In this quiz, you get one point for either figuring out the answer to each problem or identifying the picture of the baseball.

Remember: If the math problem is too hard, you can always try identifying the baseball instead. On the other hand, if identifying the baseball proves too difficult, you might be able to fall back on your math skills to get you out of the jam.

Okay! Time to see if you really know your math or what a baseball looks like.

  1. 1. What’s the least common denominator of the following fractions: [1/4, 1/6, 1/7, 1/11]? Alternatively, which of the following is a picture of a baseball?

    Nice going, Euclid! That’s the right answer to the math problem. As an extra challenge just for fun, can you identify the baseball?

    Not quite! The correct answer was 924 (= 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 11), and the baseball was the bottom right option.

    Not quite! The correct answer was 924 (= 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 11), and the baseball was the bottom right option.

    Very nice! That’s the baseball.

  2. 2. This next math problem is tough, but remember: The option of identifying the baseball is always on the table. A box contains 4 white marbles, 4 gray marbles, and 2 sapphire marbles. If you draw 5 marbles at random, what’s the chance you get at least 1 sapphire?

    Sorry, but we were looking for either 7/9 or the baseball. You selected something else.

    Impressive math, Fermat! In case you were interested, the baseball was at the top right.

    The baseball! You found it!

    Sorry, but we were looking for either 7/9 or a baseball. You selected something else.

  3. 3. Click on the baseball or else consider the following scenario: In a two-party presidential election, Party A received a votes and Party B received b votes. Party A won. If the ballots are counted one at a time (until none remain) and a running total of the score is kept, what is the probability (in terms of a and b) that Party A’s vote total remains greater than or equal to Party B’s until all the ballots have been counted?

    Not exactly. Remember, if you’re not confident in your answer to the math problem, you can just try to find the baseball instead.

    Booyah! Baseball located!

    Right! Some people would have “balked” at how hard it was to find that baseball, but you just calmly solved the math problem. Good job, Markov.

    Wrong. Can you spot your error? As you work through this one again, keep in mind that a baseball is not an animal, but a ball.

  4. 4. Consider the ellipse described by: [x^2/49 + y^2/19 = 1]. Find either the length of the ellipse’s transverse diameter or a baseball. (Hint: There might be more than one correct answer, or more than one baseball.)

    Oops. This was tricky. The diameter is 14, which you may notice was not one of the answers. And if you looked closely, you could have seen that there were not one, but four baseballs. They were all correct!

    Yeah! You found a baseball (there were actually four)!

    Yeah! You found a baseball (there were actually four)!

    Yeah! You found a baseball (there were actually four)!

    Oops. This was tricky. The diameter is 14, which you may notice was not one of the answers. And if you looked closely, you could have seen that there were not one, but four baseballs. They were all correct!

    Yeah! You found a baseball (there were actually four)!

  5. 5. Each edge of an icosahedron (a 3D shape with 20 equilateral triangles as faces) is a 1Ω resistor. Find the effective resistance between two adjacent vertices of the icosahedron or identify the baseball.

    That’s not the right answer and, unfortunately, is not the baseball either.

    That’s not the right answer and, unfortunately, is not the baseball either.

    Oh, yeah! That’s the baseball.

    That’s not the right answer and, unfortunately, is not the baseball either.

    That’s not the right answer and, unfortunately, is not the baseball either.

    That’s not the right answer and, unfortunately, is not the baseball either.

  • Results for Can You Solve These Math Problems Or Identify A Baseball?

    You’re A Total Math Whiz And/Or Total Baseball Identification Whiz!

    A perfect score! You’re either a math wizard, a baseball identification savant, or just maybe the rare polymath who is equally accomplished in both disciplines, able to choose at your whim which of your two spheres of genius you will bring to bear on each problem you encounter. Hail to you!

  • Results for Can You Solve These Math Problems Or Identify A Baseball?

    You Did Bad

    Wow. Turns out you’re not good at either of the skills you needed to do well on this quiz. Apparently, you’re just catastrophic at both tasks. What were you doing taking this quiz in the first place? What did you think was going to happen? Well, now you’ve gone and done it. Bad job all around!

  • Results for Can You Solve These Math Problems Or Identify A Baseball?

    You Need To Work On Your Math Or At Least Your Baseball Identification

    Pretty hit-and-miss there. To brush up on your skills, why not bust out your old high school math textbook and work through some of the “challenge” problems? Then for a truly fiendish baseball identification test, try searching “baseball and other things” on Google image search and see if you can tell which results are baseballs and which are other things.
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