Pre-Calculus Story Problems
The value of x for lnx-ln5=0.
What is x=5?
This is the derivative of y=147656753350x-5676565675675565676565656567565.
What is 147656753350?
This Swiss mathematician has heavily involved in finding the value of the number e. In fact, the number e is named after him.
Who is Leonhard Euler?
This is the height of a tower when it is 20m away from its angle of elevation of 40°.
Hint: Draw a picture.
What is 11.56m tall?
This is the value of π(pi) to the 8th decimal place.
What is 3.14159265?
This is the standard form of the following quotient.
(2-i)/(4+3i)
1/5-2i/5
The formula for an object's position is s(t)= 4x^3, where s is measured in inches and t is measured in seconds. This is the acceleration of the object at 15 seconds.
What is 360 inches/second?
This mathematician was the first to propose that the solar system was heliocentric (sun-centered) rather than geocentric (earth-centered).
Who is Galileo Galilei?
Peter Griffin had to compete in a pie-eating competition. Each day for 6 days, he ate 4 more pies than the last day. In total, he ate 150 pies. This is the amount of pies that he ate on 6th day.
35 pies
This 2D shape has the smallest perimeter when given a fixed area.
What is a Circle?
A 40% acid solution is added to 4.6L of an 84% acid solution. This is the amount of 40% acid solution needed to make the solution 60% acid solution.
What is 5.52L?
This is the coordinates of when the graph of y=sinx+x has a horizontal tangent.
What is (π,π)?
This Frenchman was a philosopher and mathematician best known for his coordinate system.
Who is Rene Descartes?
When Jeffrey went to his uncle's farm, he found out that his uncle only raised pigs and hens. Jeffrey counted 28 heads and 100 feet. This is the number of pigs and hens in the farm.
What is 22 pigs and 6 hens?
This letter is found in the spelling of every odd number.
What is E?
Scrooge invested $6,673 in a savings account. His annual interest is 6.8% compounded 6 times per year. This is the balance of his savings account after 4 years.
What is $8,745.50?
f(x)=17x+45
This is the limit of f(x) at 3
What is 96?
This Italian mathematician is best-known for bringing Hindu-Arabic numerals to Europe and finding the pattern that a flower's petals follow.
Who is Fibonacci?
Sam, Luke, Bryce can solve math question in 6 minutes, 9 minutes, 18 minutes working alone respectively. This is how long it takes them to solve a math question together.
What is 3 minutes?
This number is not represented by Roman numerals.
What is 0?
This is the nth term in a sequence that starts off with 1/1, 3/1, 9/2, 27/6, 81/24.
What is (3^(n-1))/((n-1)!)?
This famous mathematician discovered calculus independently.
Hint: There are 2 possible answers.
Who is Gottfried Leibniz or Isaac Newton
This Greek mathematician is best known for finding the approximate value of π(pi), finding and proving different geometric theorems, and saying "Eureka!" while in the bathtub.
Who is Archimedes?
A typical image of the surface of Mars is 12,000 gigabytes. A station on Earth can receive these images at a rate of 3 megabits per second. This is how many hours it will take to process the image, in hours.
Hint: 1 gigabyte is equal to 1000 megabytes
What is 1111.11 hours?
This temperature is the same in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Hint: 9/5C+32=F
What is -40?