Actual Problems
Toni goes to the store to purchase the candy. Unfortunately, the only candy the store has is little packages of candies with 7 pieces of candy in each package. Toni decides to give each guest six packages of this candy. How many pieces of candy does Toni purchase in order to fill the gift bags?
What is 630 pieces of candy?
What is the formula for compound interest?
What is "A=P(1+r/n)^nt"?
"The constant difference for an arithmetic sequence is usually represented by the variable _."
What is "d"? (p.21)
What is the definition of multiplication?
What is repeated addition?
What is multiplication?
Many license plates have three letters A–Z followed by three numbers 0–9. Assuming there are no restrictions on the letters or numbers used, how many different license plates are possible?
What is 17,576,000 different possible license plates?
What is the formula for a permutation?
What is "n!/(n-r)!"?
"These types of probability distributions are called ________ because each outcome is a different possibility."
What is "discrete"? (p.100)
What is the definition of a binomial?
A polynomial with two terms.
What is Euler's constant often referred to as?
What is the "natural number"? (Due to the way that it's determined)
What is the coefficient of z^6 in the expansion of (z − 3)^9?
What is -2,268z^6?
What is the formula for z-score?
What is "z = (x_i - x̄) / σ"?
"Indeed, one of the fields of current mathematical study and research is called ____________."
What is "combinatorics"? (p.4.)
What is the definition of an outlier?
What is a value that is significantly different from the rest of the data set?
What century did Euler live in?
Walter invests $1,000 a year in a retirement fund that earns 5% annual interest for 35 years. How much money does Walter have in his fund when he retires?
What is $90,320.31?
What is the formula for standard deviation?
What is "σ = √(nΣi=1 (x_i - x̄)^2) / n"?
"Our first inclination is to think this will be, approximately, ___ _______ _________ _______."
What is "one hundred bazillion dollars"? (p.50)
What is the variance of a set of data?
What is the average of the squared difference between each data point and the mean, denoted by lowercase sigma "σ"^2?
What is 200 years?
Leonard invests $1,000 in what seems like an investment opportunity that is too good to be true: 100% annual interest compounded monthly for 1 year. How much money will Leonard have when his unbelievable investment matures?
What is $2,613.04?
What are the alternative formulas for variance (Only need 1)?
What is "σ^2 =
((nΣi=1 x^2_i) - x̄ (nΣi=1 - [nΣi=1 x_i]^2 / n)) / n
OR
σ^2 = ((nΣi=1 x^2_i) - ([nΣi=1 x_i]^2 / n)) / n"?
"Our goal was to make this year's Mathematics Resource Guide ___________, ____________, and ___________."
What is the definition of Euler's constant?
What is the number that (1 + 1/n)^n approaches as n increases to infinity?
Radioactive decay is an example of what in mathematics?