Quadratics
What is the name of the U-shaped graph formed by a quadratic equation?
A parabola.
An equilateral triangle.
What is the average of a data set?
The mean.
What is the horizontal axis on a coordinate plane called?
The x-axis
Which happened first: the discovery of America by Columbus or the first moon landing?
The discovery of America by Columbus
What is the highest or lowest point on a parabola?
The vertex.
What is the theorem that relates the sides a, b and c in a right triangle?
Pythagorean Theorem.
What is the middle value when data is arranged in order?
The median.
What is the slope of a horizontal line?
Which happened first: the first man in space or the first woman in space?
The first man in space
What is the standard form of a quadratic equation?
ax2 + bx + c = 0
What is the ratio for the sine of an angle in a right triangle?
The opposite/hypotenuse.
What is the value that appears most frequently in a data set?
The mode
Find the distance between (1, 1) and (4, 5).
Answer: 5
Which happened first: the construction of the Eiffel Tower or the construction of the Statue of Liberty?
The construction of the Statue of Liberty
x2 + 3x = 10
x1 = -5, x2 = 2
Find the hypotenuse when the legs are 6 and 8. NO CALCULATOR
10.
Find the median: 3, 7, 9, 12, 15, 18
10.5
Determine if the line through (1, 2) and (3, 6) is increasing or decreasing.
Increasing
Which happened first: the development of calculus or the development of linear algebra?
The development of calculus
Solve: 2x2 - 13x + 6 = 0
x1 = 0.5, x2 = 6
Determine the value of y in the diagram. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
Anaë will show you the picture.
Nelson recorded the weights of some tomatoes.
The box plot below shows the distribution of the weights of the tomatoes. Find the upper quartile of this data set.
Anaë will show you.
Determine whether the lines through (1, 2), (3, 6), and (2, 1), (4, 5) are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.
Parallel
Which happened first: the invention of the mechanical clock or the development of trigonometry?
The development of trigonometry