percents
if the 8 men on a construction crew make up 40% of the entire crew, how many people are in the crew?
20
72=2x squared
x= -6 and x=6
1+1=?
2
What is the universe made of?
Astronomers face an embarrassing conundrum: they don’t know what 95% of the universe is made of. Atoms, which form everything we see around us, only account for a measly 5%.
simile
percent transmittance is the percent of light that passes through an object. if 780 watts per square meter of light strike the roof of a greenhouse, and the roof has 85% transmittance how many (w/m) of light pass through the roof
663
3n2=27
n=-3 and n=3
x3+y3+z3
42
How did life begin?
We humans are linked by evolution to those early biological molecules
pun
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
a bank efficiency ratio is the ratio of a banks expenses to its revenue, expressed as a percentage. If a bank has 222 million dollars in expenses and an effciency ratio of 75%, what is its revenue in millions of dollars
296
100−121k squared =0
k=-10/11 and k=10/11
What is perfect cube math?
a number that is equal to the number, multiplied by itself, three times
What makes us human?
DNA
idiom
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light )
A baker at a successful bakery makes three types of cupcakes: vanilla, red velvet, and double chocolate. On Wendnesday, he made 18 vanilla cupcakes which was 17% of the total amount of cupcakes he made. How many total cupcake did the baker make on wednesday?
106
−81x squared =−11
x=-11/9 and x=11/9
how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
5
how much of the ocean have we explored
5%
oxymoron
Avocado farmers use the percent of dry matter, the matter left after dehydration, from sample avocados in their orchards to determine the best time to harvest the avocados. If a sample of the flesh of the avocado weighs 10 grams (g) before dehydration, and 1.8g after dehydration, what was the percent of dry matter in the sample?
18
0=32−50x squared
x=-4/5 and x=4/5
who was the first person on the moon
neil armstrong
what does DNA stand for
hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally