Math Trivia Questions for Students
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- 1.
What is the value of p in 24 = 2p?
- Ap = 24
- Bp = 8
- Cp = 12
- Dp = 4
Answer: p = 12 - 2.
The number pattern follows a skip-counting rule. 5, 20, 35, 50, 65... Which number pattern follows the same rule?
- A13, 18, 23, 28, 33...
- B5, 20, 25, 30, 35...
- C15, 30, 40, 55, 65...
- D12, 27, 42, 57, 72...
Answer: 12, 27, 42, 57, 72... - 3.
Jean threw a softball a distance of 9 feet. Lee threw a softball 3 times as far as Jean. Which equation can be used to determine thedistance, d, that Lee threw the ball?
- Adx3=9
- B3+9=d
- C3x9=d
- Dd+3=9
Answer: 3x9=d - 4.
Suppose the graph of f is both increasing and concave up on a <= x <= b. Then, using the same number of subdivisions, and with L, R, M, and T denoting, respectively, left, right, midpoint, and trapezoid sums, it follows that
- AL <= T <= M <= R
- BL <= M <= T <= R
- CR <= M <= T <= L
- DR <= T <= M <= L
Answer: L <= M <= T <= R - 5.
As the tides change, the water level in a bay varies sinusoidally. At high tide today at 8 A.M., the water level was 15 feet; at low tide, 6 hours later at 2 P.M., it was 3 feet. How fast, in feet per hour, was the water level dropping at noon today?
- Aπ\sqrt{3}/2
- B3\sqrt{3}
- Cπ\sqrt{3}
- D3
Answer: π\sqrt{3}/2 - 6.
A number, rounded to the nearest thousand,is 47,000. Which number could be the number that was rounded?
- A46,295
- B47,520
- C46,504
- D47,924
Answer: 46,504 - 7.
What is the least possible positive integer-value of $n$ such that $\sqrt{18\cdot n \cdot 34}$ is an integer?
- A17
- B3
- C34
- D2
Answer: 17 - 8.
The area bounded by the parabola y = x^2 and the lines y = 1 and y = 9 equals
- A104/3
- B84/3
- C64\sqrt{2}/3
- D8
Answer: 104/3 - 9.
Lily is going to give away all the pieces of candy in a bag. She can give an equal number of pieces of candy to 5, 3, or 2 people. Which number of pieces of candy could be in Lily's bag?
- A45
- B30
- C20
- D12
Answer: 30 - 10.
There are 190 guests at a wedding. What is the least number of circular tables needed to seat all the guests if each table seats exactly 8 people?
- A22
- B24
- C23
- D25
Answer: 24 - 11.
Estimate 711 + 497. The sum is between which numbers?
- A750 and 1,000
- B450 and 700
- C1,050 and 1,300
- D50 and 400
Answer: 1,050 and 1,300 - 12.
What is a reasonable height for a doorway?
- A2 km
- B2 mm
- C2 cm
- D2 m
Answer: 2 m - 13.
Solve the equation −6x = −36. Check your answer.
- A1 over 6
- B1 over 216
- C6
- D216
Answer: 6 - 14.
Roya paid $48 for 12 cartons of orange juice. What is the unit rate per carton of orange juice that Roya paid?
- A$4
- B$6
- C$12
- D$3
Answer: $4 - 15.
Susan reads a book at a rate of 1 page every 3 minutes. If her reading rate remains the same, which method could be used to determine the number of minutes for her to read 18 pages?
- Aadd 18 and 3
- Bmultiply 3 by 18
- Cdivide 18 by 3
- Dsubtract 3 from 18
Answer: multiply 3 by 18 - 16.
At West Elementary School, there are 20 more girls than boys. If there are 180 girls, how can you find the number of boys?
- Amultiply 180 by 20
- Badd 20 to 180
- Csubtract 20 from 180
- Ddivide 180 by 20
Answer: subtract 20 from 180 - 17.
Which fraction shows the ratio of 3 dogs to 5 dogs?
- A5 over 3
- B3 over 5
- C3 over 8
- D2 over 5
Answer: 3 over 5 - 18.
Find the product of 0.07 • 5.8.
- A4.06
- B0.0406
- C40.6
- D0.406
Answer: 0.406 - 19.
What is the product of 32 x 67?
- A2,144
- B2,044
- C1,824
- D1,934
Answer: 2,144 - 20.
Write the prime factorization of 77. Use exponents where possible.
- A7 • 11
- B7^2 • 11
- C7 • 11^2 • 13
- D7 • 11 • 13
Answer: 7 • 11 - 21.
A bag has 4 red and 6 blue marbles. A marble is selected and not replaced, then a second is selected. What is the probability that both are the same color?
- A\frac{7}{15}
- B\frac{1}{15}
- C\frac{8}{15}
- D\frac{1}{8}
Answer: \frac{7}{15} - 22.
Find the number that makes the statement true: 48 m = Box mm.
- A48,000
- B4,800
- C5
- D480
Answer: 48,000 - 23.
If the ratio of $2x-y$ to $x+y$ is 2 to 3, what is the ratio of $x$ to $y$? Express your answer as a common fraction.
- A\frac{2}{5}
- B\frac{5}{2}
- C\frac{4}{5}
- D\frac{5}{4}
Answer: \frac{5}{4} - 24.
Find the number that makes the statement 48 over 88 = ? over 11 true.
- A11
- B6
- C8
- D5
Answer: 6 - 25.
A tank is in the shape of a triangular prism. If the triangular base has an area of 116 square feet, and the tank is 30 feet tall, how much water would the tank contain when it is full?
- A1725 ft^3
- B3480 ft^3
- C6960 ft^3
- D1740 ft^3
Answer: 3480 ft^3 - 26.
The value of the digit 5 in 24,513 is how many times the value of the digit 5 in 357?
- A1,000
- B10,000
- C100
- D10
Answer: 10 - 27.
If a pentagon P with vertices at (– 2, – 4), (– 4, 1), (–1, 4), (2, 4), and (3, 0) is reflected across the line y = x to get a new pentagon, P', then one of the vertices of P' is
- A(– 4, –2)
- B(4, 1)
- C(2, 2)
- D(0, – 3)
Answer: (– 4, –2) - 28.
Balloons come in packages of 8. If you need 42 balloons, how many packages should you buy?
- A8
- B6
- C42
- D5
Answer: 6 - 29.
A model of a park was built on a scale of 1.5 centimeters to 50 meters. If the distance between two trees in the park is 150 meters, what is this distance on the model?
- A0.5 centimeter
- B75 centimeters
- C225 centimeters
- D4.5 centimeters
Answer: 4.5 centimeters - 30.
The circle $2x^2 = -2y^2 + 12x - 4y + 20$ is inscribed inside a square which has a pair of sides parallel to the x-axis. What is the area of the square?
- A20
- B80
- C2\sqrt{20}
- D\sqrt{20}
Answer: 80 - 31.
Which phrase is a description of 2m+7?
- A2 times the sum of 7 and m
- B7 times the sum of 2 and m
- C7 more than 2 times m
- D2 more than 7 times m
Answer: 7 more than 2 times m - 32.
How many palindromes (arrangements reading the same forward as backward) of 2 letters or more, containing the letter M, can be formed by rearranging any subset of the letters MISSISSIPPI?
- A66
- B2012
- C89
- D86
Answer: 89 - 33.
John has 4 cookies. Sara has 2 more cookies than John. Darius has 3 times as many cookies as Sara. How many cookies does Darius have?
- A14
- B24
- C9
- D18
Answer: 18 - 34.
Solve for y. y – 2 + 3y = 10
- A3
- B5
- C2
- D4
Answer: 3 - 35.
What is x if 3 x = 84 ?
- A20
- B21
- C28
- D26
Answer: 28 - 36.
During a semester, a student received scores of 76, 80, 83, 71, 80, and 78 on six tests. What is the student's average score for these six tests?
- A77
- B76
- C79
- D78
Answer: 78 - 37.
A soccer team has $90.00 to buy soccer balls. If one soccer ball costs $15.60, what is the greatest number of soccer balls the team can buy?
- A6
- B5
- C4
- D7
Answer: 5 - 38.
The first term of a given sequence is 1, and each successive term is the sum of all the previous terms of the sequence. What is the value of the first term which exceeds 5000?
- A8192
- B5002
- C10240
- D5001
Answer: 8192 - 39.
Which step explains how to find the value of a in 6a = 72?
- Amultiply both sides by 6
- Bdivide both sides by 6
- Csubtract 6 from both sides
- Dadd 6 to both sides
Answer: divide both sides by 6 - 40.
A water tank will hold 50 gallons. What flow rate, in gallons per second, is required to fill the tank in 20 seconds?
- A2.5
- B0.4
- C16.7
- D70
Answer: 2.5 - 41.
Two whole numbers have a least common multiple of 60. Each number is less than or equal to 12. The greatest common factor of the two numbersis 2. What are the two numbers?
- A6 and 10
- B5 and 12
- C12 and 15
- D10 and 12
Answer: 10 and 12 - 42.
Marcus spent $3.25 to wash his car. If one quarter operates the car wash for 60 seconds, how long did it take him to wash his car?
- A16 minutes
- B32.5 minutes
- C10 minutes
- D13 minutes
Answer: 13 minutes - 43.
Let $a\star b = a^b-ab$. If $2\star x = 22$, find $x$.
- A6
- B5
- C11
- D22
Answer: 5 - 44.
The distance between Miriam's house and Debbie's house is 444.44 meters. Which statement about the values of the digits in the distance, in meters, between their houses is true?
- AThe value of the 4 in the hundreds place is 10 times greater than the value of the 4 in the ones place.
- BThe value of the 4 in the tenths place is 10 times greater than the value of the 4 in the hundredths place.
- CThe value of the 4 in the tenths place is 1/10 the value of the 4 in the tens place.
- DThe value of the 4 in the hundredths place is 1/10 the value of the 4 in the ones place.
Answer: The value of the 4 in the tenths place is 10 times greater than the value of the 4 in the hundredths place. - 45.
Which two numbers both round to 1,500 when rounded to the nearest hundred?
- A1,489 and 1,589
- B1,457 and 1,547
- C1,449 and 1,549
- D1,399 and 1,599
Answer: 1,457 and 1,547 - 46.
A person walked 3 miles to the east, then turned north and walked 10 miles, then turned west and walked 6 miles, and finally turned south and walked 16 miles. Approximately how far is the person from his starting point in miles?
- A9.2
- B3.4
- C6.7
- D12.8
Answer: 6.7 - 47.
Suppose 5 different integers are randomly chosen from between 20 and 69, inclusive. What is the probability that they each have a different tens digit?
- A\frac{1}{4}
- B\frac{1}{3}
- C\frac{1000}{52969}
- D\frac{2500}{52969}
Answer: \frac{2500}{52969} - 48.
Find the exact answer: 942 / 3
- A304
- B214
- C642
- D314
Answer: 314 - 49.
There are 31 days in the month of January. Michelle did 45 push-ups each day of the month. She used the expression below to find the number of push-ups she did in January. 31 × 45 How many push-ups did Michelle do in the month of January?
- A1,395 push-ups
- B1,406 push-ups
- C125 push-ups
- D279 push-ups
Answer: 1,395 push-ups - 50.
In which situation can the expression 64 + 8 be used?
- AThere are 8 buses with 64 students on each bus.
- BMr. Juarez has 64 cups and puts an equal numberon each of 8 tables.
- CMs. Vance has 8 pens and 64 pencils in a container.
- DThere are 64 books in a bookcase and 8 booksare removed.
Answer: Mr. Juarez has 64 cups and puts an equal numberon each of 8 tables.
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