V.A.L.A. Initiation

V.A.L.A. Founder Herman T. Sherman

Congratulations, you figured out that the time it takes the sound to reach your ears makes a difference in your calculations for cliff height. While your partner works on the updated table, you have successfully joined V.A.L.A. as a new recruit! And you have a chance to get close to the founder. Not only is Herman T. Sherman in attendance, he's running the initiation process!

He began the initiation with this speech:

Welcome V.A.L.A. recruits. You are joining an elite group of villains that God himself has asked me to oversee. In many ways you are all like the ants in this ant colony, all working together for a greater good. But there is one way we humans are superior to ants and all the other creatures of this earth--and that is Math! A chimp does not know the factors of 237, but I'm sure all of you do. We are very careful here at V.A.L.A. To make sure you are right for V.A.L.A., please take out your pencils and scrap paper, clear your desks, and take this short math quiz.

One of his assistants then gave you a sheet of paper with these questions. You better get them all right or else you might be thrown out of V.A.L.A. on your first day!