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Solving Equations

100

How can you recognize that isolating the variable will be a good strategy to solve a quadratic?

There are not x squared and x values

200

solve for x (x-3)(x+2)²(x+1)=0

x= 3, -2, -1

300

A revctabgle has an area of 30 and has a width of x and length of 3x+1. What is the width?

width = 3

400

complete the square to solve 0=x²-10x+22

5 +/_ root 3

Inequality/Simplify

100

simplify 3i(4-6i)

12i+18

200

solve (x-5)²>49

-2>x>12

300

simplify (4^-2)³

^{with a positive exponent}

1/4⁶

400

use synthetic division to factor 3x³-4x²-28x-16 if you know that (x+2) is a factor

3x²-10x-8

Strange but true facts about Mr. Sears

100

Name all the continents that Mr. Sears has taught in. 

North America

South America

Asia

Africa

200

What is Mr. Sears' first name?

Dharma

300

As a senior in high school, Mr. Sears spent time in a religious institution and played with the idea of being a full-time religious devotee. What religion do you think almost claimed Mr. Sears?

Buddhism

400

Mr. Sears was in a public service TV commercial! What was the commercial about?

a. stopping smoking

b. teen abstinence

c. saving endangered animals

b. teen abstinence

500

Mr. Sears' sibling situation is:

a. he's an only child

b. he's a triplet and has two other identical brothers

c. he has 5 half-brothers, 2 step-sisters, and a half-sister

c. he has 5 half-brothers, 2 step-sisters, and a half-sister

Graphs

100

What is the vertex form of a graph?

y=a(x-h)^2+k

200

What does -b/2a help you to find?

The axis of symmetry in a standard form quadratic

300

What is the discriminate and what does it help us find?

b^2 - 4ac gives the number of zeros in a quadratic

400

describe what a quartic graph that was negative would look like

Two curves (vertices) with end points pointing down

500

What possible zeros does this function have?

y=2x³+3x²+19x-5

plus or minus: 1, 5, 1/2, 5/2, 

General math knowledge

100

What is the term used for the perimeter of a circle?

circumference

200

Which number can you not represent with a roman numeral?

zero

300

What is the area formula for a cylinder

pi r squared x height

400

What is the name of this sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55…? (hint: it is used to find the "golden ratio")

Fibonacci numbers

500

As a real-time unit, what does a jiffy mean? 

 1/100th of a second.