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Number Theory trivia quiz

Number Theory trivia, played live: seven rounds, ten seconds a question. QuizDown has over 110 Number Theory questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

Opens Monday 9 November at 06:00: get notified

What the Number Theory questions cover

  • Perfect Numbers
  • Primitive Roots
  • Divisibility
  • Factors
  • Prime Sequence
  • Carmichael Numbers
  • Class Numbers
  • Common Factors
  • Common Multiples
  • Congruent Numbers
  • Definitions
  • Mersenne Primes

Try three Number Theory questions

Question 1

Which number is the only even integer greater than 1 with exactly two positive divisors?

  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 4
  4. 8
Show the answer

2

Question 2

What is a whole number greater than 1 with exactly two positive divisors called?

  1. Composite number
  2. Prime number
  3. Perfect number
  4. Square number
Show the answer

Prime number

Question 3

What is a whole number greater than 1 that has more than two positive divisors called?

  1. Prime number
  2. Perfect number
  3. Composite number
  4. Odd number
Show the answer

Composite number

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Number Theory match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Number Theory questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

Your Number Theory ranking is its own: climb it without your other topics dragging you down.