--- description: Time assembled the ultimate pop quiz. title: Quiz: Can You Solve the World's Trickiest Math Problems? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Can You Solve the World's Trickiest Math Problems? by [Alex Bellos](/author/alex-bellos/) ## Alex Bellos Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 3:13 PM CUT by [Alex Bellos](/author/alex-bellos/) ## Alex Bellos Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 3:13 PM CUT All questions courtesy Alex Bellos, author of [_The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1451640099/ref=cm%5Fsw%5Fsu%5Fdp "undefined")_._ **_Correction appended Aug. 14, 6:35 p.m._** _The original version of this quiz misstated a figure in question two._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3108579/tricky-math-problems-quiz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3108579/tricky-math-problems-quiz/"},"headline":"Can You Solve the World's Trickiest Math Problems?","datePublished":"2014-08-14T15:13:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:25.700Z","description":"We've assembled the ultimate quiz of common misconceptions.","url":"https://time.com/3108579/tricky-math-problems-quiz/","keywords":["Newsfeed","quiz","Math"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Bellos","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/alex-bellos/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3108579/tricky-math-problems-quiz/","name":"Can You Solve the World's Trickiest Math Problems?"}}]}] ```