Assorted Math
What is 47% as a decimal and a fraction?
0.47
47/100
What does the word persuasive mean?
To try to convince someone of something
What type of government does the United States have?
An adult heart beats ___ times per minute on average.
70
I'm always at the dinner table, but you don't eat me. What am I?
Plates, silverware, tablecloth, etc.
What is the improper fraction 19/7 as a mixed number?
What is 3 and 2/3 as an improper fraction?
2 and 5/7
11/3
Give me an example of someone that you would write informally to.
Give me an example of someone that you would write formally to.
Answers vary
The House of Representatives and the Senate
What is the largest organ inside or outside of the body?
What is the largest organ on the inside of the human body?
Skin
Liver
If you drop me, I'm sure to crack, and when you smile, I smile back! What am I?
A mirror
Solve the following equation using PEMDAS:
(9 + 33 − 6) ÷ 6 x 3 2 = ?
54
What are the three rhetorical appeals and what do they mean? Give examples and/or explanations.
Logos - Logic, such as statistics
Ethos - Ethics, such as trusting a celebrity advertising an item or a doctor suggesting a medication
Pathos - Sympathy/Empathy, appealing to someone's emotions
What are the three branches of government and what do each of them do?
Judicial - Judges; interprets the laws
Legislative - Congress; makes the laws
Adults have about __ bones in their body.
Humans have __ layers of skin.
700
206
3
The more of these you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
What is the mean, median, mode, and range of the following set of data:
Note: Round the average to the nearest tenth
1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7
Mode: 5
Median: 5
Range: 6
Mean: 4.7
You have the time to spend with the animal, you know how to properly care for them, you have the money to support the animal, you have the space for the animal, you have cared for other animals in the past, etc.
What are four things that you would need to consider before creating your own country for 100 points each?
Name, natural resources, where it is, why people would want to live there or visit, transportation, imports, exports, geography (terrain), flag, rights of the people, laws, etc.
Name four of the main regions of the brain for 100 points each.
Brainstem, cerebellum, limbic system, diencephalon (thalamus and hypothalamus), and cerebral cortex.
No body empties me, but I never stay full for long. What am I?
The moon
Calculate both percentages for 250 points each:
If your grocery bill came to $205.68 and was reduced to $145.90 after coupons, what is the percent decrease?
My meal costs $20.50. I decide to leave a 15% tip. How much is my total bill after the tip?
29.06%
$23.58
Spell the following words from our lesson on Tuesday for 100 points each:
Enthusiastic
Inspiration
Negotiate
Flexible
Accommodation
For 100 points each, what is a...
Theocracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Direct Democracy
Anarchy
Government ruled by religion
Government run by royalty
Government run by an small elite group of wealthy/powerful people who don't listen to others
Government where every vote is counted when it comes to legislation and elections and the popular vote/majority wins
The absence of government; mob rule
Match up the following descriptions of scientists with their names for 100 points each:
A. Isaac Newton B. Jane Goodall C. Albert Einstein D. Marie Curie E. Katherine Johnson
1. I was born in Germany in 1879, immigrated to the US in 1940 to flea WWII, and discovered the Theory of Relativity.
2. I was a physicist, mathematician, alchemist, and an astronomer who discovered 3 laws of motion.
3. I worked for NASA in the 1950s and helped calculate the first mathematical problems to send humans into space. You might know me from the movie Hidden Figures!
4. I was known for my work with the environment and preserving Chimpanzee populations before passing away in 2025.
5. Everyone thinks that I was French, but I was actually Polish. I was a Chemist who discovered radioactivity and was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1911.
A:2, B:4, C:1, D:5, E:3
I have cities, but no houses. I have forests, but no trees. I have bodies of water, but no fish. What am I?
A map