Math Jeopardy

Laws of Exponents

100

What do you do to the exponents when multiplying monomials?

You add the exponents.

200

2^{4 x} 2²

2⁶

300

8¹⁰/8⁴

8⁶

400

(2n³ x 3y⁴)²

4n⁶ x 9y⁸

500

8y⁵/4y⁸

1/2y³

Combining Like Terms

100

Can you combine 2x² and 4x?

No, they are not like terms.

200

8x - 6x

2x

300

4x² + 2y - 2x² + 6y

2x² + 8y

400

4x¹⁰ + y - 2s - 4y + 9x¹⁰

13x¹⁰ - 2s - 3y

OR

13x¹⁰ - 3y -2s

500

(x - 10)(x + 7)

x² - 3x - 70

Factoring the GCF

100

27 - 42

3(9 - 14)

200

56x² + 40y

8(7x² + 5y)

300

50x⁷ + 80x⁴ - 20x³

10x³(5x⁴ + 8x - 2)

400

-4(4 + 12xy³ - 8yx²)

-16 - 48xy³ + 32yx²

500

637x⁴ + 785,533y - 20,147n

You cannot simplify!

Classifying Polynomials

100

Is 14x² - 5y a monomial or binomial?

Binomial

200

What is 6c - 3c + 4y + 6s

Trinomial 

300

What is 3c - 7c + 15c

Monomial

400

What is 6y - 17n + 22s + 16y + 8x

Polynomial

500

What is 5x³ - 4y + 19n⁵ - 10x³ + 2y + 2n⁵?

Binomial

Writing Variable Expressions

100

Reese has 16 marbles, but Grace takes away y.

16-y

200

Ava's dog had 9 puppies, and she splits them among y friends. 

9/y

300

Grace gets rid of 3 shoes from the y number of shoes in her closet. She then buys 4 more pairs of shoes. 

(y - 3) + 4

400

A number subtracted from the quotient of 18 and x.

(18/x) - s

500

W is added to the product of (6-y) and s

s(6-y) + w

OR

(6s - sy) + w