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Intercepted!
100

He famously observed an apple falling from a tree, which led him to ponder why objects fall straight down.

Who is Isaac Newton?

100

This is the name for the equation y=mx+b.

What is slope-intercept form?

100

It's this function's axis of symmetry. 

What is -1? 

100

This is the vertex of this function 

What is (1, -5) ? 

100

This is another name for the intercepts of a function. 

What are roots, solutions, or zeros? 

200

Often sick in bed as a child, this mathematician originated the coordinate plane when he noticed a fly on the ceiling tiles of his bedroom. 

Who is Rene Descartes? 

200

This is what we also call "rise over run." 

What is the slope?

200

This is the expression used to obtain the x coordinate of the vertex in standard form. 

What is 

200

It's this function's axis of symmetry. 

what is 3?

200

This is where the axis of symmetry is located in a quadratic function that is in intercept form. 

Where is right in the middle of the intercepts? 
300

As a child, his teacher asked the class to sum the integers from 1 to 100 as a way to keep them busy. He quickly concluded that the sum was 50×101=5050.

Who is Carl Gauss? 

300
This is the value of the slope of a horizontal line. 

What is zero?

300

This is the vertex of this function

What is (1, 6)?

300

This is the vertex of the function below.

What is (-3, 5) ? 

300

This is the answer to the question below. 

What is the axis of symmetry? 

400

He became famous for being able to do large calculations in his head. By the time he was in his 50s, he had lost sight in one eye, and later, he became completely blind. The number "e" is named after him.

Who is Leonhard Euler?

400

This is the solution to this system.

What is (3, 2) ?

400

This is the error made below. 

What is forgetting the negative sign? 

400

This is the expression that gives the value of the function at the axis of symmetry. 

400

This is the vertex of this function

What is (-3, 9) ?

500

At the age of six, he reportedly corrected a mistake in a complex calculation his father had made, showcasing his prodigious talent early on.

Who is John von Neumann?

500

This is the error made below. 

What is only multiplying the x by 5 instead of the whole equation? 

500

It's the standard form of this equation. 

What is ?

500

This is the widest parabola of the 4 below.

What is C ? 

500

It's what the vertex means in this problem.  

What is the engine speed that maximizes torque? 

600

This mathematician was killed in a duel at the age of 20 over the woman he loved. 

Who is Évariste Galois ? 

600

Translating the absolute value parent graph 3 units to the right and 2 units up, and then vertically stretched by a factor of 2, results in this equation. 

What is ? 

600



600

It's the maximum height (h) of a ball thrown in the air after t seconds which is given by the equation 

h(x) = -3(t - 2)2 + 12

What is 12 ? 

600

It's the maximum area of the garden given by the function A(x) = -2(x-5)(x+1)

What is 18 square units ?