| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| 564 - 12 | 564 - 12 = 564 - (1 * 1) = 564 - 1 = 563 | 563 | 96%
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| 296 + 24/6 | 296 + 24/6 = 296 + (24 ÷ 6) = 296 + 4 = 300 | 300 | 92%
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| CCC + X | The Roman numerals CCC and X are equivalent to the Arabic numbers 300 and 10, respectively. So, … 300 + 10 = 310 | 310 | 92%
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| Meryl’s grandmother pledged $0.85 for every mile Meryl walked in her walk-a-thon. Meryl walked 11 miles. When Meryl went to collect her grandmother’s pledge, her grandmother didn’t have any change, so she generously agreed to round her total pledge up to the nearest dollar. In dollars, how much money did Meryl collect from her grandmother? | Original pledge: 85 cents/mile * 11 miles = $9.35 $9.35 rounded up to the nearest dollar is $10 | 10 | 83%
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| Konstadinos participated in a dance-a-thon. His team started dancing at 10 A.M. on Friday and stopped at 6 P.M. on Saturday. How many hours did Konstadinos’s team dance? | From 10 A.M. Friday until 10 A.M. Saturday is 24 hours. From 10 A.M. Saturday until 6 P.M. Saturday is an additional 8 hours. 24 + 8 = 32 | 32 | 83%
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| Number of U.S. state capitals that begin with “Y” | Wikipedia: List of capitals in the United States | 0 | 79%
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| The sum of the first ten integers | calculator.net | 55 | 79%
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| Number of sides a tetracontaenneagon has | Wikidata: tetracontaenneagon | 49 | 75%
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| According to the idiom, the number one “takes” when indulging in a short break | The Free Dictionary: take five | 5 | 75%
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| Number of days in the month of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar | Wikipedia: Hebrew calendar | 30 | 67%
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| Year the prophet Muhammad died | Wikipedia: Muhammad | 632 | 67%
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| Year the Tang dynasty was founded in China | Wikipedia: Tang dynasty | 618 | 63%
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| Atomic number of the element palladium | Wikipedia: Palladium | 46 | 50%
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| Number of units in a gross ÷ number of units in a triad | Wikipedia: Gross (unit) There are 144 units in a gross and three units in a triad, so … 144 ÷ 3 = 48 Or, a gross contains 12 dozen units (122 units). 12 dozen ÷ 3 = 4 dozen There are 48 units in 4 dozen (12 * 4) | 48 | 50%
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| Number of JetPunk sovereign nations that share a land border with Central African Republic | Wikipedia: Central African Republic | 6 | 50%
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| In millimeters, the width of a standard compact disc | Wikipedia: Compact disc | 120 | 38%
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| Regnal number of the last monarch of France | Wikipedia: Napoleon III | 3 | 33%
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| Cardinality of the dimension across which Buckaroo Banzai had his adventures in the title of the 1984 sci-fi / adventure / comedy film that starred Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd | Wikipedia: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | 8 | 29%
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| Number found in the name of the Lehi, Utah-based company that specializes in smart home technology | Wikipedia: Control4 | 4 | 25%
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| Number of federal entities that, along with the Brčko District condominium, comprise the first-level administrative divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Wikipedia: Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 21%
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