Substitution
Elim (Adding)
Elim (Subtracting)
Graphing
Jeopardy Jumble
100

y = 6x 

2x + 3y = –20

(-1, -6) 

100

4x + y = 23

 3x – y = 12

(5, 3)

100

2x + 5y = –3 

2x + 2y = 6

(6, -3)

100

When looking at graph of two intersecting equations, where is the solution? 

Where the two lines cross. 

100

In Finding Nemo, Dory helps this clownfish cross the ocean to find his son.

Who is Marlin?

200

y = 2x – 2          

y = x + 2

(4, 6)

200

7x + 2y = 2 

7x – 2y = –30

(-2, 8)


200

3x + 2y = –1      

4x + 2y = –6

(-5, 7)

200

What is the FIRST step you would take to solve this system of equations by graphing? 

2x – y = 1         

y = –3x

Convert 2x - y = 1 into y = mx + b form. 

200

Which is the third planet in our Solar System?

What is Earth?

300

x + 2y = 13 

–2x – 3y = –18

(-3, 8)

300

2x + 4y = 10 

x – 4y = –2.5

HINT: Your answer CAN be a decimal.

(2.5, 1.25)

300

5x + 3y = 22

5x – 2y = 2

(2, 4)
300

If two lines are parallel, 

a) How many solutions are there? 

b) What terminology do we use to describe that solution?

a) no solution 

b) Inconsistent

300

How many bones do sharks have?

What is zero?

400

2x – 3y = –24 

x + 6y = 18

(-6, 4)

400

-1/3x4/3y = -2

1/3x - 2/3y = 4

(10, -1)

400

–4x – 2y = –2

2x – 2y = –14

(-2, 5) 

400

If two lines intersect on a coordinate plane,
a) How many solutions are there? 

b) What terminology do we use to describe that solution?

a) One solution

b) Consistent and independent

400

What is the only sport to be played on the moon?

What is golf?

500

x + 3y = –4

2x + 6y = 5

No solution
500

3/4x  - 1/2y = 8

3/2x + 1/2y = 19

(12, 2)

500

2.5x + y = 10.7

2.5x + 2y = 12.9

HINT: Your answer CAN be a decimal.

(3.4, 2.2)

500

If two lines have the same slope and the same y-intercept,
a) How many solutions are there? 

b) What terminology do we use to describe that solution?

a) Infinitely many solutions 

b) Consistent and dependent

500

In the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood are guided back to Hogwarts by these horse like creatures. (It's later explained that they are invisible except to those who have seen death.) 

What are Thestrals?