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What is the distributive property?
You may explain by showing an equation where you would use it.
A number on the outside of parenthesis is distributed to each term on the inside of parenthesis.
The product of a sum is equal to the sum of each product.
100
Trivia Question: What vitamin does the sun’s ultraviolet rays help the skin produce?
Vitamin D
100
Trivia Question: What blood type qualifies as a universal donor?
O negative
100
Trivia Question: Botany is the scientific study of what?
plants
100
Trivia Question: The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by which country?
France
100
What reptile has no legs?
SNAKE
100
Trivia Question: How many signs are there in the Zodiac?
12
100
If this graph shows how you spend your day, what do you spend the most time doing, and how long do you spend?
You sleep for 8 hours.
200
Trivia Question: Which planet is the hottest?
Venus
200
Trivia Question: In which country is Timbuktu located?
Mali
200
Trivia Question: Quebec is a province in Canada. What language do they speak there?
French
200
Trivia Question: In Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair and could turn people into stone if they looked at her?
Medusa
200
What is a function?
a relationship between inputs where each input is related to exactly one output
or
A relationship where the x-value (input) never repeats
200
The wooly mammoth is most similar to what modern day animal?
ELEPHANT
200
Trivia Question: What does a Scoville unit measure?
Spiciness
200
If a car travels 600km in 10 hours, at what rate is it moving?
60km/h
300
Which number(s) below are coefficients?
4 - 2 + 5x - 1 = 3x + 6 - 7y + 8 - 9
5, 3, -7
300
What is the equation for slope-intercept form?
y=mx+b
300
What is the world's tallest building?
The Burj Khalifa
300
Is (4,-3) a solution to this inequality?
y<10x-4
Yes
300
Trivia Question: Which bone are babies born without?
knee cap
300
Trivia Question: Where did Heineken beer originate?
Netherlands
300
What is the solution to this system of equations?
-x + 3y = -1
y = (1/3)x - 1
∅ (No solution)
300
If you want to use a matrix to solve a system of equations, what form do your equations need to be in?
Standard form
Ax+By=C
400
Trivia Question: Which bird is often associated with babies?
Stork
400
Trivia Question: What is the name of the city that Spongebob Squarepants lives in?
Bikini Bottom
400
This is the number of fingers Mickey Mouse has on one hand
4
400
Trivia Question: Who founded Microsoft?
Bill Gates
400
Does this relationship represent a function?
{(2,3), (4,3), (1,2), (-2,3), (4,5), (3,6), (7,8)}
If not, you must identify which points make it NOT a function.
This is not a function because (4,3) and (4,5) repeat an x-value.
400
Trivia Question: Tiger Woods is known for which sport?
golf
400
What month of the year has 28 days?
ALL OF THEM
400
What is 25% of 2000?
500
500
Trivia Question: What is the most common letter in the English alphabet?
E
500
Trivia Question: What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
500
Trivia Question: What is the scientific name of the process where plants prepare their food?
Photosynthesis
500
Trivia Question: What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican
500
Trivia Question: What organ does an octopus have three of?
heart
500
Trivia Question: What substance are nails made out of?
Keratin
500
When we look at a graph of a system of equation, what would tell us there is no solution?
They are parallel lines.
500
If red paint varies directly with yellow paint, and you need 2 liters of red paint for every 4 liters of yellow paint, how much red paint would you need for 12 liters of yellow paint?
6 liters
600
What does is it mean to be a solution to a system of equations?
The point where two lines intersect
or
The point that makes both equations true
600
Trivia Question: What is a group of crows called?
murder
600
Trivia Question: What is the name of the prehistoric town in which The Flinstones live?
Bedrock
600
If we have the equation 5x-2y=4, what is the value of y when x=3?
5.5
or
11/2
600
Find the constant of variation if when x=12, y =48.
Make sure you include the correct variable to represent the constant of variation.
k=4
600
Trivia Question: What is it called when birds fly south (warmer climates) for the winter?
Migration
600
What is the solution to this system?
y=3x-4
2x-6y=8
(1, -1)
600
Solve this equation:
5x-3(2x+1)=3x-1
-(1/2)
700
Trivia Question: What’s the most populous city in the United States?
New York
700
Trivia Question: What is the common name for Sodium Chloride?
salt
700
Simplify this equation. Then write it in slope intercept form.
4x-2y=8-2x
y=3x-4
700
Trivia Question: What is the world’s biggest island?
Greenland
700
What is the domain of the function y=2x-1?
You may use your calculator to help you graph it.
R (All Real Numbers)
700
Trivia Question: Which famous artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
700
Trivia Question: Which fictional city is the home of Batman?
Gotham
700
What is 60% of 500?
300
800
What does it mean when lines are parallel?
They have the same slope/they never cross.
800
If a bike travels 1000m over 100s, how fast is the bike moving?
10m/s
800
Graph the inequality on the board.
y>2x-1
Your inequality should have:
-A dotted line
-Be shaded 7on the top
-A y-intercept of -1
-A slope of 2
800
Trivia Question: Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
Brazil
800
Trivia Question: Who was the first American astronaut to step foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
800
Trivia Question:What is the loudest animal on Earth?
Sperm whale
800
Trivia Question: What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberries
800
If you increased $4000 by 50%, how much money would you have?
$6000
900
If x varies directly with y and x=42 when y = 21, what is x when y is 54?
x=108
900
Trivia Question: In which country will you find the rare Dragon's Blood tree?
Yemen
900
Trivia Question: What is the largest desert in the world?
Sahara
900
Solve this equation for x.
6x - 3 + 2x - 1 = 4x - 2 + 3x - 1
x=1
900
Trivia Question: What language is the most popularly spoken worldwide?
Mandarin
900
Who was the main villain in the movie 'The Avengers (2012)'?
Loki
900
What is the solution to this system?
10x-12y=48
5x-6y=24
∞ (Infinity)
900
Trivia Question: Who painted the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel?
Michaelangelo