A recipe for cookies calls for 32 oz of sugar. However, you only have a measuring tool for 1 cup. How many cups of sugar does the recipe call for?
(Hint, 1 cup = 8 oz).
What is 4 cups?
100
What does "equivalent" mean?
What is equal?
100
Who was Pythagoras
Who came up with c squared = a squared + b squared
100
This movie, starring Robin Williams and Matt Damon, begins with a janitor solving a linear algebra graphing problem.
What is "Good Will Hunting?"
200
For the equation 3x + 4 = 4x - 3, solve for x.
What is x = 7?
200
How many inches would a 6 foot tall person be?
72 inches.
200
What is the exponent of 9x3?
What is, 3?
200
This is the year the new SH school was opened.
What is 2000?
200
This film, directed by Ron Howard, is about the mathematician John Nash, who eventually developed paranoid schizophrenia.
What is "A Beautiful Mind?"
300
What does (x + 4)(x-4) equal?
What is x2-16?
300
How many seconds are there in 85 minutes?
5100 seconds.
300
These numbers include zero and all positive numbers.
What are whole numbers?
300
This actor, star of movies such as "Marmaduke," "The Big Lebowski," "Ghost Rider," "Tombstone," and countless westerns.
Who is Sam Elliot?
300
In this Oscar-nominated film, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill utilize statistic equations to understand who are effective baseball players.
What is "Moneyball?"
400
What are the factors of 2x2 + 13x + 20?
What is (2x + 5) (x + 4)?
400
If something weighed 600 kilograms, how many grams does it weigh?
What is 600,000 grams?
400
What is the difference between "mean," "median," and "mode?"
Mean is the average of a number set.
Median is the middle number of a number set.
Mode is the number that occurs most.
400
What does C. P. C. T. C. stand for?
What is Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles are Congruent
400
In this film, starring Jake Gyllenhal, the main character uses calculus to calculate where his missing model rocket landed.
What is "October Sky?"
500
What are the factors of 14x2 + 10x - 4?
What are 2(7x - 2)(x + 1)?
500
There are approximately 170 school days per year. If each school day is 6 hours and 40 minutes, how many seconds are spent in a year of school?
What is 4,080,000?
500
This is the difference between an expression and an equation.
An expression has no solution, while an equation does.
Expression: 3x + 2.
Equation: 3x +2 = 5.
500
This HS dropout planned an attack against her main competition for Olympic skating.
Who is Tonya Harding?
500
This film stars Edward James Olmos as Los Angeles high school math teacher Jaime Escalante.