Maths Trivia

Card 1

1. What is the Roman numeral for 12?
XII

2. Which number has the same number of letters as
its meaning?
FOUR

3. What is the number on the bottom of a fraction
called?
DENOMINATOR

4. Name a famous mathematician

5. How many decimal places are in the number pi?
INFINITELY MANY

6. What is the first number to contain the letter A?
ONE THOUSAND

7. What do the numbers on the opposite sides of a
die add up to?
7

8. What is the only number to have its letters in
alphabetical order?
FORTY
Maths Trivia
Card 2

1. What is a shape with 6 sides called?
Hexagon

2. There are only 3 regular polygons that tessellate.
Name them.
Square, Triangle, Hexagon

3. Which number would come first if they were
arranged alphabetically? EIGHT

4. According to book and movie The Hitchhikers
Guide to the Galaxy what is the answer to life,
the universe and everything? 42

5. How many faces does a square pyramid have?
5

6. What do we call the perimeter of a circle?
CIRCUMFERENCE

7. What is the square root of 144?
12

8. What do we call a triangle that has exactly two
sides equal in length?
ISOSCELES
Maths Trivia
Card 3

1. How many degrees make a right angle?
90

2. How many edges does a cube have?
12

3. What do the angles in a triangle add up to?
180

4. What do we call two straight lines that never
meet? PARALLEL

5. What do you call an angle that is greater than 90
but less than 180? OBTUSE

6. What is the next prime number after 13?
17

7. What is the name of the longest side of a
triangle?
HYPOTENUSE

8. How many zeros are there in one billion?
9

Maths Trivia
Card 4

1. What tool do we use to measure angles?
A PROTRACTOR

2. How many hours are in 7 days? 168

3. Write the number 748 in words.
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT

4. What is the largest number you can make with
the digits 2 6 0 4? 6420

5. The quote The limit does not exist! is from
which movie? MEAN GIRLS

6. What name do we give to the family of shapes
with four sides?
QUADRILATERAL

7. What number is twice the sum of its digits?
18

8. What is the mathematical name for the shape of a
can?
CYLINDER