Degrees of Separation
Around the Unit Circle
Function or Fiction?
Repeat After Me
Model Behavior
100

 (11pi)/4 radians in degrees. 

What is 495 degrees?

100

The exact coordinates of the point on the unit circle that corresponds to  (5pi)/6 radians. 

What is  (-sqrt(3/2),1/2) ?

100

The reason why a student is correct or incorrect when they say "y = sin(x) is not a function because sin(π/6) and sin(5π/6) both equal 1/2."

What is incorrect because a function has each input produce exactly one output but multiple inputs can have the same output. 
100

The period of the function y=5sin(3x)

What is  (2pi)/3 ?

100

The amplitude and midline of a sin function with a maximum value of 10 and minimum value of 2. 

What is an amplitude of 4 and a midline of y=6

200

A student converts 315 degrees to radians and gets  (7pi)/5  . This is one possible mistake they could've made and the correct answer. 

What is  (7pi)/4  ? and any arithmetic error or dividing by 200. 

200

The angle, in radians, that has the coordinates  (1/2,-sqrt(3/2)) on the unit circle.

What is  (5pi)/3 ?

200
The test used to determine if a graph represents a function.

What is the vertical line test?

200

What is the value of  cos(6pi) 

What is 1?

200

The function (sine or cosine) used to model a pendulum starting at its maximum displacement of 6 cm at time t = 0 and swinging back and forth with a period of 3 seconds.  

What is cosine?

300

This is the arc length of a runner traveling along an arc through an angle of  (5pi)/3  radians in a circular track with a 6 meter radius. 

What is 10 pi meters?

300

The value of  sin(theta) where the angle  theta is formed by a line from the origin to the point (6,-8) on a coordinate plane and the positive x-axis. 

What is -4/5?

300

The interval of decrease of the function  f(x)=3sin(x)-1 on the interval  [0,2pi] .

What is  [pi/2,(3pi)/2] ?

300

The greater value between  sin(7pi) or (cos10pi) 

What is  cos(10pi) 

300

The equation modeling the temperature in a greenhouse which oscillates between 60 F and 90 F with a period of 24 hours, starting at the midline. 

What is  y=15sin(pi/12theta)+75 ?

400

This is the radius of the orbit of a satellite traveling an arc length of 21 km and sweeps through an angle of 3/2 radians. 

What is 14 km?

400

The sin and cosine value of the angle  theta formed by a line from the origin to the point (-5,12).

What is  sin(theta)=12/13 and  cos(theta)=-5/13 ?

400

The function with the smallest local minimum in the interval -3<x<3:

a. f(x)=-12sin(x)

b. f(x)= x^2-9

What is option A?

400

The value of B in the function y=Acos(Bx) when the function completes 4 full cycles on the interval  [0,2pi] 

What is 4?

400

The function modeling a riders height as a function of time for a Ferris wheel of radius 25 meters where riders start at the center of the wheel at 30 meters and a full revolution takes 40 seconds. 

What is  h(t)=25sin(pi/20t)+30 ?

500

The total distance traveled by a point on the edge of a wheel with radius of 4 feet making exactly 2.5 complete rotations. 

What is 20 pi feet?

500

The value of  sin(theta) where the angle  theta is in Quadrant III and  cos(theta)=-3/5 

What is  sin(theta)=-4/5 ?

500

The correct answer to this true or false statement: "y=cos(x) is a function, AND it is a one-to-one function.

What is false?

500

The correctness of a student who says  cos(pi/2)=cos((5pi)/2)=cos((9pi)/2)=0  

What is the student is correct?

500

The values of A, B, and D in the equation  y=Asin(Btheta)+D where the function completes one full cycle every 8 hours, the max value is 120, and the min value is 40. 

What is  y=40sin(pi/4theta)+80 ?

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