Women in Math
To publish her famous Notes in 1843 without drawing attention to her gender or status, this mathematician signed her work using her initials: A.A.L. What is her name?
Augusta Ada Lovelace
What are the mean and median of the following data set:
[12, 10, 7, 21, 30]?
mean = 16
median = 12
Which religious community founded the institution that would eventually become Marian University?
The Sisters of St. Francis
Markayla has 10 oranges. Nicole has five less than half the amount of oranges Markayla has. How many oranges does Nicole have?
None (Zero)
What is the mitochondria?
The powerhouse of the cell
Although Sophie Germain's work on the theory of elasticity was integral to this structure in Western Europe, her name was left off while the names of 72 male scientists were engraved.
The Eiffel Tower
On Halloween, 3 children go trick or treating. One child got 54 pieces of candy, one got 80 pieces, and the third got 22. How much should each child have if they split their candy evenly?
52 pieces
Which historic mansion on Marian's campus now serves as the President's Office?
Allison Mansion
Josephine began her day at 7am. She ate lunch at noon. 6 hours later, she ate dinner, then 2 hours later she started to do her homework. She worked on her homework for 130 minutes. After finishing her homework, she went straight to bed. What time did Josephine go to bed?
10:10 pm
What was Disney’s first full-length animated film?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Katherine Johnson, whose orbital-mechanics calculations were vital to NASA's space exploration missions, is one of the main characters in this movie.
Hidden Figures
3x3+6(8-3)2 -7
152
What profession was Marian originally founded to prepare students for?
Teaching/Teacher Education
Sabina walks 7 steps west, 6 steps south, 3 steps north, 4 steps east, then finally 2 steps south. Where is she? Express your answer as a coordinate pair
(-3, -5)
What country has the longest total coast line in the world?
Canada
In 2014, Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani made global history by becoming the first woman to win which prestigious award that is considered the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics”?
The Fields Medal
If the area of a circle is 9π, what is the circumference?
6π
What year did Marian became Indiana's first co-educational Catholic college?
1954
4 dimes and 1 nickel
Which planet in the solar system has the most confirmed moons?
Saturn
In 1965, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller became the first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science. At Dartmouth College, she played a key role in developing and teaching which revolutionary programming language designed to make coding accessible to beginner students?
BASIC (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)
Worksheet!
5/13
On July 1 of this year, the institution officially changed its name from Marian College to Marian University.
2009
Jalyn owns a company that has two warehouses and 100 trucks.
Jalyn knows that after each day 80% of trucks that leave warehouse 1 return to warehouse 1 and 50% of the trucks that leave warehouse 2 go to warehouse 1.
If there are 50 trucks at warehouse 1 at the beginning of the day, how many trucks are at warehouse 2 at the end of the day?
35 trucks at warehouse 2
What is the name of the basketball player that the AWM president is named after?
Jalen Rose