Algebra 1 Thanksgiving Game Day!

Thanksgiving Trivia

100

Do Americans prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie?

Apple Pie

200

 What meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?

Ham

300

What is the loose skin under a male turkey’s neck called?

Snood or Wattle

400

What Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving?

Jingle Bells

500

Who was the first President to pardon a turkey?

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy started a trend by publicly sparing a turkey given to the White House. He decided after receiving a bird on November 19, 1963, that it shouldn’t stay as dinner. The turkey was wearing a sign that said, “Good Eatin' Mr. President." JFK spared the bird just three days before he was assassinated in Dallas.

Vocab

100

Define "Inverse"

Opposite

200

The point (0,0) on a graph is known as the __?__

The Origin

300

What is the Pythagorean theorem

a^{2 +}b²=c²

400

List the order of operations

Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction

500

Describe the difference between an expression and an equation in Math.

An expression is a number, a variable, or a combination of numbers and variables and operation symbols. An equation is made up of two expressions connected by an equal sign.

Algebra

100

What is the slope intercept formula

y=mx +b

200

What is the slope of a horizontal straight line?

What is the slope of a vertical straight line?

Horizontal = 0

Vertical = Undefined

300

Simplify the expression 4(2x-3) + 2(x+5)

10x-2

400

Sarah is baking pies for Thanksgiving.  She needs to make more than 15 pies, and she has already baked 8 pies.  Write an inequality to find the number of addtional pies Sarah needs to bake.

x+8>15

500

A family is preparing a large Thanksgiving meal.  They buy 10 pounds of turkey, and then buy additional bags of potatoes that weigh 5 pounds each. If the total weight of the turkey and potatoes is 30 pounds, how many bags of potatoes did they buy?  Write and solve the equation

5x+10=30

x= 4 bags of potatoes

Fundamentals

100

Round 2.1637 to the nearest hundredth

2.16

200

Solve: - 5 - (-12) = ?

7

300

Solve: 4 1/8 + 8 6/16 = ?

12 1/2

400

4r+3>2r+11

r>4

500

−201 = −3 + 6(−6x − 3)

x = 5

Review

100

Numbers that are expressed as fractions are rational or irrational?

rational

200

5^{3 .} 5²⁼ 

5⁵=3,125

300

x^{3 .} x⁵

x⁸

400

a¹⁴ / a⁸

a⁶

500

x^-a

1/x^a