Mathematics Trivia

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?

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?

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?

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)?

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

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.

6

The Parthenon was built around 440 B.C. a. To which goddess was the temple dedicated? B. On which hill is it located?