Interesting Math Trivia That You Probably Never Knew

$Home$
$Math Fun Blog$
$Classroom Games$
$Printable Games$
$Addition$
$Subtraction$
$Multiplication$
$Division$
$Fractions$
$Kindergarten$
$Elementary$
$Middle School$
$Math Tricks$
$Online Games$
$Math Trivia$
$Interactive Games$
$Contact Us$
$Useful Math Sites$
$About$
$Site Map$
$Privacy Policy$

Subscribe To This Site

$XML RSS$
$Add to Google$
$Add to My Yahoo!$
$Add to My MSN$
$Subscribe with Bloglines$

$interesting math trivia$

Interesting Math Trivia

Here's an interesting math trivia trick to impress a friend, a group, or class. Tell the person (or class) to think of their birthday...and that you are going to guess it.

Birthday Math Trivia

$math trivia birthday$

Have them take the month number from their birthday:
January = 1, Feb = 2 etc.

Multiply that by 5

Then add 6

Then multiply that total by 4

Then add 9

Then multiply this total by 5 once again

Have them add to that total the day they were born on. If they were born on the 18th, they add 18, etc.

Have them give you the total. In your head, subtract 165, and you will have the month and day they were born on!

Why It Works

You can skip down to the next math trivia trick if you don't care to know why it works.

We'll explain how this works with some simple algebra.

Let M be the month number and D will be the day number. After the seven steps the expression for their calculation is:

5 (4 (5 M + 6 ) + 9 ) + D = 100 M + D + 165

So therefore, if you subtract off the 165, what will remain will be the month in hundreds plus the day! That's Pretty Cool Math Stuff!

Here's another math trick / trivia that involves your age. It's really simple to do.

Multiply your age by their age by 7.
Multiply that answer by 1443.

Now what do you notice?

For example if you are 12, watch what happens:

12 x 7 = 84

1443 x 84 = 121212

Your age will repeat 3 times in a row!

Go to main Math Trivia page

Return from Interesting Math Trivia to Math Games Home