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Math History: $200

• Question:• This famous theorem describes how to find

the hypotenuse of a right triangle.• Answer• Pythagorean Theorem

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Math History: $400

• Question:• This symbol was created in 1557 by Welsh

mathematician Robert Recorde to say two mathematical expressions are the same.

• Answer• =

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Math History: $600

• Question:• This is the name of either of the developers of

calculus in the 1600’s.• Answer• Gottfried Leibniz or Isaac Newton

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Math History: $800

• Question:• This Russian mathematician was the first

female full professor in northern Europe.• Answer• Sonia Kovalevsky

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Math History: $1000

• Question:• Among many other things, this Swiss

mathematician is famous for pioneering the use of the imaginary number “i”.

• Answer• Leonhard Euler

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Mental Math: $200

• Question:• This positive number when squared gives

itself.• Answer• 1

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Mental Math: $400

• Question:• This prime number lies between 24 and 30.• Answer• 29

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Mental Math: $600

• Question:• This is the missing term in the sequence

1, 8, __ , 64, 125, …• Answer• 27

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Mental Math: $800

• Question:• This number is written as MMXV using Roman

numerals.• Answer• 2015

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Mental Math: $1000

• Question:• If two shirts and one belt cost $22, and one

shirt and two belts cost $20, how much does one shirt cost?

• Answer• $8

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Geometry: $200• Question:• In Euclidean geometry, this gives the shortest

path between two points.• Answer• A line

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Geometry: $400• Question:• This word describes an angle that is less than

90 degrees.• Answer• Acute

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Geometry: $600• Question:• A nonagon has this number of sides.• Answer• 9

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Geometry: $800• Question:• This is the surface area of a rectangular prism

measuring 3 in. by 4 in. by 5 in.• Answer• 94 square inches

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Geometry: $1000

• Question:• If two angles in a rhombus each measure 115

degrees, this is the measure of one of the other two angles

• Answer• 65 degrees

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Logic: $200• Question:• If two days before tomorrow is Friday, what

day of the week will it be in two days?• Answer• Monday

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Logic: $400• Question:• The population of rabbits on campus doubles

every year. If we start with 2 rabbits, the number of rabbits after 5 years pass is this number.

• Answer• 64 rabbits

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Logic: $600• Question:• Which colorful 3-letter word can go at the

start and end of _ _ _ ISCOVE_ _ _ to give a word?

• Answer• RED

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Logic: $800• Question:• A sequence of numbers starts out 1, 3, 5, 7, …

What is the 50’th term in the sequence?• Answer• 99

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Logic: $1000• Question:• This is the number of ways you can rearrange

the letters “S K D A Y”• Answer• 120 ways

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Probability: $200• Question:• This is the probability of rolling “2” on a fair

six-sided die.• Answer• 1/6

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Probabililty: $400

• Question:• A circle of area 20 ft^2 lies inside a circle of

area 30 ft^2. If a point is randomly drawn in the larger circle, what is the probability this point lies in the small circle?

• Answer• 2/3, or 20/30

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Probability: $600• Question:• If I draw one sock from a drawer of 8 blue

socks, 3 white socks, and 4 red socks, what is the probability this sock is white?

• Answer• 1/5, or 3/15

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Probability: $800• Question:• I flip a coin several times. A passing

mathematician remarked that the probability that every flip came up heads was 1/32. How many times did I toss the coin?

• Answer• 5 times

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Probability: $1000

• Question:• If I roll two dice, what is the probability that

the product of the two numbers is prime?• Answer• 1/6, or 6/36

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Bonus Question: $1500

• Question:• Todd’s house is 5 miles due north of Kevin’s

house and 12 miles due east of Jennifer’s house. How far apart are Todd’s house and Jennifer’s house?

• Answer• 12 miles (just like the problem states!)

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