Vocabulary/Trivia
Solving by Graphing
Solving by Elimination
Solving by Substitution
Word Problems
100

Which Christmas gift did Ralphie want so badly in a Christmas story? 

What is Daisy "Red Ryder," a carbine-action, 200-shot, range-model air rifle.

100
The quadrant in which the solution to the following system lies:

y = x + 4
y = 2x + 5

What is II
100
The solution to the system of equations:

r + s = -6
r - s = -10

What is (-8, 2)?
100
The solution to the system:

x = 4y
2x + 3y = 22

What is (8, 2)
100

 A bicycle store costs $2400 per month to operate. The store pays an average of $60 per bike. The average selling price of each bicycle is $120. How many bicycles must the store sell each month to break even?

What is 15?

200

Who portrays the character Buddy the Elf?

Who is Will Ferrell?

200
The solution to the system of equations:

y = 3x - 2
y = -x - 2

What is (0, -2)?
200
The solution to the system:

8a + 5b = 9
2a - 5b = -4

What is (0.5, 1)?
200
The solution to the system

y = x - 2
3x - y = 16

What is (7, 5)
200
A shopper bought 6 shirts and 8 hats for $700. A week later, at the same prices, he bought 9 shirts and 6 hats for $660. What was the cost of one shirt?
What is $30?
300

The value that measures the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables on a scatter plot .

What is a correlation coefficient?

300
The solution to the system of equations:

y = -3
x = 5

What is (5, -3)
300
The solution to the system:

2x + 3y = 6
3x + 5y = 15

What is (-15, 12)?
300
The solution to the system

y = 3x - 1
7x + 2y = 37

What is (3, 8)
300
The number of each type of ticket sold in the following situation: Tickets to a football game cost $5.oo if purchased before the day of the game. They cost $7.50 if purchased at the game. For a particular game, 600 tickets were sold and the receipts were $3500.
What is 400 advanced tickets, 200 game-day tickets?
400

What is the "first gift of Christmas" given by Santa to the boy in the Polar Express? 

What is a bell from one of the reindeer's harnesses?

400
The solution to the system of equations

y = (1/3)x - 3
2x - y = 8

What is (3, -2)
400
The solution to the system

2a - 4b = 12
-8a + 16b = -48

What is infinitely many solutions?
400
The solution to the system

3s - 2t = 4
t = 2s - 1

What is (-2, -5)
400

A canoeist travels 30 miles downstream in three hours. Against the current the return trip took fifteen hours. Find the rate of the canoeist in calm water and the rate of the current.

What is 6 mph? What is 4 mph?

500

What are the names of the original 8 reindeer?


What is Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen ?


500

The solution to the system of equations:

y - 3x = 3
y = 3x - 2

What is no solution?

500
The solution to the system:

(1/3)x + (1/4)y = 10
(1/3)x - (1/2)y = 4

What is (24, 8)
500
The solution to the system

t + u = 12
t = (1/3)u

What is (3, 9)?
500

Craig was driving on a 220-mi trip. For the first 3 h he traveled at a steady speed. At that point, realizing that he would be late to his destination, he increased his speed by 10 mi/h for the remaining 2 h of the trip. What was his driving speed for each portion of the trip?

What is 40 mph?

What is 50 mph?

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