Equations
Solve:
76 + x = 100
x = 24
Use the distributive property to simplify:
3(x + 4)
3x + 12
Evaluate 32.
9
The square root of 100
What is 10?
This is the 2nd largest commercial holiday in the US. In 2019, consumers spent about $9 billion on this holiday.
What is Halloween?
Solve:
4w = 48
w = 12
Use the distributive property to simplify:
4(5x - 1)
20x - 4
Evaluate 33 - 42.
11
The square root of 9
What is 3?
This state produces 5 times more pumpkins (500 million pounds annually) than any other state.
What is Illinois?
Evaluate:
w/6 = 12
w = 72
Use the distributive property to simplify:
12(2x-5)
24x-60
Evaluate 6x3 if x = 3.
162
The square root of 81
What is 9?
This Halloween tradition originally came from Ireland, where they carved turnips, potatoes and beets instead of pumpkins.
What are Jack-'O-Lanterns?
Evaluate.
3x + 14 = 8
x = 2
Use the distributive property to simplify:
2(3x + 4) + 3(5x + 7)
21x + 29
Evaluate
2w2 + 5w
if w = 4.
52
The square root of 20 is between these two numbers
What are 4 and 5?
This popular candy first sold in the 1880s was originally called "chicken feed" and sold in a box with a rooster on the front.
What is Candy Corn?
Evaluate:
14 + 3x = -64
x = -26
Use the distributive property to simplify:
7(x + 3) - 9(2x + 5)
7x + 21 - 18x - 45
-11x - 24
Evaluate.
32 x (16 - 23 + 1)
81
The square root of 130 is between these two numbers.
What are 11 and 12?
This Halloween themed song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962 and appeared on the charts again in 1973. You might say it was a "graveyard smash!" (State the song title in a question format.)
What is the "Monster Mash?"