Baseball Arithmetic

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. If you subtract the catcher from the right fielder, what do you get? (Hint: The numbers 3 and 1 do NOT appear in either the question or answer. An alternate correct answer would be ‘The left fielder’.) Babe Ruth's Yankee uniform number The number of dwarfs Snow White had The number of sides on a STOP sign The age at which Harry Potter first went to Hogwarts

2. Multiply the left fielder by the right fielder. Now add the center fielder and the third baseman to the result. What do you have? (Hint: The numbers 2 and 4 do NOT appear in either the equation or the answer. No number is repeated in the two-digit answer.) The number of trombones 'The Music Man' had in his big parade The number of keys on a piano The date in January when Robbie Burns' birthday is celebrated The last two digits of the year World War II ended

3. Multiply the left fielder by the first baseman, and then tell us the result. (Hint: The numbers 4 and 6 play NO part in the question or answer.) The last two digits of the year World War I started Another name for the card game Blackjack The last two digits of the year Montreal hosted the Olympics The age at which the Beatles wondered 'Will you still need me...?'

4. Let’s try some division. First, add the center fielder and the right fielder. Now divide the sum by the catcher. What’s the answer? (Hint: The numbers 3 and 6 have NOT been used in the equation, nor do they appear in the answer. The answer is NOT a whole number.) The speed most often used for long playing record albums The title of a movie directed by Federico Fellini The last two digits of the year the Spanish Civil War started The number of Deadly Sins

5. If you multiply the second baseman by the shortstop, and add the pitcher to the product, what date is indicated by the answer? (Hint: The numbers 3, 7 and 9 are NOT used in either the problem or the answer.) All of these dates are correct The date in December when Christmas is celebrated The date in April when Anzac Day is observed The date in January when Robbie Burns is honoured

6. Multiply the right fielder by the second baseman. From the product, subtract the shortstop, and then add the catcher. What do you have? (Hint: The numbers 8 and 7 are NOT used. One of the two digits in the answer is the scoring notation number for the first baseman.) The last two digits of the year of the Munich Olympics The freezing point of water in degrees Celsius The freezing point of water in degrees Fahrenheit The last two digits of the year the Armistice ending World War I was signed

7. Add all three outfielders (left, right and center) together. Divide the sum by the first baseman, and add the pitcher to the result. What do you have? (Hint: The numbers 4 and 6 do NOT appear in the problem. The answer is also the scoring notation number for one of the flanking outfielders.) The number of Santa's reindeer, excluding Rudolph The number of provinces and territories in Canada, combined The number of provinces in Canada (not counting territories) The number of Santa's reindeer, including Rudolph

8. Square the center fielder (multiply him by himself). Multiply the right fielder by the second baseman. Add the two answers together, and then add the pitcher. What do you come up with? (Hint: The answer is a three-digit number that does NOT contain any digit greater than five, and DOES contain at least one zero. The numbers representing the positions in the problem do NOT include 2, 3 or 7, nor are any of these in the answer.) The number of Spartans who made a stand at Thermopylae The number of Dalmatians in the title of a book by Dodie Smith The boiling point of water in degrees Fahrenheit The number of squares on a chessboard

9. Add all four infielders (first, second and third base and the shortstop) together. Divide the sum by the catcher, then add the left fielder and subtract the first baseman. What do you have? (Hint: You will NOT use the numbers 8 and 9 for any of the positions represented in the problem. The answer is a two-digit number under 20, with two unique digits.) The numeric value of the letter 'K' in the English alphabet The number of the first Apollo mission to land on the moon The number feared by triskaidekaphobics The numeric value of the letter 'U' in the English alphabet

10. Add all nine players together, and multiply the sum by the catcher. What is the answer? (Hint: The number that is used twice is NOT three. The answer contains a zero.) The highest number on a British Bingo card Neither of these answers is correct Both of these answers are correct The age at which Sir Winston Churchill died