Number trivia is an excellent way to impress your

friends with math facts. These won’t require much, if any,

solving. Instead, they’ll make you feel like a mathematician
just for having them memorized. See how many you and
your friends can get right.

1. What is the only number that has the same number of

letters as its meaning?

Four

2. What number doesn’t have its own Roman numeral?

Zero

3. What is the only even prime number?

Two

4. Which is the smallest perfect number?

Six
5. Our current numerical system based on?

Hindu-Arabic numeral system

6. Pi is a rational or irrational number?

Irrational, it cannot be written as a fraction

7. Which number is considered a “magic number?”

Nine

8. Which one is the most popular lucky number?

Seven

9. Which is the most popular two-digit number?

 13

10. Which is the most prime number of the first ten?

Show answer

11. How much would the paper weigh if you printed

out the number Googolplex?

More than the entire planet!

12. Where is four considered an unlucky number?

Asia

13. How do you laugh in Thai text lingo?

555

14. What is the only temperature that is the same in

Fahrenheit and Celsius?
 40 Below

15.

43 quintillion

16. Which number is the sum of its multiples when you

add the single digits together?

Nine

17. What is the only number spelled with letters in

alphabetical order?

Forty

18. What letter does every odd number have in it?

Show answer
19. What are the only prime numbers that end in 2 and
5?

2 and 5, no other prime numbers end in those numbers

20. How many lives are cats said to have?

Nine

21. How many cupcakes are in a baker’s dozen?

13 cupcakes

22. How many colors are needed on a map to make

sure that no border will share a color?

Four
 Easy Math Trivia

Here are some easy math questions for you to solve. These
make for a great warm-up to some of the more challenging
questions that will come later. These questions are great for
children and adults alike.

1. What is the perimeter of a circle called?

The circumference

2. What is the square root of 144?

12

3. Can Pi be written as a fraction?

No

4. What is 64 divided by 8?
 Eight

1. Which number is greater, a googol, or a

quadrillion?

A googol

5. How many sides does a nonagon have?

Nine

6. How many sides are equal in an Isosceles triangle?

No, only two are equal

7. What is five squared?

25

8. Which angle called if it’s greater than 90 degrees?

 Obtuse

9. What is five to the power of zero?

One

10. What is the top number of a fraction called?

Numerator

11. What is a shape with eight sides called?

An octagon

12. An improper fraction is always greater than what

number?

One
 13. What does the Roman numeral “X” equal?

Ten

14. Which prime number comes after 3?

Five

Hard Math Trivia

Hopefully, you practiced the easy math trivia in the last

section because now it’s about to get a little more
challenging. Here are some difficult math questions to test
your brain. Plus, some trivia facts to see how much you
know.

1. Does a convex shape curve inward or outward?

Outward

2. Is negative four a natural number?

 No

3. Which flat image can also be displayed in 3D?

A hologram

4. What number does a giga stand for?

A billion

5. How many equal sides do Icosahedrons have?

Twenty

6. What is bigger, 100, or 10 squared?

They’re the same!

7. What is the prefix meaning 10?

Deka

8. A composite number has what?

One factor

9. How many seconds are in one day?

86,400 seconds

10. How many sides does a dodecahedron have?

12 sides

11. When was the equal sign invented?

 1557 by Robert Recorde

12. What number is twice the sum of its digits?

18

13. When was the number googol first used?

In 1938 by Milton Sirotta, who was only nine years old

14. What is the billionth digit of Pi?

Nine

15. What is the mathematical name for a pound sign (#)?

Octothorpe

Math Trivia for Kids

These questions are great practice for kids to review some of the
things they have been learning in school. Math trivia for kids is also
an excellent review if they are out of class right now or if you just
want to have some fun learning. See how many you and your
family can get correct!

1. What are whole numbers?

Any number without a decimal point, for example – 1,2,3,4,

etc.

2. What does a century represent?

100 years

3. What is 16 minus 8?

Eight

4. How many sides does a hexagon have?

Six
5. What is 91 divided by 7?

13

6. If Mark has 56 legos and Angelo has 24 legos, how many legos
do they have together?

80 legos

7. If Lacey has 84 pink flowers, and Andrew has 95 flowers – how

many flowers do they have in total?

179

8. What is 24 plus 11?

35

9. What are integers?

 They are like whole numbers, but they can include negative
numbers

10. What is three squared?

Nine

11. What is the basic metric unit of mass?

A kilogram

12. What is the least common multiple of 6, 8, and 12?

24

13. If Josh gives you 17 cookies and your sister eats 3, how
many do you have left?

14 cookies
14. What is the square root of 81?

Nine

15. If there are 25 students in your class, but three students

are absent, how many students are in the class that day?

22 students

16. What is 12 times 5?

60

17. What is the largest composite number less than 40?

39

18. If you divide 48 by 6, what do you get?

 Eight

19. What is 4 times 4?

16

20. How many milliliters are in one liter?

1,000 milliliters

21. If 6 students share 36 cookies, how many cookies does

each student get?

6 cookies

22. What is 100 plus 100?

200
23. If your cherry has four seeds and you accidentally eat
two, how many are left?

2 seeds

24. What is 13 times 4?

52

25. If there are 8 students in Ms. Collin’s class and 11

students in Ms. Andrew’s class, how many students are there
altogether?

19 students

26. What is 68 divided by 4?

17

27. If there are 9 chocolate bars and Chris eats 3, how many
are left?
 Six chocolate bars

28. What is 4 times 2?

Eight

29. If there are 64 popsicles to split among 16 students, how

many popsicles would each student get?

4 popsicles

30. What is the nearest whole number to 206.86?

207

31. If there are 17 postcards in a shop and you buy 6 – how

many postcards are left?

11 postcards
 32. What is 144 divided by 12?

12

33. What is the closest whole number to 1,569.3?

1,569

34. What are the even numbers in this sequence – 2, 5, 7, 9,

10?

Two and 10

35. Jamie reads 14 pages in her 38-page book. How many

pages are left?

24 pages

Math History
There is no need to do any solving for these questions. Here is some
fun math history trivia you may not have learned before. So much
time is spent learning how to solve problems; you may never have
learned some of these fun facts. Memorize a few of them to share
with friends, or see how many you already know.

1. Hundred was derived from what Norse number?

Hundrath, actually meaning 120

2. What is the Pythagoras’ Constant, discovered by the first

mathematician around 500 BC?

The square root of two

3. Which Indian Astronomer discovered zero around 600 A.D?

Brahmagupta

4. What number sequence often appears in nature and was

discovered in 1202 AD?
 Fibonacci Sequence

5. What is the fastest someone has ever counted to one billion?

89 days, Jeremy Harper streamed his attempt in 2007

6. What civilization first used dot patterns to represent numbers?

The Chinese

7. Who invented paint by number?

Leonardo Da Vinci

8. Who is the fastest human calculator?

Scott Flansburg won the Guinness World Record in 2001

9. Where was the oldest mathematical artifact found?

 In the Lebombo Mountains, it’s the Lebombo bone, which is
over 35,000 years old

10. How was Eratosthenes able to determine the Earth’s

diameter?

A rod and the rule of three

11. How old was Isaac Newton when he developed integral

calculus?

23 years old

12. What German woman formulated theories to understand

relativity?

Emmy Noether

13. What mathematical theory explains the randomness of

nature?
 The butterfly effect, discovered by meteorologist Edward
Lorenz

14. Who developed the cartesian axes?

René Descartes

15. Where was the first recorded instance of math games

played?

Africa – south of the Sahara