Numeracy
Algebra
Misc Trivia
Linear Relations
First Board Up!
100
-2 is an Integer. What type of number is
-3/5
A Rational number
100
What is the coefficient in the expression:
11 - 4x
-4
100
True or False:
Mrs. Labelle went to university for mathematics.
False.
She started in psychology, transferred to engineering and then ended up with a degree in Geography.
100
What is the y-intercept of a line with the equation:
y + 4 = 3x
y = 3x - 4
(0, -4)
100
What is an example of a negative reciprocal?
Answers will vary. There will be two fractions, with the numerators and denominators swapped. One will be negative and the other positive.
Examples: 3/2 and -2/3, or -11/5 and 5/11, or 1/2 and -2
200
What is
4/5-2/3
as a fraction in lowest terms?
2/15
200
Simplify:
2(x + 4) - x + 7
x+15
200
This is Mrs. Labelle's hot drink of choice.
Tea. More specifically Earl Grey.
200
Two lines that never meet are called this.
Parallel
200
This person is Mrs. Labelle's favourite student.
Everyone who puts their own name, or implies it's them (for example writing "me") gets the points.
300
In the morning, the temperature is -6 degrees celsius. By noon, it has risen by 12 degrees, at 6:00 it's dropped 4 degrees and at 11:00 it has dropped 9 degrees.
What is the temperature at 11:00?
-6+12-4-9
=-7 degrees
300
Write and equation that could represent "4 less than two-thirds of a number is 20"
2/3x - 4 = 20
300
What did the triangle say to the circle?
You're pointless!
300
A taxi company charges $5 as a base fee and an additional $4 per kilometer travelled. Write a linear equation that could be used to model this relationship.
y=4x+5
300
What is the slope of this line?
m=-3/2
400
How long would it take to run 6 km if you can run 1 km in 2.5 minutes?
15
400
Four lines of pseudocode are given. How many variables are there?
Radius = 0
Height = 0
Output"Enter the radius"
Store user input as Radius
Output "Enter the height"
store user input as height
Volume = pi * radius * radius * height
Output "the volume is "volume"".
Three
- Radius
- Height
- Volume
400
This is how you turn 7 into an even number.
What is you remove the S. (Seven - s = even)
400
This is the equation of the line passing through (0, 5) with a slope of -1/2.
y = -1/2 x + 5
400
This is what type of variation?
C = 5x + 7
Partial
500
Simplify
(3^4*3^8)/3^9
3^3
27
500
What is the value of x in the equation
3x + 5 = 2x + 8
3
500
This is what the zero said to the 8.
Nice belt!
500
What is the slope of a line containing the points (3, 10) and (1, 12)
m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
m=(12-10)/(1-3)=2/-2
m=-1
500
Pi is this type of number.
What is irrational.