The document provides information on several math-related topics: 1) It describes a Rubik's Sudoku toy that allows playing sudoku puzzles with interlocking pieces in different colors to make it easier. 2) It discusses important mathematicians like Al-Khwarizmi, whose contributions led to the words "algebra" and "algorithm", and Brahmagupta who made advances in arithmetic. 3) It presents shapes like the Mobius strip that has only one side and inside/outside.

1. MIDDLE SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS QUIZ

2. In an episode of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson
seemingly disproves a famous mathematical
conjecture. What exactly is he disproving?
Image on next slide

5. He appears to
disprove Fermat’s
Last Theorem

6.  Unlike typical Sudoku puzzles,
normally done on paper, this
version can be played with the
components and then reset with a
new puzzle, removing the need for
pen and paper. In addition, the
numbers all have a matching colour,
making the puzzle a little easier for
some, as they can try to look at
colours instead of numbers to
determine where pieces should go.

8. Rubik’s Sudoku

9. Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī [was
a Persian Muslim scholar in the House of
Wisdom in Baghdad who produced works
in mathematics, astronomy, and geography.
Some words reflect the importance of al-
Khwārizmī's contributions to mathematics. “X" is
derived from al-jabr, one of the two operations he
used to solve quadratic equations. “Y” stems
from the Latin form of his name.
What are the words X and Y?

11. X- Algebra
Y- Algorithm

12. This shape in 3D space appears to
have an inside and outside at first
glance. The more we look, we see
that the ball rolls only on one side at
all times and yet goes from inside to
outside and back.
This peculiar shape has one side
which is both the inside and outside
or both the front and the back
What is this shape?

14. A Mobius Strip!

15.  The X controversy (often referred to with
the German term Prioritätsstreit, meaning
"priority dispute") was an argument
between Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz
(begun in part by their disciples and
associates) over who had first invented the
mathematical study of change, X. It is a
question that had been the cause of a major
intellectual controversy, one that began
simmering in 1699 and broke out in full
force in 1711.

18. The most popular theory about the origin of
fear of the X is biblical: there were X diners
at the Last Supper. The X to arrive was Judas,
who betrayed Jesus. In Norse mythology,
too, a table of X proved unlucky, to say the
least. According to one of the norse myths,
the primary gods were dining together
peacefully until the god of mischief (and
frequent superhero-movie
villain) Loki showed up.
In contrast to a fear towards X, sources say
that Taylor Swift is a big fan of X.
What is X

20. The Number 13!

22. ROUND 2
 Rules:
 Each team will be asked 1 questions of 10 marks each. They will be
given 30 seconds for each question.
 If the allotted team is unable to answer the question then the question
will be passed on to the subsequent teams.
 Answering out of turn results in a reduction of 10 marks from the
team’s total
 There are no negative marks

23. The great 7th Century Indian mathematician and astronomer X
wrote some important works on both mathematics and
astronomy.
X explained how to find the cube and cube-root of an integer
and gave rules facilitating the computation of squares and
square roots. He also gave rules for dealing with five types of
combinations of fractions. He gave the sum of the squares of
the first n natural numbers as n(n + 1)(2n + 1)⁄ 6 and the sum of
the cubes of the first n natural numbers as (n(n + 1)⁄2)²

25. Brahmagupta

26. Leonardo of Pisa, better known by his nickname X,
was perhaps the most talented Western
mathematician of the Middle Ages.
in 1202, he wrote a hugely influential book called
“Liber Abaci” ("Book of Calculation"), in which he
promoted the use of the Hindu-Arabic numeral
system, describing its many benefits for merchants
and mathematicians alike over the clumsy system
of Roman numerals then in use in Europe.
Who is X?

28. Fibonacci of the Fibonacci series fame!

29. X is a Canadian-American mathematician who holds
adjunct professorships at IIT-B, TFIR and the University
of Hyderabad.
He is a well known scholar of Sanskrit and learnt tabla
from Zakir Hussein. He did his PhD under Andrew Wiles.
He was the recipient of the Fields Medal ( similar to the
Nobel Prize but for Mathematicians) in 2014.
Who is X?

31. Manjul Bhargava

32. X was an Indian mathematician and astronomer of the
classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian
astronomy. He flourished in the Gupta Era. X created a
system of phonemic number notation in which numbers
were represented by consonant-vowel monosyllables. He
also correctly believed that the planets and the Moon
shine by reflected sunlight and that the motion of the
stars is due to Earth's rotation.
Find X.

34. ARYABHATA

35. Despite his contributions to pure maths, he is most
famously remembered for discovering how to
measure the volume of a body with an irregular
shape.
“An object partly or wholly immersed in a fluid
experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the
weight of the fluid displaced”
Who are we talking about?

37. Archimedes!

38. I am a French mathematician known for my work in
geometry, particularly for introducing Cartesian
coordinates to describe geometry algebraically. I
famously said, "Cogito, ergo sum" ("I think,
therefore I am"). Who am I?

40. 
René Descartes

41. ROUND 3
Say cheese

42. RULES
 Google doodles commemorating maths!
 Say cheese, that is 5*(no of teams who don’t get it right)
 Your scores can range from 0 for all teams if everyone gets it right upto
25 points if only one team gets it right.
 You will need a sheet to write answers on
 Any questions?

43. Q1


45. George Boole

46. Q2


48. Q2 – PI DAY

49. Q3


51. Q3 – RAMANUJAN’S 125TH BIRTHDAY


52. Q4


54. Q4 – LEONHARD EULER’S 306TH
BIRTHDAY

55. Q5


57. SHAKUNTALA DEVI’S 84TH BIRTHDAY

58. Q5
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60. SATYENDRA NATH BOSE

62. Round 4: The Upside
Down
 This Round gives you an opportunity for 2 kinds of questions,
 1) 2 truths and 1 lie: Find the false statement about a mathematician
from the 3 statements given, get 20 points
 2)Gridlock : A question is asked for which 9 answers are put in front of
you in which 6 are right and 3 are wrong. For each right answer, you
receive 10 points and if all 6 qs are answered, +10 bonus. If you answer
a question wrong, you lose all the points won in the round till that
point
 Quizmasters’ decisions are final

63. Eg Q: List the captains of RCB till now:
Anil Kumble
Virat Kohli
Faf Du Plessis
Rahul Dravid
Virender Sehwag Daniel Vettori
Kevin Pieterson
MS Dhoni
KL Rahul

64. Eg Q: Find the lie:
There is a Nobel Prize for math
The higgs boson particle is named after peter
higgs and satyendranath bose
Mathematician Bertrand Russell wrote a 360 page
proof for 1+1=2

65. Choose your
preference
1 - Gridlock
2 - Gridlock
3 - Gridlock
4 - Gridlock
1 – 2T1L
2 – 2T1L
3 – 2T1L
4 – 2T1L

67. Find the alphabets that are used to signify
sets of number types
Z
Q
N
R
I
C
J
K
L

69. Identify the mathematical awards
Einstein
Prize
Paul Erdos
Award
Fields
Medal
Ramanujan
Prize
Kyoto Prize in
basic sciences
Geometry
Prize
Arjuna
Award
Chern
Award
Faraday
lectureship
prize

71. Identify the unsolved millennium prize
problems
Hodge
Conjecture
Riemann
Hypothesis
P vs NP
Navier-Stokes
Equation
Yang-mills
theory
Birch and
swinnerton-Dyer
Conjecture
Poincare
Conjecture
Goldbach’s
Conjecture
Collatz
Conjecture

73. How mathematicians with Indian origin have
been honored
Commemorative
stamps
Fields Medal
Nobel Prize
in Math
Param Vir
Chakra
Abel Prize
Dronacharya
award
Bharat Ratna
National and
state
celebrations
Satellites

74. • The value of the mathematical constant e
(Euler's number) is approximately 2.71828
• 22/7 is a rational number
• "In any triangle, the sum of the squares of the
lengths of two sides is equal to the square of the
longer side."

76. • The value of the mathematical constant e (Euler's
number) is approximately 2.71828
• 22/7 is a rational number
• "In any triangle, the sum of the squares of the
lengths of two sides is equal to the square of the
longer side."

78. • The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is
always 180 degrees.
• The number 0 is an even integer.
• A prime number is defined as a whole number
greater than 1 that has no positive divisors
other than 1 and itself.

80. • The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is
always 180 degrees.
• The number 0 is an even integer.
• A prime number is defined as a whole number
greater than 1 that has no positive divisors
other than 1 and itself.

82. • The sum of the interior angles of a
hexagon is 720 degrees
• A square is always a rhombus
• A Trapezium is always a
parallelogram

84. • The sum of the interior angles of a
hexagon is 720 degrees
• A square is always a rhombus
• A Trapezium is always a
parallelogram

86. • The sum of any two irrational numbers is
always an irrational number
• The product of two irrational numbers
may be rational
• i(iota) is not a real number

88. • The sum of any two irrational numbers is
always an irrational number
• The product of two irrational numbers
may be rational
• i(iota) is not a real number