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Math Trivia

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Leminiscate is the shape of what mathematical symbol?

a)

Infinity

b)

Infinix

c)

Infinite

d)

Infirm

2.

The number 0 is originally called what?

a)

Cypher

b)

Cipher

c)

Chipper

d)

Hipper

3.

He wrote a book on geometrical and perspective meant for artists

a)

Albrecht Durer

b)

John Naisbit

c)

Joseph Lagrange

d)

Ludwig Wittgenstein

4.

It is a book on mathematics that has been described as a "scientific poem"

a)

Mecanique Analystique

b)

Mechanical Analytique

c)

Mystique Analytique

d)

Mecanique Analytique

5.

Author of "Mecanique Analytique"

a)

Euclid

b)

Thomas Aquinas

c)

Joseph Lagrange

d)

Diophantus

6.

Wrote "A mathematician's Apology"

a)

B. H. Hardy

b)

G. H. Hardy

c)

G. W. Leibniz

d)

Diophantus

7.

The author of the classical "Men of Mathematics"

a)

E. T. Bell

b)

G. H. Hardy

c)

A. Henry Rhind

d)

G. W. Leibniz

8.

He wrote the "Liber Abaci"

a)

Jagjit Singh

b)

Augustus De Morgan

c)

Jame R. Newman

d)

Leonardo da Pisa

9.

Next prime number after 3

a)

7

b)

11

c)

2

d)

5

10.

Prime numbers

a)

1,3,5,7

b)

2,3,5,7

c)

1,3,5,11

d)

5,7,11,13

11.

Geometrical shape fit in Allen Wrench

a)

Nonagon

b)

Hexagon

c)

Polygon

d)

Octagon

12.

Ancient Civilization introduced the representation of digits into words

a)

Egyptian

b)

Indian

c)

Chinese

d)

Greece

13.

He wrote an Elaborate History of Greek Geometry form its earliest origins

a)

Newton

b)

Phytagora

c)

Eudemus

d)

Euclid

14.

Angles in opposite segments are classified as what?

a)

Obtuse

b)

Acute

c)

Complementary

d)

Supplementary

15.

Quadrilateral whose four vertices are lied on circumference of a circle

a)

Cycle Quadrilateral

b)

Triangle

c)

Cyclic Quadrilateral

d)

Square

16.

He invented the first-class playing machine

a)

Claude Shannon

b)

Leonardo Torres Y Quevedo

c)

James Thomson

d)

William R. Hamilton

17.

When is the Fibonacci Day

a)

November 23

b)

November 24

c)

November 25

d)

November 26

18.

Pythagorean Theorem Day!

a)

July 14

b)

July 24

c)

June 14

d)

July 4

19.

Square Root Day is first celebrated on,

a)

September 9, 1971

b)

September 9, 1981

c)

September 10, 1981

d)

September 9, 1991

20.

This is some examples of Palindrome Day except,

a)

20/02/2022

b)

11/11/1111

c)

22/02/2022

d)

25/02/2025

21.

Contributed the "place value system"

a)

China

b)

Greece

c)

India

d)

Egypt

22.

It is where the hindu arabic numerical system evolved in the first millennium AD.

a)

China

b)

Egypt

c)

India

d)

Greece

23.

Contributed the use of negative numbers.

a)

Greece

b)

China

c)

India

d)

Egypt

24.

Considered the most influential textbook of all time.

a)

Muhammad's Elements

b)

Pythagora's Elements

c)

Euclid's Elements

d)

Newton's Elements

25.

He transmitted the Hindu Arabic Numerical System to the western world via Islamic Math.

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi

c)

Gott Fried Willhelm Leibniz

d)

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss

26.

First positive number that is both square and cube.

a)

164

b)

64

c)

84

d)

54

27.

Golden Ratio

a)

1.681

b)

1.618

c)

1.816

d)

1.186

28.

Two consecutive primes that differ by two

a)

Twin primes

b)

Two primes

c)

Consecutive primes

d)

Two different primes

29.

The Greek father of math that represents equation + numbers using rocks

a)

Gott Fried Willhelm Leibniz

b)

Pythagoras of Samos

c)

Euclid

d)

Mohammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi

30.

Who is the first female mathematician?

a)

Emmy Noether

b)

Hypatia

c)

Charlott Hamming

d)

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

31.

Who is the mother of calculus?

a)

Emmy Noether

b)

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

c)

Hypatia

d)

Taylor Shane

32.

When was calculus first taught?

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1940s

33.

Who invented math?

a)

Ancient Egyptians

b)

Ancient Sumerians

c)

Ancient Mesopotamian

d)

Ancient Greek

34.

Evaluate 8x0

a)

x

b)

0

c)

1

d)

8

35.

It is reverse process of multiplication

a)

Factoring

b)

Subtracting

c)

Simplifying

d)

Multiplying

36.

What are the other two Non-Euclidean Geometries?

a)

Hyperbolic and Elliptic

b)

Trigonometric and Stallic

c)

Cubic and Quantic

d)

Quartic and Quadratic

37.

Where were the Arabic numerals invented?

a)

Egypt

b)

India

c)

Greece

d)

China

38.

Number system that was commonly employed in various ancient civilizations and is even today in some regions.

a)

15

b)

5

c)

55

d)

555

39.

The______ had their number system based on 60

a)

Ancient Babylonians

b)

Ancient Egyptians

c)

Ancient Sumerians

d)

Ancient Persians

40.

Measures angles, sideways, or up and down for making maps.

a)

Colossus

b)

Theodolite

c)

Planimeter

d)

Cubical dice

41.

Employed only for multiplying and dividing numbers.

a)

Slide rule

b)

Theodolite

c)

Spherometer

d)

Planimeter

42.

Measuring area of an irregular plane figure.

a)

Planimeter

b)

Spherometer

c)

Theodolite

d)

Slide rule

43.

Measure the angle of a star makes with the horizon

a)

Astrolabe

b)

Napier's bone

c)

Colossus

d)

Slide rule

44.

Instrument employed for drawing large circles

a)

Planimeter

b)

Spherometer

c)

Abacus

d)

Beam compass

45.

Built the first calculating machine that solved different equations.

a)

Vannevar Bush

b)

Howard H. Alken

c)

Charles Stanhope

d)

WIlliam Stanley Jevous

46.

Who is the father of mathematics?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Euclid

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Diophantus

47.

Who made the story book "Inflexible logic"?

a)

Diophantus

b)

John Naisbitt

c)

Russel Maloney

d)

Richard Hamming

48.

Who is the author of "Mathematical Ideas, Their Nature and Use"?

a)

Jagjit Singh

b)

Rosa Diaz

c)

Lily Port

d)

Andy Samberg

49.

When is Metric Day?

a)

November 23

b)

March 14

c)

October 23

d)

October 10

50.

Who determine the mathematical symbol "Pi"? And when did he determined it?

a)

Ferdinand Von Lindemann, in 1882

b)

Fernand Von Lendermann, in 1882

c)

Ferdinand Bon Linderman, in 1882

d)

Fernand Bon Linderman, in 1882

51.

When is Pi Day?

a)

June 14

b)

March 14

c)

April 14

d)

May 14

52.

The division slash (/) is called the?

a)

obelus

b)

virgule

c)

both

d)

none

53.

The ratio of the longer to the shorter side of any A-size paper is equal to the square root of ___.

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

54.

Refers to having two different alleles (group of genes) for a single trait.

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

c)

Heterezygous

d)

Humozygous

55.

The division symbol is called what?

a)

obelus

b)

virgule

c)

both

d)

none

56.

-5oC is equal to 23oF while 5oC is equal to _oF.

a)

-23

b)

40

c)

-5

d)

41

57.

A plan where the number of workers needed to complete the project wages of each worker in a day.

a)

Manpower plan

b)

Womanpower plan

c)

Humanpower plan

d)

Workerpower plan

58.

A___ is any set of ordered pairs.

a)

domain

b)

function

c)

relation

d)

corresponding

59.

The set of all first coordinates is called the?

a)

domain

b)

function

c)

relation

d)

corresponding

60.

It is a special type of relation.

a)

domain

b)

function

c)

relation

d)

corresponding

61.

It may be classified as one-to-one, many-to-one, or one-to-many.

a)

domain

b)

function

c)

relation

d)

corresponding

62.

A vertical line does not represent a ____.

a)

point

b)

graph

c)

function

d)

equation

63.

The slope of a non-vertical line is ____.

a)

constant

b)

not constant

c)

function

d)

variable

64.

Problems involving constant rate of change can be solved using what?

a)

nonlinear function

b)

linear function

c)

equation

d)

variables

65.

The variable (usually) y that depends on the value of the independent variable (usually) x.

a)

Independent variable

b)

Domain of the relation

c)

Degree of a function

d)

Dependent variable

66.

Also known as the Rectangular Coordinate System.

a)

Cartesian plane

b)

Linear function

c)

Constant function

d)

Domain

67.

How many equal sides do Icosahedrons have?

a)

18

b)

19

c)

20

d)

21

68.

____, ____ and ____ are the only regular polygons that tessellate.

a)

Triangles, squares and hexagons

b)

Triangles, rectangles and squares

c)

Rhombus, squares and triangles

d)

Rhombus, squares and triangles

69.

First code breaking machine

a)

Colossus

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Intergraph

d)

Abacus

70.

Built the first workable logic machine which can solve a problem faster than human.

a)

Howard H. Alken

b)

William Stanley Jevous

c)

Charles Stanhope

d)

Vannevar Bush

71.

The value of e

a)

2.781

b)

2.187

c)

2.817

d)

2.718

72.

Mole Day

a)

October 23

b)

November 23

c)

July 24

d)

March 14

73.

Author of "The Fractal Geometry of Nature"

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

Benoit Mandelbrot

c)

Jagjit Singh Augustus De Morgan

d)

George Ganow

74.

The author of geometry-oriented science fiction Flatland.

a)

Edwin A. Abbot

b)

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

c)

Ludwig Wittgenstein

d)

Bernhard Bolzano

75.

Founded the mathematician theory of information

a)

Gaspard Morge

b)

Josiah Cribbs

c)

Claude Shannon

d)

Thomas Bayes

76.

What is this?

a)

Grind Mathematical Papyrus

b)

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus

c)

Ancient Mathematical book

d)

500 B.C.E Mathematical Book

77.

Who invented the "Superellipse"

a)

Piet Hein

b)

James Thomson

c)

George Cantor

d)

John Napier

78.

Which of the following units were used by the early Egyptians?

a)

Finger

b)

Cubit

c)

Metrites

d)

Digit

79.

What does "Median" mean?

a)

Average

b)

Middle Point

c)

Most occurring data

d)

Range

80.

Polygon with 4 unequal sides.

a)

Quadrilateral

b)

Triangle

c)

Hexagon

d)

Octagon