Math in Action
Product of 7 and 8.
What is 56?
The process by which plants make food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
The group of laws that protects basic freedoms in the U.S.
What is the Bill of Rights?
A traditional Japanese art of paper folding.
What is origami?
The value of pi to two decimal places (use for a quick estimation).
What is approximately 3.14?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
The punctuation mark used to show ownership or a contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
The ancient civilization known for cuneiform and ziggurats.
What is Sumer (Mesopotamia)?
A Mexican holiday that honors deceased loved ones (Nov 1-2).
What is Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)?
The area of a rectangle with length 9 and width 4.
What is 36?
The chemical formula for water.
What is H2O?
A synonym for “happy.”
What is glad? (or cheerful)
The economic system in which people decide what to produce and buy.
What is capitalism (or a market economy)?
A traditional Spanish dance and guitar style from Andalusia.
What is flamenco?
The perimeter of a square with side length 5.
What is 20?
The three states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
The main part of a sentence that can stand alone.
What is the independent clause?
The trade route that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas in the past.
What is the Triangular Trade?
In the United States, it is the belief that hard work and determination can bring upward social mobility and success regardless of one's background.
What is the American Dream?
If a classroom has 24 students and they are seated in 6 equal rows, how many students per row?
What is 4?
The process by which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.
What is metamorphosis?
A famous Shakespeare tragedy about two lovers from feuding families.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
The document that declared the American colonies free from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Oktoberfest, the world's largest folk festival is celebrated in this country.
What is Germany?