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Test your math knowledge with this engaging quiz featuring celebrity trivia and mathematical questions. Challenge yourself and learn new facts! Are you ready to put your math skills to the test?
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Quiz Time! Project Maths Development Team
For the Hello and V.I.P. Readers Which one of the following celebrities did not study pure mathematics in University? A.Teri Hatcher (Actress) B.Carol Vorderman (TV Personality) C.Art Garfunkel (Singer/Songwriter) D.Bram Stoker (Author) E.Michael Jordan (Basketball Player)
Are you a real Mathematician? Usain Bolt can run 100 m in 9.58 s. What is his approximate average speed in km/h? A. 26 B.32 C.38 D.44
Were you listening in Workshop 1? In June 2013 your current first years will sit a Junior Certificate in which… A.only paper 1 will have changed. B.only paper 2 will have changed. C.both papers will have changed. D.neither paper will have changed.
Who’s Who? Who is responsible for the roll out of the new maths programme? A.N.C.C.A. (Syllabus) (Examinations) B.S.E.C. (Supporting Teaching and Learning) C.P.M.D.T. (Administration & Funding) D.D.E.S. – T.E.S. E.All of the above
Infernal Internals A regular octagon has an internal angle of? A.120o B.135o C.150o D.180o
Perfection A perfect number is a number whose factors (excluding itself) add up to the number itself, e.g. 6 = 3 + 2 + 1. Which of the following is a perfect number? A.20 B.24 C.28 D.32
Quotable Quotes Who said: “It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer” A.Stephen Hawking B.Albert Einstein C.Pierre Fermat D.Isaac Newton
Dealing with your irrational fears The sum of the three most beautiful and intriguing mathematical constants, , e and is closest to which integer? A.5 B.7 C.9 D.11
Nobel Men Which of the following have won a Nobel prize for mathematics? A.John Forbes Nash B.Paul Erdos C.None of these D.Jon Von Neumann
Sign of the times In which century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs? A.Twelfth B.Thirteenth C.Fifteenth D.Sixteenth