Logarithm Jeopardy

Miscellaneous

100

The reason logarithms were used?

What is to simplify large number math?

200

This made number crunching using logarithms obsolete.

What is cheap pocket calculators?

300

This is the name of the movie that used Euler's method to calculate the go/no go point for the re-entry point for an orbiting space vessel.

What is Hidden Figures?

400

Name an application for logarithms.

What is (musical intervals, pH, forensic accounting, fractals, radioactive decay, etc.)

500

This person is responsible for 2.718281828459... otherwise known as e.

Who is Leonhard Euler?

Expand

100

log(xy)

What is log(x)+log(y)?

200

log(xzw)⁷

What is 7log(x)+7log(z)+7log(w)?

300

log₄xy³

What is log₄x+3log₄y

400

log(xy/zw)

What is log(x)+log(y)-log(z)-log(w)?

500

log(4x/y⁵)

What is log(x)+log4-5log(y)?

Simplify

100

log₁₀0.000001

What is -6?

200

log₃243

What is 5?

300

log₁₆2

What is 1/4?

400

log_0.2564

What is -3?

500

log 0.25

What is approximately -0.602?

Contract

100

5logx+5logy

What is log(xy)^5?

200

5log(x)+log(y)-log(z)

What is log(x⁵y/z)?

300

6log(x)+4log(x)-7log(x)

What is log(x)^3?

400

5log(x)-6log(y)-7log(x)

What is log(1/y⁶x^2)?

500

3/2log(x⁴)+2/3log(y⁶)

What is log(x⁶y⁴)?

Compound Interest

100

Brenda invests $4,848 in a savings account with a fixed annual interest rate of 5% compounded 2 times per year.  What will the account balance be after 6 years?

What is $6,520.02?

200

Jasmine invests $2,658 in a retirement account with a fixed annual interest rate of 9% compounded continuously.  What will the account balance be after 15 years?

What is $10,253.04?

300

John invests a sum of money in a retirement account with a fixed annual interest rate of 2.63% compounded continuously.  After 15 years, the balance reaches $1,912.41.  What was the amount of the initial investment?

What is $1,289?

400

Jasmine invests $2,658 in a retirement account with a fixed annual interest rate of 9% compounded continuously.  What will the account balance be after 15 years?

What is $10,253.04?

500

John invests a sum of money in a retirement account with a fixed annual interest rate of 2.63% compounded continuously.  After 15 years, the balance reaches $1,912.41.  What was the amount of the initial investment?

What is $1289.00?