Linear Equations
Graphing
Simultaneous Equations
Miscellaneous (all worth 100 points)
100

How do you find the gradient of a line?

Rise/Run

100

How can you determine the x-intercept of a line?

Substitute y for 0

100

What is the solution to the graph of simultaneous equations?

(2,5)

100

Which planet is known as the "red planet?"

Mars

200

What is the gradient and y-intercept of this line:

y = 2x - 3

Gradient: 2

y-intercept: -3

200

What are the x and y intercepts of this graph?

x-intercept: (1,0)

y-intercept: (0,-2)

200

What is the solution of the simultaneous equations:

x = 4

y = x + 3

(4, 7)

200

What is the term for animals that are active during the night?

Nocturnal

300

What is the slope of the line that crosses between these two points: 


(4, 4) ,  (2, 3)

m = 1/2 

300

What is the slope of this line?

m = 1/2

300

What is the solution of the simultaneous equations:

2x + 4y = 20

-2x + 7y = 2

(6, 2)

300

How many elements are the Periodic Table? 

(Can be + or - 10)

118

400

Find the x and y intercepts on this line. 

-4y - 12x = 20


Hint: Put your answer in this form (x,y)

x-intercept: (-5/3, 0)

y-intercept: (0, -5)

400

Graph the line:  3y + 6x = 9

400

What is the solution of the simultaneous equations:

3a+2b=19

4a+3b=27

a = 3

b = 5

400

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?


Michaelangelo

500

Find a line thats perpendicular to 4y = 3x + 12 and goes through the point ( 6, -1)

y = (-4/3)x + 7

500

Graph a line parallel to:

3y -2x - 9 = 0

and goes through the point: 

(3, -2)

500

A fruit vendor is selling apples and oranges. A customer buys 3 apples and 2 oranges for $8.50. Another customer buys 5 apples and 3 oranges for $13.50. What is the price for each piece of fruit?

Orange: 2.00

Apple: 1.50

500

What was the first creature in space?

Laika, a soviet dog