St Mary’s‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’Wednesday 18th January 2006

1st Years

Question 1 (100 points)

What does the digit 5 represent in this number?

4,815,671

A five million B five hundred thousand

C fifty thousand D five thousand

Question 2 (200 points)

How many times larger is 27,000 than 27?

A 100 B 1000

C 10,000 D 100,000

Question 3 (300 points)

How many EDGES does a cuboid have?

A 6 B 12

C 8 D 10

Question 4 (500 points)

An Isosceles Triangle must have

A 2 Equal angles

B 3 Equal sides

C 1 Right angle D 3 Equal angles

Question 5 (1000 points)

Which of these is a OBTUSE angle?

A 2º B 23º

C 123º D 230º

Question 6 (2000 points)

How many sides has a DODECAGON?

A 10 B 8

C 20 D 12

Question 7 (4000 points)

Which of these is a PRIME number?

A 51 B 53

C 55 D 57

Question 8 (8000 points)

Which of these is a SQUARE number?

A 121 B 124

C 136 D 149

Question 9 (16,000 points)

Which of these is equivalent to ¼?

A 0.2 B 30%

C 8/32 D 9/12

Question 10 (32,000 points)

Which of these is a multiple of 4?

A 814 B 192

C 222 D 414

Question 11 (64,000 points)

Simplify the following

6x + 4y – 2x – 3y

A 4x + 7y B 8x + 7y

C 8x + y D 4x + y

Question 11 (64,000 points)

Simplify the following

6x + 4y – 2x – 3y

A 4x + 7y

D 4x + y

Question 11 (64,000 points)

Simplify the following

8x + 3y – 4x – 2y

A 12x + 5y B 4x + 5y

C 4x + y D 12x + y

Question 11 (64,000 points)

Simplify the following

8x + 3y – 4x – 2y

A 12x + 5y

C 4x + y

Question 11 (64,000 points)

Simplify the following

10x + 5y – 5x + 3y

A 15x + 8y B 5x + 8y

C 5x + 2y D 15x + 2y

Question 11 (64,000 points)

Simplify the following

10x + 5y – 5x + 3y

A 15x + 8y B 5x + 8y

Question 12 (125,000 points)

What is the area of a triangle with base 15cm and

perpendicular height 6cm?

A 90cm² B 180cm²

C 45cm² D 40cm²

Question 12 (125,000 points)

What is the area of a triangle with base 15cm and

perpendicular height 6cm?

A 90cm²

C 45cm²

Question 12 (125,000 points)

What is the area of a triangle with base 15cm and

perpendicular height 10cm?

A 150cm² B 70cm²

C 300cm² D 75cm²

Question 12 (125,000 points)

What is the area of a triangle with base 15cm and

perpendicular height 10cm?

A 150cm²

D 75cm²

Question 12 (125,000 points)

What is the area of a triangle with base 12cm and

perpendicular height 8cm?

A 48cm² B 96cm²

C 24cm² D 192cm²

Question 12 (125,000 points)

What is the area of a triangle with base 10cm and

perpendicular height 6cm?

A 48cm²

C 24cm²

Question 13 (250,000 points)

How many planes of symmetry has a CUBOID?

A 2 B 3

C 4 D 5

Question 13 (250,000 points)

How many planes of symmetry has a CUBOID?

B 3

C 4

Question 13 (250,000 points)

How many lines of symmetry has a RHOMBUS?

A 1 B 2

C 3 D 4

Question 13 (250,000 points)

How many lines of symmetry has a RHOMBUS?

B 2

D 4

Question 13 (250,000 points)

What is the order of Rotational Symmetry of a PARALLELOGRAM?

A 2 B 3

C 4 D 1

Question 13 (250,000 points)

What is the order of Rotational Symmetry of a PARALLELOGRAM?

A 2

C 4

Question 14 (500,000 points)

What is the area of a rectangle with length 20cmand breadth 30cm?

A 6m² B 60cm²

C 0.06m² D 0.6m²

Question 14 (500,000 points)

What is the area of a rectangle with height 20cmand breadth 30cm?

B 60cm²

C 0.06m²

Question 14 (500,000 points)

What is the area of a triangle with height 2.5cmand base 5cm?

A 10.5cm² B 12.5cm²

C 6.25cm² D 10.25cm²

Question 14 (500,000 points)

What is the area of a triangle with height 2.5cmand base 5cm?

B 12.5cm²

C 6.25cm²

Question 14 (500,000 points)

What is the area of a square with Perimeter 12cm?

A 6cm² B 9cm²

C 12cm² D 16m²

Question 14 (500,000 points)

What is the area of a square with Perimeter 12cm?

B 9cm²A 6cm²

Question 15 (1,000,000 points)

Which of the following is the largest fraction?

A 2/5 B 3/10

C 11/15 D 2/3

Question 15 (1,000,000 points)

Which of the following is the largest fraction?

C 11/15 D 2/3

Question 15 (1,000,000 points)

Which of the following is the smallest fraction?

A 3/5 B 3/10

C 1/3 D 4/15

Question 15 (1,000,000 points)

Which of the following is the largest fraction?

C 1/3 D 4/15

Question 15 (1,000,000 points)

Which of the following is the largest fraction?

A 1/3 B 13/30

C 6/15 D 3/10

Question 15 (1,000,000 points)

Which of the following is the largest fraction?

B 13/30

C 6/15

Tie-Breaker Question

Who shouted ‘EUREKA’ on discovering the concept of Buoyancy?

A Pythagoras B Archimedes

C Pascal D Fibonacci