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MATH TRIVIA 2025

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What mathematician is known for the x/y coordinate plane?
a)
Rene Descartes
b)
Pythagoras
c)
Stephen Hawking
d)

Euclid

2.
This formula is known as the ...
a)
Pythagorean Theorem
b)
Quadratic Formula
c)
Distance Formula
d)
Work-force Formula
3.
Issac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz are credited with both working on what popular Advanced Placement math topic?
a)
Calculus
b)
Differential Geometry
c)
Linear Algebra
d)
Economics
4.
What base is our current number system?
a)
Base 10
b)
Base 60
c)
Base 15
d)
Base 2
5.
What is the algebraic expression for                  "the sum of n and 9"?
a)
n - 9
b)
n + 9
c)
n/9
d)
9n
6.

who was the father of mathematics and music?

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Einstein

c)

Edison

7.

How many zeroes are in a googol?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

10,000

8.

Which Mathematician created a numerical pattern in the shape of a triangle?

a)

Pascal

b)

Euler

c)

Fermat

d)

Gauss

9.

Who is the father of Geometry?

a)

Euclid

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Descartes

d)

Leibniz

10.

Which mathematician of the Middle Age discovered the mathematical sequence in nature?

a)

Descartez

b)

Braumagupta

c)

Fibonacci

d)

Ramanujan

11.

Which woman mathematician was denied warm clothes and fire to prevent her from studying by her parents?

a)

Sophia Kovelaskaya

b)

Audrey Maclean

c)

Hypatia of Alexandria

d)

Sophia Germain

12.

Which mathematicians work for NASA checking their math calculations for space flights in the 1960's?

a)

Annie Easily

b)

Audrey Maclean

c)

Sophia Germain

d)

Katherine Johnson

13.
What mathematical tool did Blaise Pascal invent in 1642?
a)
Slide Rule
b)
Protractor
c)
Compass
d)
Mechanical Calculator
14.

Was an Italian mathematician. He is best known for the number sequence named after him: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …

a)

Leonardo Pisano, Fibonacci (1175 – 1250)

b)

Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783)

c)

Johann Lambert (1728 – 1777)

d)

François Viète (1540 – 1603)

15.

Who invented the plus sign( + )?

a)

Nicole Oresme

b)

Johannes Widmann

c)

Christoff Rudolff

16.

Who invented and is known as the father of Math?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Archimedes

c)

Horace Mann

d)

Henry Fischel

17.

Who invented minus sign( - )?

a)

Nicole Oresme

b)

Johannes Widmann

c)

Christoff Rudolff

18.

Who invented radical sign( √ )?

a)

Nicole Oresme

b)

Johannes Widmann

c)

Christoff Rudolff

19.
What number do most math historians agree our initial number system started with?
a)
0
b)
1
c)
100
d)
a fraction
20.
Charles Babbage was one of the first to visualize the concept of a computer in England (1834). Who was his patroness that added to his idea and created the first computer program?
a)
Queen Elizabeth
b)
Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace
c)
Jane Eyre
d)
Queen Isabella
21.

Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz are credited with both working on what popular Advanced Placement math topic?

a)
Calculus
b)
Differential Geometry
c)
Linear Algebra
d)
Economics
22.

State the Pythagorean Theorem.

a)

a2+b2= c2a^2+b^2=\ c^2  

b)

a2−b2=c2a^2-b^2=c^2  

c)

a2+c2 = b2a^2+c^2\ =\ b^2  

d)

b2+c2 = a2b^2+c^2\ =\ a^2  

23.

________________ was a Greek Scientist, a great mathematician, and a Physician. He also worked his entire life in search of discovering mathematical formulas that are related to Physics. Their best contribution in mathematics is known as the invention of compound pulleys, antiquity, and screw pump.

a)

Archimedes

b)

Plato

c)

Abraham De Voire

d)

Ada Lovelace

24.

_______________ was one of the most famous mathematicians from Greece. He was very skilled in Geometry and used Geometry as a means to calculate the heights of pyramids and measure the distance of a ship from the shore.

a)

Thales of Miletus

b)

Cauchy

c)

Augustus De Morgan

d)

Benjamin Banneker

25.

Which ancient civilization developed a positional number system and made significant contributions to algebra and geometry?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient China

d)

Ancient India

e)

Ancient Babylonians

26.


  1. Who introduced the concept of zero to the world of mathematics?

a)

Leonardo Fibonacci

b)

René Descartes

c)

Aryabhata

d)

Isaac Newton

e)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

27.

Who is considered the founder of modern calculus?

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Sir Isaac Newton

c)

Pierre-Simon Laplace

d)

Galileo Galilei

e)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

28.

Who is known for discovering and proving the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, which states that every positive integer greater than 1 is either a prime number or can be uniquely factorized into a product of prime numbers?

a)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

b)

Leonhard Euler

c)

Pierre de Fermat

d)

Euclid

e)

René Descartes

29.

Who is credited with introducing the concept of infinity to mathematics?

a)

Georg Cantor

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Leonhard Euler

d)

René Descartes

e)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

30.

Which mathematician is often referred to as the "Prince of Mathematicians"?

a)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

b)

Leonhard Euler

c)

Pierre-Simon Laplace

d)

René Descartes

e)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

31.

Which ancient civilization is credited with developing the concept of place value and the decimal system?

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

Ancient Egypt

c)

Ancient India

d)

Ancient China

e)

Ancient Mesopotamia

32.

Who is often credited with introducing the concept of logarithms?

a)

John Napier

b)

René Descartes

c)

Leonhard Euler

d)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

e)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

33.

Who is credited with the development of the concept of complex numbers?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

René Descartes

c)

Leonhard Euler

d)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

e)

Pierre-Simon Laplace

34.

Which concept is attributed to René Descartes?

a)

Coordinate geometry

b)

Irrational numbers

c)

Game theory

d)

Trigonometric identities

e)

Golden ratio

35.

WHAT IS THE RESULT OF THE PROCESS?

15 – 1 (12 ÷ 4 + 1)

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

36.

What is the name of one of the first math documents?

a)

Thales Papirus

b)

Rhind papirus

c)

Öklid Papirus

37.

The numerals used by today's mathematicians were developed in ...

a)

Rome

b)

Arabia

c)

France

d)

Greece

38.

Which ancient Egyptian unit of measurement was set as the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger?

a)

cubit

b)

stone

c)

karat

d)

quire

39.

Who collaborated with Alfred North Whitehead in writing "Principia Mathematica" and later won the 1950 Nobel prize for literature?

a)

Jean Wourier

b)

Norbert Weiner

c)

Leonhard Euler

d)

Bertrand Russell

40.

The 360-degree circle and the 60-minute hour were developed by the ...

a)

Greeks

b)

Mayans

c)

Egyptians

d)

Babylonians

41.

August F. Mobius was a founder of what branch of mathematics?

a)

calculus

b)

topology

c)

probability

d)

symbolic logic

42.

I invented the first calculating machine in 1645. My gambling led me to study probability. I am french. Who am I?

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Pierre de Fermat

c)

Stephen Wolfram

d)

Descartes

43.

Some consider me the first of the modern school of mathematics. I am famous for the statement : I think therefore I am.

a)

Descartes

b)

Stephen Wolfram

c)

Pierre de Fermat

d)

Blaise Pascal

44.
What is cuneiform script?
a)
A form of painting
b)
An early form of mathematics
c)
A writing system using wedge-shaped characters
d)
A type of pottery
45.
Which civilization developed the earliest known writing system?
a)
Egyptian
b)
Greek
c)
Babylonian
d)
Sumerian
46.
What was the basis of the Sumerian and Babylonian number system?
a)
Base 10
b)
Base 12
c)
Base 60
d)
Base 100
47.
What mathematical concept did the Babylonians develop that the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans did not have?
a)
Geometry
b)
Algebra
c)
Place-value system
d)
Zero
48.
What geometric shapes did the Babylonians use in their buildings and games?
a)
Spheres
b)
Pyramids
c)
Rectangles and triangles
d)
Cubes
49.

He is a Vedic mathematician who is accredited with calculating the pi to some degree of precision.

a)

Baudhayana

b)

Katyayana

c)

Yajnavalkya

d)

Bhaskara

50.

He is the one who first uses the zero as a number. He gives rules to compute with zero.

a)

Bhaskara

b)

Brahmagupta

c)

Yajnavalkya

d)

Aryabhata II

51.

It is known as Hindu Mathematics.

a)

Chinese Mathematics

b)

Indian Mathematics

c)

Egyptian Mathematics

d)

Vedic Mathematics

52.

Around when was Sumerian mathematics invented/made?

a)

A. 120 CE/AD

b)

B. 1000 BC/BCE

c)

3000 BC/BCE

d)

D. 2500 BC/BCE

53.

The mayan invention of __________ is one of the greatest inventions in mathematics.

a)

multiplication

b)

the calendar

c)

zero

d)

the abacus

54.

Who said it?

"Mathematics is the queen of science, and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics."

a)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Bruce Grip

d)

No one. It is a lie.

55.

Who invented the checkerboard game called "dama" in the Philippines?

a)

Jesus Huenda in 1975

b)

Mariano Huenda in 1975

c)

Sebastian Huenda in 1975

d)

Lucas Huenda in 1975

56.

What is Sudoku?

a)

A math puzzle

b)

A logic puzzle

c)

A word puzzle

d)

A memory puzzle

57.

How many cells are there in a 9x9 Sudoku grid?

a)

64

b)

72

c)

81

d)

90

58.

What is a block in Sudoku?

a)

A group of cells

b)

A row or column

c)

A completed puzzle

d)

A missing number

59.

What is the only number spelled with letters in alphabetical order?

a)

twenty

b)

fifty

c)

thirty

d)

forty

60.

How many faces do ICOSAHEDRONS have?

a)

15

b)

18

c)

20

d)

24

61.
The following mathematicians are founder of Modern Algebra EXCEPT______.
a)
Al-Khwarizmi
b)
Archimedes
c)
Emmy Noether
d)
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
62.

Who first used negative numbers?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

India

d)

China

63.

When was the first time negative numbers were used by anyone?

a)

200 BCE

b)

1000 CE

c)

13th Century

d)

1835

64.

Who created the first set of rules for calculating with negative numbers?

a)

Greece in 1400 CE

b)

Greece in 400 CE

c)

India in 600 CE

d)

English in 1600 CE

65.

When did Nicole Oresme first use the horizontal bar for division?

a)

14th Century

b)

15 Century

c)

16 th Century

d)

17 Century

66.

Sumerian writing

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Scribes

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Phoenician alphabet

67.

Who invented the checkerboard game called "dama" in the Philippines?

a)

Jesus Huenda in 1975

b)

Mariano Huenda in 1975

c)

Sebastian Huenda in 1975

d)

Lucas Huenda in 1975

68.

Who is the inventor of Clock?

a)

Christian Huygens

b)

Richard Salter

c)

Eckhard Unger

d)

Daniel Fahrenheit

69.

Who published a treatise on trigonometry which contains the earliest use of the abbreviations: sin, tan, sec for sine, tangent and secant?

a)

Albert Girard

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

Girolamo Cardano

d)

Galileo Galilei

70.

His greatest contributions includes such groundbreaking texts in invention of dividing roots used as multiplication table.

a)

George Dantzig

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

John Napier

d)

Jacob Bernoulli

71.

A rich Mathematician in France who invented a new, non-Greek way of doing geometry, now called "projective" or "modern" geometry. Girard Desargues

a)

George Dantzig

b)

Girard Desargues

c)

John Napier

d)

Jacob Bernoulli

72.

He was a Renaissance - and Reformation - era Mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of Universe.

a)

George Dantzig

b)

Copernicus

c)

John Napier

d)

Jacob Bernoulli

73.

19th Century Mathematician who added the integers from 1 to 100 within seconds by a flash of mathematical insights.

a)

Johann Gauss

b)

Pafnuty Chebyshev

c)

John Napier

d)

Jacob Bernoulli

74.
This formula is known as the ...
a)
Pythagorean Theorem
b)
Quadratic Formula
c)
Distance Formula
d)
Work-force Formula
75.

Which ancient civilization developed a positional number system and made significant contributions to algebra and geometry?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient China

d)

Ancient India

e)

Ancient Babylonians

76.

Who is considered the founder of modern calculus?

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Sir Isaac Newton

c)

Pierre-Simon Laplace

d)

Galileo Galilei

e)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

77.

Who is credited with introducing the concept of infinity to mathematics?

a)

Georg Cantor

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Leonhard Euler

d)

René Descartes

e)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

78.

Who proved Fermat's Last Theorem, one of the most famous problems in mathematics, in 1994 (formally published in 1995)?

a)

Andrew Wiles

b)

David Hilbert

c)

Srinivasa Ramanujan

d)

Évariste Galois

e)

Max Planck

79.

Who introduced the concept of computable numbers and laid the foundation for the field of computer science?

a)

John von Neumann

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Jacques Hadamard

d)

Emmy Noether

e)

Évariste Galois

80.


  1. Who introduced the concept of zero to the world of mathematics?

a)

Leonardo Fibonacci

b)

René Descartes

c)

Aryabhata

d)

Isaac Newton

e)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

81.

Where was the first Asian Sudoku Championship (ASC) competition held?

a)

South Korea

b)

Japan

c)

USA

82.

When was the first World Sudoku Championship (WSC) puzzle competition?

a)

2000

b)

2014

c)

2006

d)

2011

83.

When was Damath introduced by filipino educator to the United States?

a)

1990

b)

2011

c)

2012

d)

2000

84.

When was the first Damath tournament held?

a)

1970

b)

1980

c)

1985

d)

1975

85.

Who discovered multiplication?

a)

Babylonians

b)

Wreck-It-Ralph

c)

Aryabhatta

d)

Babilonyans

86.

It is one of the books authored by Diophantus.

a)

The elements

b)

Arithmetica

c)

Almagest

d)

Palimpsest

87.

Convert

100oC100^oC  to Kelvin

a)

373 K373\ K  

b)

273 K273\ K  

c)

212 K212\ K  

d)

0 K0\ K  

88.

She is 15 years old, represented Nigeria🇳🇬 at the Global Mathematics Competition, beat China, United States of America, United Kingdom and others, and became the world's best mathematics student.

a)

Carl Gauss

b)

Faith Odunsi

c)

HYPATIA of ALEXANDRIA

d)

Terence Tao

89.

The distance through the center of a circle edge to edge.

a)

diameter

b)

circumference

c)

radius

d)

area

90.

What measurements are needed to find volume of a cone or cylinder?

a)

height

b)

height and radius

c)

height and diameter

d)

diameter

91.

C = 2πrC\ =\ 2\pi r  

This is the formula for:

a)

Area of a circle

b)

Circumference of a circle

c)

Center of a circle

d)

Circumference of any shape

92.

V=43πr3V=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3  

What is this formula?

a)

Volume of a sphere

b)

Volume of a right cylinder

c)

Volume of a pyramid

d)

Volume of a cube

93.
Area of a Trapezoid
a)

1/2 b*h

b)

1/3 b*h

c)

1/2 (b1+b2)h

d)

1/2 l*w*h

94.

What is the formula for calculating simple interest?

a)

I = P * R * T

b)

I = P * R

c)

I = P * T

d)

I = R * T

95.

What is the name of the segment that connects two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon?

a)

Angle

b)

Diagonal

c)

Side

d)

Vertices

96.

What do you call a 10-sided polygon?

a)

Decagon

b)

Pentagon

c)

Hexagon

d)

Heptagon

97.

Another name for corner or point of 3D shape?

a)

faces

b)

edges

c)

vertex

d)

Flat surface

98.

What is another name of Cube?

a)

Tetrahedron

b)

Hexahedron

c)

Octahedron

d)

Icosahedron

99.

The faces meet in a line segment called an

a)

edge

b)

vertex

c)

face

d)

height

100.

If a polyhedron has 4 faces then what is the name of that polyhedron?

a)

Tetrahedron

b)

Octahedron

c)

Hexahedron

d)

Pentahedron

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