📐 Biblical Mathematics - 50 Enhanced Problems

#21 - Counting

Q: In Matthew's genealogy, how many generations are there from Abraham to David?

Matthew 1:17

"So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations..."

A: 14

#22 - Counting

Q: How many sons did Jacob have who became the fathers of the tribes of Israel?

Genesis 35:22

"And the sons of Jacob were twelve..."

A: 12

#23 - Counting

Q: God told Abraham to look at the stars. If Abraham counted 5 stars in one part of the sky and 4 in another, how many stars did he see?

Genesis 15:5

A: 9

#24 - Addition

Q: Jesus fed 5,000 men with 5 loaves and 2 fish. How many loaves and fish total did the boy bring?

Matthew 14:17

A: 7

#25 - Addition

Q: After Jesus fed the 5,000, how many baskets of leftovers were collected?

Matthew 14:20

A: 12

#26-33 - Additional Foundations Problems

Topics: Noah's Ark survivors (8), Lazarus in tomb (4 days), Wise men gifts (3), Jesus in tomb (3 days), Pentateuch books (5), Transfiguration (6 people), Tablets of Law (2), David's stones (4 remaining)

#21 - Multiplication

Q: In the parable of the talents, one servant received 5 talents and doubled them. How many talents did he end up with?

Matthew 25:15-16

A: 10

#22 - Multiplication

Q: If there are 12 tribes of Israel and each tribe had 12,000 people sealed in Revelation, how many were sealed in total from 2 tribes?

Revelation 7:5-8

A: 24,000

#23 - Word Problem

Q: Jacob worked 7 years for Rachel, then was tricked and worked 7 more years. How many years did Jacob work for Rachel in total?

Genesis 29:20-28

A: 14

#24-33 - Additional Explorer Problems

Topics: Prodigal son fractions (1/2), Wilderness years/generations (2), Feeding 4,000, Adam vs Seth ages (18 years difference), Noah's age (600), Methuselah rounded (1000), Ark measurements (4 cubits), Jesus' age at crucifixion (33), Forgiveness 70×7 (490), Sabbath year fraction (1/7)

#21 - Measurement

Q: The New Jerusalem is described as 12,000 stadia in length. If 1 stadium ≈ 607 feet, what is 12,000 × 600 feet (rounded)?

Revelation 21:16

A: 7,200,000 feet

#22 - Geometry

Q: The wall of the New Jerusalem was 144 cubits. Convert to feet (1 cubit = 1.5 feet).

Revelation 21:17

A: 216 feet

#23-32 - Additional Builder Problems

Topics: Solomon's Temple floor area (1,200 sq cubits), Census rounding (600,000), Patriarch average age (916), Jubilee ratio (1/50), Altar volume (75 cubic cubits), 30 pieces of silver (12 oz), 153 fish division (21 r 6), Ark perimeter (700 cubits), Daniel's fast weeks (w=7), Solomon's Sea capacity (12,000 gallons)

#21 - Advanced

Q: The New Jerusalem is a cube 12,000 stadia on each side. Calculate the volume in cubic stadia (in scientific notation).

Revelation 21:16

A: 1.728 × 10¹²

#22 - Algebra

Q: Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy: 69 weeks × 7 years = the years from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to Messiah. Calculate 69 × 7.

Daniel 9:25

A: 483 years

#23-32 - Additional Scholar Problems

Topics: Solomon's Sea volume with π (392.5), Patriarch median age (910), Growth rate algebra (r=1), Ark ratio (30:5:3), Breastplate area (81 sq in), Talent/denarii conversion (60 million), Exodus survival percentage (0.0000033), Temple curtain cross-section (2,880 sq in), Mercy Seat area (8.4375 sq ft), Daniel's prophecy dating (27 AD)