Parabolas!
The simplest quadratic equation.
What is y = x2?
The organized chart used to write in prediction in a sports tournament.
What is a bracket?
Name any step in the engineering process!
Define the problem, identify constraints, brainstorm, select a solution, prototype, test, iterate, communicate!
The symbol seen here (+) and a form of communication for those who are deaf
What is plus sign language?
Today's year plus month
The number of roots, or x intercepts, that a parabola might have. List all options.
What is 0, 1, or 2?
The important math holiday celebrated in mid-March.
What is Pi Day?
What number comes next in this series? 1, 3, 6, 10....
What is 15?
Square root vegetable
What percent of the time is Punxsutawney Phil correct? (answer within 5%!)
What is 36%?
The official name for the number found under the square root symbol in the quadratic formula.
What is the discriminant?
The two teams who completed in the final round of the actual March Madness.
Who are Baylor and Gonzaga?
When the locker problem is completed, which lockers are still open?
What is 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, and 100?
A process used to divide numbers by hand, and the assignment of different parts of a process to different people to improve efficiency
Long division of labor
How many points you'd earn if you answered every Jeopardy question correctly.
What is 7500 points?
The vertex of this parabola: y = x2 + 6x + 8
What is (-3, -1)?
The billionaire who challenged his employees to a perfect bracket challenge.
Who is Warren Buffett?
The four primary branches of engineering.
What are mechanical, electrical, civil, and chemical?
A popular Thanksgiving dessert, and the formula for area of a circle.
What is pumpkin pi times radius squared?
8 / 2(2 + 2)
What is 16?
The roots of this equation, rounded to the nearest hundredth. y = 3x2 + 10x + 4
What are -2.89 and -0.46?
Dogs vs. beach
Reading vs. breakfast
Grit vs. climate change
Community vs. STEM
Name two of the four greatest global challenge facing engineers in the next 25 years.
1. securing cyberspace 2. economical clean energy 3. sustaining lands and oceans 4. sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
What you might be asked to do with (2x + 4 = -4x) and a pirate's catchphrase during a quest for treasure.
Solve for x marks the spot
The number of people who participated in the original Pfizer vaccine study. (Get within 3,000 to win!)
What is 43,661?