Jeopardy Math Review - Algebra 1

Math Trivia

100

What is the distance a number is from zero on the number line?

Absolute Value

200

Would you use area, surface area, or volume to measure how much water is needed to fill a tub?

Volume

300

What is the collective name for these mathematical symbols?  

> and < 

Inequalities

400

A trapezoid has 2 sets of parallel sides.  True or False

False

500

If an ordered pair is reflected over the y-axis, what coordinate will change to the opposite.

x-coordinate

Exponents

100

2⁴

16

200

What is 9^3 (exponent)

729

300

what is 2^5

32

400

What is the value of:

8³

512

500

What is the value of:

2³ + 3² - 4²

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exponents/v/introduction-to-exponents

Order of Operations

100

Simplify the following expression:

15 - 3 * 2 + 8 

17

200

Simplify the following expression:

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-arith-prop/pre-algebra-order-of-operations/v/introduction-to-order-of-operations

300

3 + 4² * (3 + 2)

400

500

Adding Integers

100

-4 + -5

9

 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-negative-numbers/arith-review-add-negatives-intro/v/adding-negative-numbers

200

14 + -12

2

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-negative-numbers/arith-review-add-negatives-intro/v/adding-negative-numbers

300

-10 + 15

5

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-negative-numbers/arith-review-add-negatives-intro/v/adding-negative-numbers

400

-2 + -3 + 5

0

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-negative-numbers/arith-review-add-negatives-intro/v/adding-negative-numbers

500

6 + (-2 + -5)

-1

Random Riddles

100

if two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?

nine

200

How do you go from 98 to 720 with just one letter?

Put an x between 90 and 8.

300

You have two U.S. coins whose total value is $0.30. One of them is not a nickel ($0.05). What are the two coins?

One is a quarter and one is a nickel.

400

What is the maximum number of times you can subtract number 5 from 25?

Only once. 

After you subtract 5 the first time, it becomes the number 20, and then 15, and so on. 

500

How do you make the number 7 even without addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division?

Remove the s.

Percent

100

What is 3/4 as a percent?

75%

200

What is 4/5 as a percent?

80%

300

95% is what as a fraction in simplest form?

19/20

400

60% is what as a decimal?

0.60

500

What is 1/3 as a percent?

33.3%

Definitions

100

What is a fraction?

A quantity that is not a whole number. A small part or proportion of something.

It is sometimes also called a ratio

200

What is the order of operations?

PEMDAS or GEMDAS 

-Parenthesis/Grouping

-Exponents

-Multiplication/Division

-Addition/Subtraction

300

What is Pythagorean's Theorem?

a²  + b² = c²

400

The number in front of a variable is called this.

A Coefficient

500

What is the quadratic formula?

-b +/-  sqrt(b² - 4ac)   / 2a