Math Trivia
What the reciprocal of 5/4 ?
4/5
Does exponents mean repeated addition or multiplication?
What is
sqrt(-1)
i
What has to be broken before you can use it?
an egg
What state has the most coast line?
Alaska
If you are filling a swimming pool with water, will you be solving for volume or surface area?
Volume
What is 9^3 (exponent)
729
According to the fundamental theorem of algebra, the equation y=x3-3x+7, has how many roots?
3
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?
a teapot
What does the Spanish word "sol" mean in English?
sun
Is Pi a rational or irrational number?
Irrational, you can't write it down as a non-infinite decimal
Solve for x: 2^x = 32
5
What is a "root" of a graph?
Where the graph touches/crosses the x-axis (the solutions when y=0)
What goes up but never comes back down?
your age
Which rapper has won the most grammy's? (There's actually a tie! One answer will earn you the points. Both answers will earn you double points!)
Jay-Z and Kanye West
The number in front of a variable is called this.
A Coefficient
What is x3*x2?
Scatterplot
No matter what, what can you always count on?
your fingers
Name 3 countries that start with "D"
Djibouti, Denmark, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic
What do you call a function that denotes the distance from zero?
Absolute Value
What is:
(2x4)2(3xy)?
12x9y
Write an explicit equation to find the term of the series: 3+7+11+15+...
t(n)=3+4(n-1) or t(n)=4n-1
What is full of holes but still holds water?
a sponge
Name one country that Mr. Armstrong has traveled to.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY if you can share TWO countries that Ms. Beal has traveled to.
... Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, China, Ecuador, Peru, Belize, Bahamas, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, France, Italy, Switzerland, ....