Algebra
Evaluate:
12 + 3(5 -2) - 10
11
What is a variable?
A letter that represents a number
How many pennies are in 2 dollars?
200 cents/pennies
Why would you debug code?
Hint: errors in code are called bugs
To fix bugs/errors
What falls but never breaks?
Leaves fall but do not break!
Evaluate:
| 22-31 | + 16
(This is an absolute value problem)
25
True or false: a postulate is an uneducated guess.
False, a postulate is an educated guess.
My face is on the 5-dollar bill.
Abraham Lincoln.
Give an example of software:
Hint: computers are made of hardware but run software
Any video game, app, program, streaming service, etc
Who won the skeleton beauty contest?
No body.
Solve for x:
3x + 5 = 17
4
What polyhedron shape is the empire state building in NYC?
Rectangular prism
You put an amount of money in a bank, and it earns interest over time. When you take the money out of the bank, will the money be a bigger or smaller amount than you initially put in?
Bigger. Interest means a percent of the money is added to the initial amount.
Give an example of hardware:
Hint: computers are made of hardware but run software
Monitor, laptop, graphics card, hard drive, motherboard, ram, chips, any physical part of a computer
Why are all Superman costumes too tight?
They are all size S.
Solve for x:
4x + 14 = 6x
7
Name a shape is that NOT a polygon.
Circle, oval, sphere...
I got a roll of quarters that equals $10. I go to the arcade and use 23 quarters playing video games. How much money do I have left?
$4.25
or 17 quarters
Name something that would use a Random Number Generator
(a random number is a number that is unpredictable, like when you roll dice or flip a coin)
video games (other answers possible)
Tiny hat on my head, squirrels chase me around; I’m small and brown and roll on the ground.
An acorn!
Solve for x:
3(x - 2) = 2x + 10
16
The longest side of a right triangle is called ___________.
hypotenuse
I used to pay a guy $200 each week to water my plants, but I replaced him with an elephant who works for peanuts. Peanuts cost $0.40 per pound, how many pounds of peanuts should I pay my elephant to match the $200 salary?
(hint: im gonna spend all $200 buying peanuts)
500 lbs
What is a beta version of a program or video game?
It is a buggy test version that comes out before the final release. (other details accepted as well)
I’m not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, but I consume. What am I?
Fire!