Mathematics Trivia

10

If you draw one card from a normal deck of cards, what is the probability that it will be a Jack, Queen, King, heart or diamond?

10

A snail climbs five inches up a vertical wall each day, but slips four inches down the wall each night. If it starts climbing on the beginning of the first day, on which day will it reach the top of a wall that is 30 inches high?

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

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?

3

On your paper draw a line segment which is 10 inches long. Now you draw all the points on the paper which are exactly 5 inches from the line, and you will get a closed figure. What is the area of this closed figure?

8

How many liters of water would fill a container which is one cubic meter in volume?

14

The numbers game: if I said, 24 = h. in a d., you would say "hours in a day." See if you can figure out this one: 206 = b. in the h.b.

6

If a 6'8" foot long piece of wood is cut so that one piece is one-fourth the size of the other, how long will the longer piece be, in feet and inches?

3

If you draw one card from a normal deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing a jack, queen, or king? answer as a simple fraction.

1

If a rubber band weighs 40 milligrams, how many of them will weigh one kilogram?

13

What is the next number is this sequence? 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, 56, ?

20

If there is a 40% chance that you will get a red light at a certain traffic intersection, what is the probability of you passing through the intersection with green lights three times in a row?

15

What simple fraction has a decimal value of .0625?

10

An airplane departs at exactly 8:08:08 a.m. and arrives at its destination at exactly 3:03:03 p.m. What was the plane's exact travel time?

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?