Math
Trivia
How to Play
Math Trivia is played on teams, you will
work with your teams
We will play in rounds, there are 3
rounds in the first half of the game and 3
rounds in the second half of the game
Before we begin each round I will tell
you the categories, write them down on
your score sheet
How to Play
 In each round you will use points, for the first
half the point values are 5, 3, & 1
 You may only use each point value once per
round
 Write your points and answer on your answer
cards
 One person per team will bring the answer
card to me
 You have until the end of one song to turn in
an answer for each question
Round 1
Which is the best mileage?
329 miles:10 gallons
378 miles: 12 gallons
165 miles: 5 gallons
70 miles: 2 gallons
Round 1 Question 1
Answer
70 miles : 2 gallons
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Round 1 Question 2
Which of the following rations forms a
proportion with 2 : 5
16 : 40, 10 : 30, 12 : 25, 12 : 35
Answer
16 : 40
Students from Mrs. Dawson’s Spanish
class are saving money for a summer
trip to Barcelona, Spain. Each student
needs to raise $1,080 to be able to
attend the trip. This amount
represents an increase of 12.5% over
the cost of the trip last year. How
much did the trip to Barcelona cost
last year?
Round 1 Question 3
Answer
$960
Round 2
Round 2 Question 1
Carrie can drive her car
66 miles on 3 gallons of
gasoline. At this rate, how
far can she drive on a full
tank of 16 gallons?
Answer
352 miles
Hope’s road map shows
that the distance between
her home and her place of
work is 6cm. If the scale on
her map shows 1cm : 9mi,
how far is her workplace
from home?
Round 2 Question 2
Answer
54 miles
Four students are planning a camping trip
for Labor Day weekend. They are expecting
8 additional friends to attend. The students
plan to cook hamburgers while they are
ccamping. According to a camping book,
each person can be expected to eat 3,
4/5 pound hamburgers. If the students buy
the hamburger in one-pound packages,
how many packages must they buy to feed
the group?
Round 2 Question 3
Answer
29
packages
Round 3
Jason rode his bike 26 miles at a
constant speed for 2 hours. How
long will it take him to ride 104
miles at the same speed?
Answer
8 hours
Round 3 Question 2
Write and then solve the
proportion. 8 is to 12 as p is to
18.
Answer
8 = p
12 18
p= 12
Round 3 Question 3
Richard is collecting petition
signatures outside of a shopping mall
to put an issue on the ballot during
the next election. During the first 114
minutes, he has collected 6
signatures. If he continues to collect
signatures at this rate, about how
many signatures will Richard have
collected after 5 hours?
Answer
About 15.78
signatures
(accept 15 or 16)
Half Time Question
For the half time question you can
wager up to 20 points.
If you get the answer correct you
earn the points, but if it is incorrect
you lose the points.
HALF TIME QUESTION
Ling bought 4 DVDs for $12.95
and a DVD player for $37.98.
After sales tax, her total came
to $96.24. What is the sales tax
rate. Round your answer to the
nearest hundredth, if necessary.
Answer
7.2%
Second Half
Point Values are now 2, 4, and 6
You still may only use each point
value one time per round
Round 4
Round 4 Question 1
During a recent winter, the
ratio of deer to foxes was 7 to
3 in one county of New York
State. If there were 210 foxes
in the county, what was the
number of deer in the county?
Answer
490 deer
Round 4 Question 2
You earn $40 shoveling snow
off 5 sidewalks. You charge
the same amount for each
sidewalk. How much will you
earn if you shovel 3
sidewalks?
Answer
$24
Round 4 Question 3
If you can type 1,240
words in 40 minutes, how
many words per minute
can you type?
Answer
31 words
per minute
Round 5
Y
Round 5 Question
1
Alicia already spent $8.25 of her
paycheck. If this was 15% of her
paycheck, how much was
she paid?
Answer
$55
Round 5 Question 2
Billy works part time as a salesperson at a
music store in the mall. Hea earns wages of
$6.50 per hour plus a percent commission on
his sales during the week. Last week Billy
worked 15 hours and earned a gross income
of $163.13. If his total sales for the week
totaled $1750, what percent commission does
he earn on sales?
Answer
3.75%
Round 5 Question 3
Ping works at a furniture store
assembling entertainment centers,
shelving units and other items. If it
takes her on average 22 minutes to
assemble 1 entertainment center,
how many centers should her boss
expect her to have fully assembled
at the end of a 7 – hour shift?
Answer
19
Round 6
Round 6 Question 1
The length of the highway is 700 miles. If
1 inch represents 75 miles, what is the
length of the highway on the map?
Answer
9 1/3 inches
Round 6 Question 2
A rectangular photo with
dimensions of 1.5 inches wide by 2
inches long is enlarged to a length
of 8 inches. What is the width of the
enlarged print?
Answer
6 in
30
Round 6 Question
3
Steve can rent a chainsaw from a home
improvement store for a deposit of $8 plus
$5.75 per hour of rental time. He could buy
the same chainsaw from the store for
$135. Neglecting sales tax, for how many
hours would Steve have to rent the
chainsaw in order for the rental charge to
exceed the purchase price?
Answer
23 hours
Final Question
For the final question you may wager
between 0 – 15 points.
If your answer is correct you get the
points, if your answer is incorrect you
lose the points.
Final Question
Tyrone works for the Department of
Transportation as a traffic flow specialist. This
afternoon he is recording the number of cars
that travel through a busy intersection during
rush hour. During the first 21 minutes of
recording he has observed 480 cars passing
thtrough the intersection. If this rate continues,
estimate the number of cars that will travel
through the intersection during the 2 hour busy
period.
Final Answer
About 2743 cars