Assorted Math
What does 7 squared equal without using a calculator?
49
Why are bees important to our environment?
Because they pollinate plants and flowers which contributes to our ecosystem and food sources.
The concept of governments began ____ years ago.
12,000
What was the first name of the first immigrant to ever arrive at Ellis Island? (Hint: There is a statue in her honor that we saw a picture of yesterday)
Annie
The age of a lion can be determined by this facial feature.
Margo found a two bedroom apartment near her job that costs $1,150 per month. She is looking to spend no more than $15,000 per year on rent. Can she afford this apartment? How much over or under budget will she be for rent if she chooses this apartment?
$13,800/year so yes she can afford it and she is $1,200 under budget.
Answer the following multiple choice questions for 100 points each:
1. What is the purpose of the honeybee's antennae?
A. To lay eggs B. To pump in venom C. To suck nectar from flowers D. To smell, feel, and send messages
2. What type of honeybee typically lives the longest?
A. Worker bees B. Drones C. Queen D. Bees are always born in the fall and die in the spring
D and C
What are two things that you would have to consider before creating your own country?
Name, location, imports and exports, type of government, laws, rights, etc.
What happened to people who made it to Ellis Island but were sick and couldn't be let into the country right away?
They were detained and in some cases sent home if they did not recover.
What is the only mammal that is able to fly?
A bat
Solve the following equation using PEMDAS: (6 x 7) + 26 + 2 squared - 15 = ?
57
There are three different roles that bees assume in a single colony. What are they?
Worker, queen, and drone.
What are the three branches of government and what do each of them do? Why do checks and balances exist?
Judicial - Interprets the laws
Legislative - Makes the laws
Executive - Enforces the laws
Checks and balances exist to make sure that no one person or branch of government becomes too powerful.
Ellis Island was operational (allowed immigrants to pass through) from ____ to ____.
1892 to 1954
What is known as the deadliest creature in the world?
A mosquito
Solve the following equation for y using the distributive property: 11(4-6y) + 5(13y+1) = 9
y = 40
What are the names of the four stages of a bees life?
1. Egg, 2. Larvae, 3. Pupa, 4. Adult.
Name four amendments that are found in the bill of rights for 100 points each.
Answers vary.
How many immigrants were estimated to have immigrated through Ellis Island when it was operational? Name three things that those immigrants had to go through at Ellis Island before they could be considered US citizens.
12,000,000 - They had to have their belongings inspected, they had to be examined by doctors to make sure that they weren't sick, and they had to answer interview questions about why they wanted to come to the US and what their job was.
What reptile has a tongue that is twice the length of its body?
Chameleon
You have a $500 gift certificate to Walmart. You would like to purchase the following items:
Fridge - $500
Small Sofa - $100
Decorations - $60
Dishwasher - $120
You have one 50% off coupon and one 30% off coupon. What items do you have to apply them to so that you spend $500 or less? How much money will you have leftover?
You have to use the 50% off coupon on the fridge and the 30% off coupon on the dishwasher. $250 + $100 + $60 + $84 = $494 so you will have $6 left on your gift card.
There are 14 parts of a worker bee. Name 8 of them.
Head, simple eyes, compound eye, antennae, mandibles, proboscis, thorax, front wings, rear wings, legs, feet, pollen basket, abdomen, stinger.
Summarize the following four types of government in your own words:
Representative Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Theocracy
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy - When people elect Representatives to vote on legislation for them
Constitutional Monarchy - When a place is ruled by a king or queen, but that person must abide by a Constitution
Theocracy - Religion is the ultimate authority
Autocracy - When one person has all of the power and makes all of the rules
Oligarchy - When a small group of people run a country, usually because they are the most powerful/richest in society and other people have very little if any power
Spell the following words for 100 points each:
Forgetting
Technology
Extraordinary
Universal
Psychology
How many teeth can an alligator have over the course of its lifetime? Whoever gets the closest gets the points.
3,000