What is the MATRIX?
OPERATIONS
CHANGING
IT UP !
TRANSIT
IONS
DCC
100

Who is the lead actor in the MATRIX movie series ?

KEANU REEVES

100

To add or subtract the MATRICES A and B, what is essential about their dimensions ?

A and B are identical dimensions

100

The determinant of this MATRIX :

   [ a    b 

     c    d  ]

ad - bc

100

When you keep multiplying a state matrix by a transition matrix but the values in the state matrix don't change... we call this ?

Equilibrium 

(or Steady State)

100

What is the name of next year's Principal of DCC ?

Mrs. HALL

200

What is the name given to the values inside a matrix?

ELEMENTS

200

To multiply matrices A and B , 
what is a necessary requirement ?

the columns in A = the rows in  

200

The linear equations below can be expressed as a matrix equation A.X = B

3x - 2y = 6

 x + 2y = 4

What is the Matrix A ?

[ 3 -2

  1   2 ]

200

Which matrix would I multiply this matrix by to find the sum of EACH column ?

[ 12   3  4   0

    3   2  1   5

   -2   6  1   7

   5    1   3  9 ]

PRE-MULTIPLY BY A SUMMING ROW MATRIX

[ 1 1 1 1]

200

What did the 4 DCC Houses used to be called ?

COOK / STURT

FLINDERS / HUME

300

What is the names for the HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL arrays? 

ROWS and COLUMNS

300

The product of

A = [ 2  3 ]

and

B = [ 1

         4 ]

[  14  ]

300

The inverse of the MATRIX is:

   [ 2     3

     2     4  ]

   [ 2   -3/2 

     -1    1  ]

300

what do the values on the TOP ROW of a Leslie Matrix tell you ?
 

the average number of females born for each "age level" of the female population

300

In last year's CAW, which house won ?

A. COOPER

B. BURROWS

C. FLYNN

D. CUTHBERT

D. CUTHBERT

400

What is the name of a MATRIX that when multipled by another matrix will shuffle the ROWS or COLUMNS?

A. BINARY MATRICES
B. TRANSPOSE MATRICES

C. PERMUTATION MATRICES

D. INVERSE MATRICES

C.Everybody's Shuffling !! 

400

When you multiply matrices A and B , 

which are [ 2 x 3 ] and [ 3 x 4 ]
what is the dimensions of the product matrix ?

[ 2 x 4 ]

400

The transpose of this MATRIX :

   [ 1    2 

      3    4 ]

   [ 1    3 

      2    4 ]

400

  If  S

was known to you , as was T

how would you find the state matrix S?

multiply the inverse of T by S5 to get S4,

then do it again to get S3

400

In last year's OPENING CEREMONY, which teacher was used after an elaborate promotional POSTER scheme ?

Mr.HULKS


500

When you multiply a square MATRIX by its INVERSE MATRIX, the product is the...

IDENTITY MATRIX

500

When the elements of the diagonal of a SQUARE MATRIX are 1s, and the rest are 0s, this is called an:

IDENTITY MATRIX

500

An exam question might ask for you to create a matrix A which is 3 x 3 where the elements are found from the equation 2i - 3j  (i is the row number, j is the column number)

FIND THIS MATRIX on your CAS ...
ready , set , CAS !! 

[ -1  -4  -7

   1  -2  -5

   3    0  -3  ]

500

Which of these statements is NOT true ?

A. A transition matrix must be a SQUARE matrix

B. A permutation matrix must have only 1 "one" in every row, and every column

C. A binary matrix has 1s and 2s in it

D. A dominance matrix can help you work out the ranking of teams into a ladder.

C. Binary matrices have 0s and 1s
500

Which of these 2024 CAW dramas is an incorrect match of a superhero with the genre ?

A. Spiderman in Ancient Greece

B. Superman in 1950's rock'n' roll

C. The Incredible Hulk in 60s Beach Culture
D. Batman in 1920s Gangster era 

B. Superman in 1950's rock'n' roll

(Elvis could NOT fly !!)

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