Mathematics Trivia

5

What is the reciprocal of the sum of the reciprocals of 2 and 3?

15

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

13

There are approximately 1.6 million of these in every mile. What are they?

17

A driver embarks on a 60 mile drive. He drives half the time at 60 miles per hour and half the time at 30 miles per hour. How much time will this trip take?

1

If a cone has a circular base of diameter 10 cm. and a slant height of 10 cm. then the volume is what?

20

What is the highest possible score you could get in a game of bowling without throwing even one strike?

12

In how many different ways could a basketball player score exactly 8 points in a game? (Combinations of foul shots, 2-pointers, and 3-pointers).

12

How many numbers between 1 and 100 can be written using only the digits {1,2,3,4, and 5}? repeating digits o.k.

16

There are 17 hours difference in time zones between San Francisco and Tokyo. If an airplane leaves Tokyo at 3 p.m. on Friday, and flies 10 hours to San Francisco, what day and time does it arrive in SF? (don't forget to write am or pm and the day)

16

60% of the people at a party are males, and 60% of the females are there with their husbands. What percentage of the people are males who are not married to any of these women?

14

If the length, width, and height of a rectangular solid box were each increased by 50%, by what percentage would the volume be increased?

17

A Rubik's cube is composed of 27 equal sized blocks, colored on the outside. Some are colored on three sides, some two sides, some one side. How many of these blocks have colors exactly one or two sides?

15

The fastest runners in the world, people who can run 100 yards in about 10 seconds, are moving at how many miles per hour?

10

If all the films showing in America attracted one billion attendees in a year, and the US has 270 million inhabitants, then on average, each person went to how many films in that year?

13

In how many different ways can a poker player form a straight flush from a normal deck of 52 cards, no wild cards?