Math trivia

Math trivia questions and answers.

Question 1

What is the area of the following square, if the length of BD is

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

1 2 3 4 5

Question 2

In the figure below, what is the value of y ?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

40 50 60 100 120

Question 3

Two circles both of radii 6 have exactly one point in common. If A is a point on one circle and B is a point on the other circle, what is the maximum possible length for the line segment AB? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Question 4

12 15 18 20 24

A right circular cylinder has a radius of 3 and a height of 5. Which of the following dimensions of a rectangular solid will have a volume closest to the cylinder. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Question 5

4, 5, 5 4, 5, 6 5, 5, 5 5, 5, 6 5, 6, 6

Note: Figures not drawn to scale In the figures above, x = 60. How much more is the perimeter of triangle ABC compared with the triangle DEF. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 0 2 4 6 8

Question 6

John has a square piece of paper with sides 4 inches each. He rolled up the paper to form a cylinder. What is the volume of the cylinder? (A)
(B) (C) 16 (D) (E) Question 7 4 16

The square ABCD touches the circle at 4 points. The length of the side of the square is 2 cm. Find the area of the shaded region. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4

Question 8

Note: Figures not drawn to scale In the figure above, if x < 90 then which of the following must be true? (A)
(B) (C) (D) (E) y < 90 y = 90 y > 90

Question 9

In the figure above, (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 40 45 50 55 60

and

and AE = EF . What is the value of x?