There's a torus/ring doughnut shaped space station with 2 spacemen on a spacewalk standing

diametrically oppositie each other. Can then ask a variety of questions such as if spaceman A
wants to throw a spanner to spaceman B, what angle and speed should they choose (stating
any assumptions made, e.g. that gravity = 0)? (submitted by Oxford applicant) Comments
Show that if n is an integer, n^3 - n is divisible by 6. (Submitted by Oxford Applicant)
Comments
Differentiate x^x, then sketch it. (submitted by Oxford applicant)
Is it possible to cover a chess-board with dominoes, when two corner squares have been
removed from the chessboard and they are (a) adjacent corners, or conversely, (b) diagonally
opposite. (submitted by Oxford applicant)
Integrate 1/(x^2) between -1 and 1. Describe any difficulties in doing this? (submitted by
Oxford applicant)
If a cannon is pointed straight at a monkey in a tree, and the monkey lets go and falls towards
the ground at the same instant the cannon is fired, will the monkey be hit? Describe any
assumptions you make. (submitted by applicant)
Integrate xlog(x). (submitted by Oxford applicant)
How many solutions to kx=e^x for different values of k?
Prove by contradiction that when z^2 = x^2 + y^2 has whole number solutions that x and y
cannot both be odd. (The Student Room)
Sketch y=ln(x) explaining its shape. (The Student Room)
Compare the integrals between the values e and 1: a) int[ln(x^2)]dx; b) int[(lnx)^2]dx and c)
int[lnx]dx. Which is largest?. (The Student Room)
Sketch y=(lnx)/x. (The Student Room)
Differentiate x^x and (x^0.5)^(x^0.5). (The Student Room)
Sketch y=cos(1/x). (The Student Room)
What is the square root of i?
If each face of a cube is coloured with one of 6 different colours, how many ways can it be done?
(The Student Room)
If you have n non-parallel lines in a plane, how many points of intersection are there? (The
Student Room)
Observation about (6 - (37^0.5))^20 being very small. (The Student Room)
By considering (6 + (37^0.5))^20 + previous expression, show this second expression is very
close to an integer. (The Student Room)
Sketch Y = (x^4 - 7x^2 + 12)/(x^4 - 4x^2 +4). (The Student Room)
Sketch y^2 = x^3 - x. (The Student Room)
Integrate from 0 to infinity the following: Int[xe^(-x^2)]dx and Int[(x^3)e^(-x^2)]dx. (The
Student Room)
If you could have half an hour with any mathematician past or present, who would it be?
(Oxbridge Applications)
Integrate arctan x! (Cambridge applicant, The Student Room)
Do you know where the multiplication sign came from (Oxford applicant, mathematics and
statistics, The Student Room)
If we have 25 people, what is the likelihood that at least one of them is born each month of the
year? (Oxford applicant, The Student Room)
What makes a tennis ball spin as it's travelling through the air? (Oxford applicant, The Student
Room)
If (cos(x))^2 = 2sin(a), what are the intervals of values of a in the interval 0 ≤ a ≤ pi so
that this equation has a solution? (submitted by Oxford applicant)
If a round table has n people sitting around it, what is the probability of person A sitting exactly
k seats away from person B? (submitted by Oxford applicant)
You are given that y = t^t and x = cost. What is the value of dy/dx? (submitted by Oxford
applicant)
Differentiate y = x with respect to x^2? (submitted by Oxford applicant)
Prove by contradiction that 2(a)^2 - b^2 is true only if a and b are both odd? (submitted by
Oxford applicant)
if your friends were here now instead of you, what would they say about you? (Cambridge
interview, The Student Room)
Whatever got you into pole dancing? (Cambridge interview, The Student Room)
Why do you play table tennis? (Cambridge interview, The Student Room)
Do you know where the multiplication sign came from? (Oxford interview, Oxbridge
Applications)
What is the significance of prime numbers? (Oxford interview, Oxbridge Applications)