Exponential Ideas
The small number or letter set to the right of another number or variable.
What is an exponent?
2x = 8
A car is bought for $20,000. It depreciates with an average of 12% per year for 5 years. It's selling price after 5 years is...
What is $10,555? (Rounded. Will accept 10,554.64)
This country was the first to give women the right to vote. (Double points if you can tell me the year.)
What is New Zealand? (1893)
This is the most commonly spoken language in the world
What is Mandarin? (Chinese)
Exponents are what form of math in a compressed form?
What is Multiplication?
(32)x= 81
What is x = 2?
A loan is taken for $5,000. It has a 2% monthly interest rate. If it is paid off after 3 years, how much interest is paid on the loan?
What is $5,199.44?
A whale shark has this many bones in its body.
What is zero? (only cartilage!)
This show features an ice cream shop called Scoops Ahoy
What is Stranger Things?
When dealing with this, you would add the exponents together.
What is multiplying positive exponents with the same base?
5x = 125
What is x = 3?
A savings account is created on your birthday with $1,000 in it. With a 4% return per year, and no withdrawing until your 18th birthday, how much money will be in it on your 18th birthday?
What is $2025.82?
This is the smallest country in the world.
What is Vatican City?
Who is James Earl Jones? (the voice actor.)
When dealing with this, you would subtract the exponents.
What is multiplying negative exponents?
4x+1 = 64
What is x = 2?
The better option between taking a $10,000 loan with 1% interest monthly, or a $5,000 loan with 40% interest yearly for a term of 3 years?
You must provide the number for your answer.
The $5,000 loan will still only come to $13,720 while the 10,000 will be at 14,307. (Make an argument why yours is better.)
This is the most common color of M&Ms
What is Blue?
The world record for eating hot dogs in a single sitting is this number. (Closest team will get this one.)
What is 73?
When dealing with this, you would multiply the exponents together.
What is a nested parenthetical with exponents?
2x = 1024
What is x = 10?
A computer's processing speed increases by 10% every year. If its speed is initially 3 GHz, it's speed is what after 6 years?
What is 5.31 GHz?
Ailurophobia is the fear of this thing
What are cats?
The airspeed of an unladen swallow
Also Acceptable:
African or European?