Mathematical Vocabulary
Computations and Calculations
Physics Part I
Physics Part II
Random Math Questions
100
The distance around a rigid polygon is called ________.

What is perimeter?

100

Find the length of a leg of a right triangle given that its other leg has a length of 7 inches and hypotenuse has a length of 25 inches. 

What is 24 inches?

100
The distance from your starting position to your ending position is called ... 

What is displacement?

100

If a bird flies a north 30 miles, then back south 30 miles, what distance did the bird fly?

What is 60 miles?


100

Polygons are shapes with rigid sides, without any openings in them. Name a common shape that is NOT a polygon.

What is a circle, oval, etc.?

Answers will vary

200

A number that cannot be written as a fraction is called a ... (For example, pi is an example of a ________ number)

What is an irrational number?

200

Multiply the following binomials.

(x - 4) (2x + 3) 

What is 2x2 - 5x - 12?

200

Any quantity that has both a magnitude AND a direction is called... 

What is a vector quantity?

200

Any quantity that ONLY has magnitude is called ... 

What is a scalar quantity?

200

Simplify the square root of 48. Leave answers in radical form.


What is 4 radical 3?

300
The distance around a circle is called the __________.

What is circumference?

300
You know two angles of a triangle are 43 degrees and 34 degrees. What is the measure of the last angle? 

What is 103 degrees?

300

A car is moving at a speed of 50 miles per hour. How long, in hours, does it take to for the car to travel 30 miles? 

What is 0.6 hours?
300
An object speeding up or slowing down is an act of ....

What is acceleration/accelerating?

300

For what type of triangles can the pythagorean theorem be used?

What are right triangles?

400

1, 4, 9, 16, and 25 are all examples of __________.

(Hint: Two words)

What are perfect squares?

400

What is area of a semi-circle that has a diameter of 4 inches? Round to the nearest hundredth. 

What is 6.28 sq. inches? 

400

On a displacement vs time graph, Joanne wants to find calculate the velocity. To find this velocity, she needs to find the _________.

What is slope/slope of the line?

400

On a velocity vs time graph, Noah wants to find the displacement. To find the displacement, he needs to find... 

What is the area under the line/curve?

400

Which has a greater area:

1) Square with a side length of 5.5 inches

2) Circle, where radius = 3.1 inches

What is the square?

500
A number that is divisible by 1 and its itself is called a _________.

What is a prime number?

500
In the past, we have proved this theorem in two ways. 


What is that theorem? (Name and formula)

(must say both to get all points)

What is the pythagorean theorem? 

a^2 + b^2 = c^2 

500

Convert 4 meters/second to km/minute. 

Hint: 1000 meters = 1 kilometer

        60 seconds = 1 minute

What is 0.24 km/minute?
500
A car is moving at 25 miles per hour. The car wants to achieve a velocity of 75 miles per hour. If the car achieves this in 10 seconds, what is the car's acceleration?

What is 5 miles per hour per second? 

500
Find the probability of flipping a coin 5 times, and resulting in 5 tails? Leave your answer as a fraction.

What is 1/32 ?

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