Anything Goes

Geometry

1

A pair of rails a railroad track does form

But now the tracks are blocked diagonally

A tree lies here, ('twas fallen by a storm)

Another word for this begins with "t."

Transversal

2

Write down six kinds of triangles.

Scalene, isosceles, equilateral, acute, right, obtuse

3

If ∠1 and ∠2 are complementary, and m∠1 is twice as big as m∠2, what is m∠2?

30°

4

Express the area of a circle in terms of its circumference.

A = C^2/4pi

Linear Equations

1

Find the y-intercept of the linear equation y = 4x + 2.

(0, 2)

2

Write the following in slope-intercept form:

3x - 6y = 12.

y = (1/2)x - 2

3

Write the slope of a line parallel to 4x - 5y = 10.

4/5

4

Solve the system of linear equations:

2x + 4y = 8

2x + 2y = 2

(-2, 3)

Quadratics

1

If my quadratic opens upward, is it positive or negative?

Positive.

2

Find the y-intercept of the following equation:

f(x) = 3x^2 - 2x - 36.

(0, -36)

3

Factor the following: 

2x^2 - 8x - 10.

2(x - 5)(x + 1)

4

A soccer ball’s path is modeled by y = -2x^2 + 9x + 8. What is the axis of symmetry?

9/4

Good Luck

1

A bus is carrying three people. It makes a stop, picking up six people and dropping off two. Next stop it picks up one and drops off four. After a short drive, it collects seven and leaves zero. At the next station it gets three more people and loses five and at the station after that, it gets one and drops off two. The bus leaves everyone at the next and final stop. How many stops did it make?

5

2

What is the probability of rolling 1, then three on a fair die?

1/36

3

You have one minute to carry the pattern as far as you can:

1, 3, 6, 10, 15,...

21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153

4

Teams will alternate counting up by prime numbers (select three people from each team).

2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97

Open in Case of Tie

1

Team captains, step forward

Rock, paper, scissors will decide the winner.

2

Oh boy, what's this? A bunch of reading? That's so unfair. No one mentioned there would be reading involved in this game. Well, maybe in the Literature game. But even then, does time really permit us to read that much? How is this even a tiebreak? If you tell Mr. Betancourt that he has great taste in hats, you'll win. We should read more, though. There would be a lot less boredom after STAAR tests if people would bring books.

That's game!