Mathematics trivia

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• When three coins are tossed, what is the probability of at least one head?Probability and statistics
• Which distribution forms a bell shape symmetric about the mean and turns up often in heights and test scores?Probability and statistics
• In how many ways can three different books be lined up in a row on a shelf?Probability and statistics
• A probability is a number from 0 through 1.Probability and statistics
• Drawing two cards without replacement from 52, if the first is an ace, the probability that the second is also an ace is 3/51.Probability and statistics
• The sum of the natural numbers from 1 to 10 is 55.Numbers and arithmetic
• Adding the decimal 0.1 three times gives exactly 0.3.Numbers and arithmetic
• Multiplying two numbers gives the same result whichever order you take them in.Numbers and arithmetic
• Dividing 0 by a nonzero number gives the quotient 0.Numbers and arithmetic
• What is the value of 2¹⁰?Numbers and arithmetic
• Gauss proved that a regular 17-sided polygon cannot be drawn with straightedge and compass.Mathematics
• That there are infinitely many primes was already proved by Euclid in ancient Greece.Mathematics
• In mathematics a 'theorem' means a claim that has not yet been proved.Mathematics
• Which German mathematician feuded at length with Newton over who devised calculus first?Mathematics
• There is a Nobel Prize for mathematics.Mathematics
• What answer did the young Gauss give after instantly solving the task of adding 1 to 100?Mathematics
• How many vertices does a regular octahedron have?Geometry
• How many vertices does a cube have?Geometry
• How many edges does a regular tetrahedron have?Geometry
• What is the positive root of the equation x² − 4 = 0?Algebra and functions
• What is the sum of the first five terms of a sequence that starts at 1 and doubles each time?Algebra and functions
• Differentiation and integration are separate operations with no link between them.Algebra and functions
• What is the value of tan 45°?Algebra and functions
• What is the expansion of (x+2)(x+3)?Algebra and functions
• Multiplying the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same nonzero number leaves the size it represents unchanged.Numbers and arithmetic
• Which triangle has a hypotenuse?Geometry
• Standard deviation has the same unit as the original data.Probability and statistics
• If two events with nonzero probability are mutually exclusive, they are independent.Probability and statistics
• Which term in probability names the case where an event does not happen?Probability and statistics
• In how many ways can two people be chosen from five when the order does not matter?Probability and statistics
• The mean is the total of the data divided by how many values there are.Probability and statistics
• Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that the product of the numbers is odd?Probability and statistics
• The median is the value that sits in the middle once the data are put in order.Probability and statistics
• A mean barely moves even when one unusually large value is mixed into the data.Probability and statistics
• Rolling a single die, the chance of getting a face you named in advance is one in six.Probability and statistics
• What is the value that appears most often in a set of data called?Probability and statistics
• What is the mean of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5?Probability and statistics
• What is the probability that two dice show a total of 7?Probability and statistics
• After heads has come up five times in a row, tails becomes more likely on the next toss.Probability and statistics
• Two coins are tossed together. What is the chance that both come up heads?Probability and statistics
• A larger standard deviation means the data sit closer to the mean.Probability and statistics
• Which graph splits data into a few intervals and shows the count in each as the height of a bar?Probability and statistics
• If two sets of data rise and fall together, one can be taken as the cause of the other.Probability and statistics
• A fraction in lowest terms has a terminating decimal exactly when its denominator's prime factors are only 2 and 5.Numbers and arithmetic
• The sum of two irrational numbers is again irrational.Numbers and arithmetic
• With 23 people in a classroom, the chance that some pair shares a birthday is over half.Probability and statistics
• A prize sits behind one of three doors. You pick one and the host opens an empty door. What now?Probability and statistics
• The number 1 is a multiple of every whole number.Numbers and arithmetic
• The largest divisor of a whole number is the number itself.Numbers and arithmetic
• The factorial of zero, written 0!, is defined to be 1.Numbers and arithmetic
• Dividing any number by 1 gives back that same number.Numbers and arithmetic
• What is the remainder when 17 is divided by 5?Numbers and arithmetic
• The whole numbers from 1 to 100 contain as many even numbers as odd numbers.Numbers and arithmetic
• Using each of the digit cards 3, 5, and 8 exactly once, what is the largest three-digit number?Numbers and arithmetic
• How many minutes are there in 1 hour and 15 minutes?Numbers and arithmetic
• How is the decimal 0.5 written as a percentage?Numbers and arithmetic
• When one positive integer is divided by another, the remainder is smaller than the divisor.Numbers and arithmetic
• Multiplying any number by zero gives zero.Numbers and arithmetic
• Which expression has the same value as 3 × (4 + 2)?Numbers and arithmetic
• How do 2/3 and 3/4 compare?Numbers and arithmetic