ALGEBRA SKILLS

EX"PRO"NENTS

100

4x4x4

What is 4³?

200

x⁵/x³

What is x²?

300

(x²)(x³)

What is x⁵?

400

(x⁵)³

What is x¹⁵?

500

x^-3

What is 1/x³?

PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM

100

The Pythagorean theorem only works on this kind of triangle

What is a right triangle?

200

The longest side of a right triangle is called this (a word that sounds an awful lot like "hypothesis")

What is the hypotenuse?

300

This is the official formula for the Pythagorean theorem

What is a²+b²=c²?

400

For a right triangle with a hypotenuse measuring 10, a leg measuring 5, and an unknown leg, x, this equation can be made to solve for the missing side

What is 5²+x²=10²?

500

Sometimes a right triangle has 3 side lengths that are all natural numbers, such as 3, 4, 5, or 6, 8, 10. These special right triangles are known as these

What are Pythagorean triples?

VOLUME AND AREA

100

The area of a 2-dimensional object is measured in square units; a 3-dimensional object has its volume measured in these kinds of units

What are cubic units?

200

3 dimensional objects defined by a specific base are known as these, a word that is also associated with the colors of the rainbow

What is a prism?

300

To find the area of a circle, you need to know this piece of information in order to plug it in to the formula

What is the radius?

400

This is the formula for the volume of a cylinder

What is V=(pi)(r²)(h)?

500

This is the formula for the circumference of a circle

What is C=(pi)(d)

SOLVING EQUATIONS

100

An important rule to remember when solving equations: when you do something to one side of the equation, you must also do this

What is do it to the other side?

200

Simplifying 3(x+4) requires us to use this tool, where we multiply the terms on the inside by the term on the outside

What is distribution?

300

To solve an equation like x²=25, we need to use the opposite of squaring, which is this

What is the square root?

400

These are the two primary methods for solving systems of equations algebraically

What are substitution and elimination?

500

Solving equations requires us to use an important tool with this specific name, also known as "opposites"

What are inverses?

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100

This is the 5th planet from the sun

What is Jupiter?

200

A lacrosse ball is a perfect example of this type of 3-dimensional object

What is a sphere?

300

This is Mr. Carpenter's favorite baseball team

What are the New York Mets?

400

This is the square root of 169

What is 13?

500

This term refers to the collection of outputs in a function; it could also be something a great actor or actress might have

What is range?