MATH MATTERS
What is the slope of a line that goes through the points (0, 0) and (2, 4)?
Who was the first President of the United States?
(Who is George Washington?)
What planet is closest to the sun?
(What is Mercury?)
What is the term for giving human traits to non-human things?
(What is personification?)
What does GDP stand for in economic terms?
Gross Domestic Product
If you factor the expression x² + 5x + 6, what do you get?
(x + 2) & (x + 3)
What major event ended in 1945 and involved the Allied and Axis powers?
(What is World War II?)
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
(What is the mitochondria?)
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
(Who is William Shakespeare?)
Who is currently the President of the United States?
Donald Trump
The quadratic formula is used to solve what kind of equations?
Quadratic Equations
What was the main cause of the American Civil War?
(What is slavery or states' rights?)
What law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
(What is Newton’s Third Law?)
What part of speech is the word “quickly”?
(What is an adverb?)
If an item is $50 and there's an 8% sales tax, what's the total price?
(What is $54?)
You roll two 6-sided dice. What’s the probability that the sum is 9?
(What is 4/36 or 1/9?)
What was the name of the 19th-century movement to end alcohol consumption?
(What is the Temperance Movement?)
What’s the chemical formula for photosynthesis?
(What is 6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂?)
In literature, what’s the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
(What is a simile uses "like" or "as," a metaphor does not?)
What three-digit number helps lenders decide if you’re trustworthy to borrow money and affects things like loans, rent, and even job offers?
Credit Score
What’s the derivative of 3x² in terms of x?
6x
This deal in 1803 doubled the size of the U.S.—what was it?
(What is the Louisiana Purchase?)
What is the difference between fission and fusion in nuclear reactions?
(What is fission splits atoms, fusion combines them?)
What kind of literary device is used when a writer references something like “Pandora’s box” or “Midas touch” without explanation?
What is an allusion?
What federal form do you typically file each year to report your income and possibly get a tax refund?
What is the IRS Form 1040?