Algebra Adventures
y = mx + b
What is the equation of a line in slope-intercept form?
area of a circle
What is
pir^2
What is
1/6
The next number in the sequence: 2, 6, 14, 22 ....
What is 34?
Often considered the greatest mathematician of antiquity, known for his work in geometry
Who is Euclid?
2x + 5 = 15
What is x = 5?
The sum of interior angles of a triangle
What is 180 degrees?
Flip a fair coin twice, what is the probability of getting heads both times?
What is
1/4 or 0.25
The greatest common divisor of 24 and 36
What is 12?
The Persian mathematician known for his work with algebra and the development of algebraic notation
Who is Al-Khwarizmi?
The quadratic formula is used to solve ....
What is quadratic equations?
The Pythagorean Theorem
What is
a^2 +b^2 = c^2
The probability of drawing a red card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards
What is
26/52 or 1/2
5 Factorial equals
What is 120?
German mathematician and physicist who developed calculus independently of Isaac Newton
Who is Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz?
The identity property of addition
What is a + 0 = a?
The formula for the volume of a cylinder
What is
pir^2h
A bag contains 5 red marbles and 3 blue marbles, what is the probability of drawing a blue marble?
What is
3/8
The opposite of the absolute value of -7
The French mathematician who introduced Cartesian coordinate system
Who is Rene Descartes?
The equation for finding the nth term in an arithmetic sequence
What is an=a1 + (n-1)d?
a triangle with three sides of different lengths
What is a scalene triangle?
The probability of rolling two sixes with two fair-sided dice?
What is
1/36
What is 129?
Black American statistician who made great developments in game theory
Who is David Blackwell?