Math Vocab
Equations
Random Riddles
Percent
Conversion Factors and Proportions
100

What is the distance a number is from zero on the number line?



Absolute Value

100

-4x-2=2x-2+(x+100)/4

-4

100

What percent of 32 is 40?

125%

100

2 qt/min = _____ gal/s

1/120 gal per second


200

If you are filling a swimming pool with water, what will you be solving for to find the amount of water in the pool?





Volume

200

What must be broken before it can be used?

An egg

A glowstick

200

160% of what number is 200?

125

200

75 cents/h = ________ dollars/day

$18/day

300

What is the name for these mathematical symbols?  

> and < 

Inequalities


300

(x-4)/6=5/4

11.5

300

You have two U.S. coins whose total value is $0.30. One of them is not a nickel ($0.05). What are the two coins?

One is a quarter and one is a nickel.

300

A beauty salon buys bottle of styling gel for $4.50 per bottle and marks up the price by 40%.  For what price does the salon sell each bottle?

$6.30

300

60ft/s = ______ km/h

Round to the nearest tenth

about 65.9 km per h


400

A trapezoid has 2 sets of parallel sides.  True or False

False

400

What is the maximum number of times you can subtract number 5 from 25?

Only once. 

After you subtract 5 the first time, it becomes the number 20, and then 15, and so on. 

400

An employee was hired at a wage of $8 per hour.  After a raise, the employee earned $8.75 per hour.  What was the percent increase?  Round to the nearest percent if necessary.

about 9%

400

Solve the proportion.

w2 + 3 = w

_____     __

2w+2      2

3

500

What type of equation, when solved, has a solution "infinitely many solutions"?

identity

500

2(5-2x)=-5(x-5)

x=15

500

What number goes up and doesn't come back down?

Your age

500

You estimate that your friend's brother is about 8 years old.  He is actually 6.5 years old.  Find the percent error.  Round to the nearest percent.

about 23%

500

Solve the proportion.  

 5x       =       5

_____            ____

x3+5             x2-7

-5/7