Number Devil Quiz

What number does the Number Devil claim to have invented all other numbers out of in his “recipes”?

• 1

• 2

• 3

What is a palindrome? Can you give us an example of an equation that makes one?

• A number that reads the same forwards as backwards. 1111 x 1111

• A number that is divisible by 2. 2222 x 2

• A number that is a prime number. 101 x 101

Can you decipher this number? MMCMLXXVIII

• 2988

• 1988

• 2888

What does the number devil mean by “number hopping”?

• Using exponents

• Using addition

• Using multiplication

Which two numbers are neither “prima donna” or the “ordinary kind”?

• 1 and 0

• 2 and 3

• 4 and 5

What does the number devil call a number like 6/7? Give an example of one of these numbers.

• Unreasonable (7/11)

• Rational (1/2)

• Whole (5)

Which equation does the Number Devil teach Robert using squares?

• The Pythagorean Theorem

• The Area of a Circle

• The Volume of a Cube

What two examples from nature does the Number Devil use to explain Fibonacci (Bonacci) numbers?

• Rabbits and the branches of a tree

• Leaves and the petals of a flower

• Stars and the planets

The Number Devil explains that the sum of the Fibonacci numbers are the sum of the two previous numbers in the sequence. If the 12th and 13th Fibonacci numbers are 144 and 233 respectively what would the 14th and 15th numbers be?

• 377 and 610

• 300 and 500

• 400 and 600

What is a triangle array of numbers in which those at the ends of the rows are 1 and each of the others are the sum of the nearest two numbers in the row above?

• Fibonacci sequence

• Pascals Triangle

• Square roots