MATHEMATICS TRIVIA 1. Simplify the expression (x+a)(xb)(x+c) (xz). 2. A r r a n g e t h e i n t e g e r s 1 t h r o u g h 1 5 i n a r o w s o t h a t t h e s u m o f a n y t w o adjacent integers is a perfect square. 3. W h a t i s t h e s m a l l e s t n u m b e r t h a t w h e n d i v i d e d b y e a c h o f t h e d i g i t s 1 through 9 leaves no remainder? 4.

. F i n d f i v e d i f f e r e n t w h o l e n u m b e r s , a l l l e s s t h a n n i n e , s u c h t h a t t h e s u m of three of them equals the sum of the other two, and also the sum of the squares of the first three equals the sum of the squares of the other two. 5. F i n d a 6 - d i g i t n u m b e r s u c h t h a t i f y o u t r a n s f e r t h e t w o l e f t - m o s t d i g i t s to the right, the new number is double the original. 6. O n e y e a r o n t h e f o u r t h o f J u l y , S a m a n t h a f i g u r e d t h a t t h e r e w e r e 7 3 d a y s until her birthday. What are the day and month of Samantha's birthday? If the fourth of July that year was on a Wednesday, what day of the week was Samantha's birthday that year? 7. I n a g a g g l e o f g e e s e a n d a f l o c k o f s h e e p , t h e r e a r e 9 8 e y e s a n d 1 6 2 l e g s . How many geese and how many sheep are there? 8. Why are the digits 8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 3, 2, 0 arranged in this order? 9. T w i n p r i m e s a r e p r i m e n u m b e r s t h a t d i f f e r b y t w o , f o r e x a m p l e 3 a n d 5 . There are eight pairs of twin primes less than 100. Find them. 10. Mrs. Chambers is buying Christmas presents for her seven children to give each other. If each child gives one present to each of the others, how many presents will Mrs. Chambers have to buy? 11. I f t h e e g g s i n a b a s k e t a r e c o u n t e d b y 2 s , 3 s , 5 s , o r 7 s , t h e r e i s o n e egg left each time. What is the smallest number of eggs that could be in the basket? 12. What is the weight of a fish that weighs six pounds plus half its weight? 13. 13.The Yankees and the Tigers play five baseball games. They each win three. No ties or disputed games were involved. How could this be? 14. Two fathers and two sons own 21 horses. They're moving to different parts of the country and want to divide the horses equally among themselves. How is this possible? 15. Write the number twelve thousand twelve hundred twelve in simplest form. 16. How many balls are needed for a single elimination Ping-Pong tournament if a new ball is used for each match and there are eight participants?12 participants? 25 participants? N participants? 17. M y a g e t h i s y e a r i s a m u l t i p l e o f 7 a n d n e x t y e a r i t w i l l b e a m u l t i p l e of 5. I am not yet 50; can you tell how old I am? What if you know that I am over 30? 18. I h a v e $ 1 . 1 5 i n c o i n s , b u t I c a n n o t m a k e c h a n g e f o r a d o l l a r , a h a l f dollar, a quarter, a dime, or a nickel. What coins do I have? 19. A clock strikes the hour on the hour. It strikes twice on each half hour and once on each quarter hour. How many times does it strike in each24-hour period? 20. A wooden cube is painted orange on all sides. It is then sliced into 27equal smaller cubes. How many of the smaller cubes are orange on three faces, two faces, one face, and no faces?

MATHEMATICS TRIVIA 1. What is the smallest number of coins needed to give exact change for any amount less than a dollar? 2. Write 25 as the sum of consecutive integers. 3. A rectangular flag has three vertical stripes of equal width. If adjacent stripes may not be the same color, how many different flags maybe made with cloth of five colors? 4. Find four 3-digit numbers that are the sum of the cubes of their digits. 5. Find the simplest operation that will make 606 greater by 50%. 6. Divide 60 into four parts such that the first increased by four, the decreased by four, the third multiplied by four, and the fourth divided by four, are all the same number. 7. Find a 2-digit number such that its square and its fifth power contain together all the digits from 1 to 9, each once and only once. 8. Three men play a game in which the loser doubles the money of each of the other two. After three games each has lost once, and each has $24. How much did each have to start? 9. Find three numbers such that their sum is a square and the sum of any pair is also a square. 10. Ramanujan's number is the smallest number that can be written two different ways as the sum of two cubes. Find Ramanujan's number and the two ways it can be written as the sum of two cubes. 11. a X b X c = 1729. Each letter names a prime number. Find them. 12. 30 people numbered 1 to 30 are equally spaced around a circular table. What is the number of the person seated directly across from the person numbered 23? 13. It takes four seconds for a clock to strike three times. How long will it take to strike eleven times? 14. Two cars are behind two cars, two cars are ahead of two cars, and two cars are between two cars. What is the least number of cars? 15. That man's father is my father's son. Who is that man? 16. What is the ones digit of 31,003? 17. What bowling score is achieved with alternating strikes and spares? Does it matter whether a strike or spare comes first? 18. A regular octahedron has faces that are equilateral triangles. Whatgeometric figure is formed if the centers of the adjacent triangles are connected? 19. Find all 2-digit numbers that with their reversals sum to perfect squares. 20. If 120 seats are arranged in a row, what is the least number of seats that must be occupied so that the next person seated must sit next to someone?