Mathematician - Junior / Senior / Expert

Junior

A polygon with 5 sides is known as what?
Pentagon

A polygon with 8 sides is known as what?
Octagon

If all numbers would be arranged alphabetically, which one would come first?
8

What instrument did the calculator originate from?
Abacus

What is the bottom half of a fraction called?
Denominator

What is the only even prime number?
2

What is the only number which is spelled with the same number of letters as it signifies?
4

What is the only number which is twice the sum of its digits?
18

What is the top half of a fraction called?
Numerator

Which of these shapes has three straight sides and three angles?
Triangle


Senior

A number system with a base of 2 is called what?
Binary

A number with 24 zeroes is called what?
Septillion

A number with 54 zeroes is called what?
Septendecillion

A shape with 20 sides is called what?
Icosagon

Adding up each number from 1 to 100 will result in what sum?
5050

Before calculators were invented, what did people use for computations?
Slide rule

Humans have been doing math since what year?
30000 BC

In a 52-card deck, how many five-card hand possibilities are there?
2,598,960

Opposite sides of a die add up to what number?
7

The number “pi” has how many digits?
Infinity

The study of triangles, their angles and their sides is called what?
Trigonometry

The word “fraction” derives from what Greek word?
Fractio

The word “zero” derives from what Arabic word?
Sifr

Three internal angles of a triangle add up to how many degrees?
180

What does the word “calculus” mean in Greek?
Pebbles

What is the Roman numeral for:
5 - V
10 - X
50 - L
100 - C
500 - D
1000 - M

Which of these is an irrational number?
Pi

Which of these is not a name for 0?
Sel

Which of these is not a prime number?
33

Which of these numbers is considered unlucky in American culture?
13

Who invented the equals sign?
Robert Recorde

Expert

A circle inscribed in a square can fill up about how much of the square’s area?
77%

A number with 57 zeroes is called what?
Octodecillion

A number with 60 zeroes is called a what?
Novemdecillion

A number with 63 zeroes is called a what?
Vigintillion

A one followed by one hundred zeroes is known as what?
Googol

An icosahedron has how many sides?
20

How many sides does a dodecahedron have?
12

Regardless of its starting position, what is the maximum amount of moves required to solve a Rubiks cube? 
20

The earliest evidence of a numerical recording device was found on what continent?
Africa

The number one followed by 100 zeroes is called what?
Googol

The sum of the first 100 prime numbers is equal to what?
1111

The symbol now used to represent infinity was used by the Romans to represent what number?
1000

Using pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and half-dollars, how many ways are there to make change for $1?
293

Which of these shapes doesn't tessellate?
Decagons

Who invented the equals sign?
Robert Recorde

Who is the patron saint of mathematics?
Saint Hubert




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