Thanksgiving Trivia
Do Americans prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie?
Apple Pie
Define "Inverse"
What is the slope intercept formula
y=mx +b
Round 2.1637 to the nearest hundredth
2.16
Numbers that are expressed as fractions are rational or irrational?
rational
What meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?
Ham
The point (0,0) on a graph is known as the __?__
The Origin
What is the slope of a horizontal straight line?
What is the slope of a vertical straight line?
Horizontal = 0
Vertical = Undefined
Solve: - 5 - (-12) = ?
7
53 . 52=
55=3,125
What is the loose skin under a male turkey’s neck called?
Snood or Wattle
What is the Pythagorean theorem
a2 +b2=c2
Simplify the expression 4(2x-3) + 2(x+5)
10x-2
Solve: 4 1/8 + 8 6/16 = ?
12 1/2
x3 . x5
x8
What Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving?
Jingle Bells
List the order of operations
Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction
Sarah is baking pies for Thanksgiving. She needs to make more than 15 pies, and she has already baked 8 pies. Write an inequality to find the number of addtional pies Sarah needs to bake.
x+8>15
4r+3>2r+11
r>4
a14 / a8
a6
Who was the first President to pardon a turkey?
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy started a trend by publicly sparing a turkey given to the White House. He decided after receiving a bird on November 19, 1963, that it shouldn’t stay as dinner. The turkey was wearing a sign that said, “Good Eatin' Mr. President." JFK spared the bird just three days before he was assassinated in Dallas.
Describe the difference between an expression and an equation in Math.
An expression is a number, a variable, or a combination of numbers and variables and operation symbols. An equation is made up of two expressions connected by an equal sign.
A family is preparing a large Thanksgiving meal. They buy 10 pounds of turkey, and then buy additional bags of potatoes that weigh 5 pounds each. If the total weight of the turkey and potatoes is 30 pounds, how many bags of potatoes did they buy? Write and solve the equation
5x+10=30
x= 4 bags of potatoes
−201 = −3 + 6(−6x − 3)
x = 5
x-a
1/xa