MAO
SAT
Mental Math
Mathematical history
misc.
100

Who is the sponsor of our lovely organization? (10 seconds)

Mr. Peterson 

100

Consider |x+2|=5. What is the sum of the solutions for this equation? (20 seconds)

-4

100

8/2 + 2(2+2) (10 seconds)

12

100

Who came up with the equation that allows for the calculation of the square of the hypotenuse of a triangle? (15 seconds)

Pythagorus

100

What's Maahir favorite artist? inf time limit

Drake

200

If you started as a freshman, how many total points are you required to amass by senior year? (15 seconds)

60

200

What is the slope of the line with the points (2,3) and (7,5) (25 seconds)

2/5 or 0.4

200

11*15 (15 seconds)

165

200

What is the acronym for the order of operations? (15 seconds)

PEMDAS

200

How much does Maahir bench? inf time limit

225

300

Suppose Nick Prescott has accumulated 900 MAO points. How many points will he be able to carry over into the next year? (5 seconds)

6

300

What is the equation of the line perpendicular to the line y = 2x + 7, considering that the line crosses through the point (2,1). (35 seconds)

y = -x/2 + 2

300

7^3 (20 seconds)

343

300

Which Swiss mathematician used the first letter of his last name as a mathematical constant, which is often used to calculate interest rates (hint "e"). (20 seconds)

Euler

300

How much does Maahir weigh? inf time limit

135

400

If there are x amount of MAO officers, what y amount of tutoring hours required overall, and z amount of points required to stay enrolled in MAO per yer. Find c for the following expression: (x^c)*(y)-3z=315. (45 seconds)

c=3

400

What is the surface area of a cube with 7 inch sides? (35 seconds)

294 in^2

400

Consider the list (1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17). Find the difference between the median and mean. Cube the difference. (35 seconds)

1

400

This piece of technology used beans and stones moved in grooves of sand to perform calculations. What do we call this tool today that teaches children how to do arithmetic? (20 seconds)

abacus

400

Who's Maahir's favorite teacher? inf time limit

Mr. Peterson of course!

500

How many days worth of tutoring is needed per semester to stay enrolled in MAO? (45 seconds)

0.0625 days.

500

Consider a right triangle inscribed in a circle who's hypotenuse intersects the circle's midpoint and goes edge to edge and one of the angles of the triangle is 45 degrees. If the diameter of the is 15(SQR(2)) (fifteen times the square root of 2), what is the sum of the other two sides? No time limit.

30

500

(882)/(14)(12)= (40 seconds)

756

500

Which topological symbol is a one sided surface with no boundaries? (20 seconds)

Mobius Strip

500

What is Maahir's birthday? inf time limit

03/03/2006

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