 2? ... not how many 2's are there...

4

To the nearest whole number, what is the area of a circle whose circumference is 100 cm.?

16

You buy a car, and wish to pay the car seller $12,000, divided into 24 payments, so that each payment is $20 more than the previous payment. How much will you pay in the first payment?

12

What number lies halfway between 1/3 and 1/5?

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?