Algebra
What does the slope represent in a linear equation?
The rate of change of (y) with respect to (x).
What is a cross-section?
A shape that results from cutting through an object.
This grand plaza in the heart of Madrid features a bronze statue of King Philip III and has hosted everything from markets to royal events.
What is Plaza Mayor?
This Romance language, spoken by over 480 million native speakers, is the official language of 20 countries.
What is Spanish?
Before pumpkins, Celtic people carved faces into these root vegetables to ward off evil spirits—a practice later brought to America by Irish immigrants.
What are turnips?
What is an exponential equation?
An equation in the form y=abx, where (b > 0)
What is the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle?
P=2(l+w), where (l) is the length and (w) is the width.
You can find colorful colonial buildings and the famous Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in this walled Caribbean city of Colombia.
What is Cartagena?
The Latin phrase "Carpe diem," popularized by Roman poet Horace, means this in English.
What is “Seize the day”?
This ancient Gaelic festival, celebrated from October 31 to November 1, marked the time when the boundary between the living and the dead was believed to blur.
What is Samhain?
What is the standard form of a linear equation?
Ax+By=C, where (A), (B), and (C) are integers.
What is the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism?
V=l×w×h, where (l) is the length, (w) is the width, and (h) is the height.
Perched on a hill above Quito, this shining aluminum statue of the Virgin Mary is known locally as “La Virgen del Panecillo.”
What is the Virgin of El Panecillo?
In Spanish, these tiny marks—such as the tilde in “niño” or the accent in “adiós”—can completely change a word’s meaning.
What are accent marks (tildes or acentos)?
The word “Halloween” comes from a contraction of this phrase referring to the night before a major Christian feast day.
What is “All Hallows’ Evening”?
How do you convert from point-slope form to slope-intercept form?
Start with (y - y1 = m(x - x1)) and solve for (y).
What is the formula for the surface area of a cylinder?
SA=2πr(h+r), where (r) is the radius and (h) is the height.
This UNESCO World Heritage site in southern Spain blends Islamic, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture and was once the site of the Great Mosque of Córdoba.
What is the Mezquita–Catedral of Córdoba?
This classical Latin case, used for direct objects, disappeared in Spanish but survives in phrases like “per annum.”
What is the accusative case?
The phrase “trick or treat” first became popular in the United States during this decade, when the tradition of costumed children asking for candy spread nationwide.
What are the 1930s?
What is the slope-intercept form of a linear equation?
y=mx+b, where (m) is the slope and (b) is the y-intercept.
What is the formula for the area of a circle?
A=πr2, where (r) is the radius.
Towering above the city of Mexico, this ancient pyramid complex was built by the pre-Aztec civilization and features the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon.
What is Teotihuacán?
Coming from the Latin "loqui" meaning “to speak,” this Spanish verb meaning “to talk” shares its root with the English word “eloquent.”
What is “hablar” or “locutar”?
(Preferred: “locutar,” since it comes directly from the Latin root “loqui.”)
In this country, Halloween is celebrated with parades and costume contests, but the more traditional Día de los Muertos honors ancestors with altars and marigolds.
What is Mexico?