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Whitelaw Trivia
100

Round 0.739999 to 4 significant figures (4 s.f.)


0.7400


100

Solve the simultaneous equations 

3x – 2y = 7 

7x + 2y = 13

x = 2

y = -1/2

100

Evaluate f(x) = 2x - 3 when x = 4.

f(4) = 5
100

What is the mode 2,2,3,3,4,5,6,6,6,7,7,7,8

6 and 7

100

Where is Ms Whitelaw from?

Sydney

200

Write 240 as a product of its prime factors.

2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 or 24 x 3 x 5

200

Solve 4(2x−3)=5x+6.

x = 6

200

A straight line has equation 4y – 5x = 2 

Work out the gradient of this line.

5/4

200

Data set: 4,7,2,9,5,8,3  

What is the median?

5

200

What is Ms Whitelaw's second favourite subject?

History

300

Write down the value of 82/3.

4

300

Solve the quadratic inequality by factorising.

x2 - x - 12 < 0.

-3<x<4

300

f(x) = 5x - 2 and g(x) = (x + 3)2.

Evaluate g(f(-2)).

g(f(-2)) = 81

300

Five numbers have a mean of 10. Four of the numbers are: 8, 12, 6, and 14.

What is the missing number?

10

300

Ms Whitelaw's favourite sport.

Cycling

400

In a sale normal prices are reduced by 20%.  A washing machine has a sale price of $464.

By how much money is the normal price of the washing machine reduced?

$116

400

Expand and Simplify

(x+5)(x-3)(2x-1)

2x3 +3x2-32x+15

400

Find the roots of the parabola y=-2x2+2x+4.

x = -1, x = 2

400

A bag contains 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 green counters. Two counters are drawn with replacement.

What is the probability that at least one is green?

95/144

400

The year I finished high school has this property: it was the last year before a leap year. What year was it?

2015

500

Simplify (4.8 x 10-3) / (6 x 10-7) and write your answer as a product of prime factors.

26 x 53

500

Solve for x.

42x - 3 = 1/(2x - 1)

x = 1

500

Find the inverse of the function.

f(x)=(x+2)/(x+3)


(3x-2)/(1-x)

500

Sami asked 60 people which sports they liked from rugby, football and cricket. 

8 people like all three sports. 17 people like rugby and football. 13 people like football and cricket. 19 people like rugby and cricket. 35 people like football. 27 people like cricket 30 people like rugby. 

How many people liked neither rugby or football or cricket?

9

500

In the year Ms Whitelaw was born, Wifi was standardised, the movie Titanic was released, the first animal was cloned, and Netflix was founded. What year was it? 

1997
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