Math Skills Jeopardy

A & P and Avgs

100

A student measures the length of a table 4 times, and the results are as follows (in cm): 99.8, 100.1, 100.0, and 99.9. The actual length of the table is 100.0 cm. Which measurement is the most accurate?

100.0 cm

200

A scientist takes five measurements of a chemical sample's weight: 5.12g, 5.10g, 5.11g, 5.15g, and 5.13g. If the true weight of the sample is 5.10g, are the measurements accurate, precise, neither, or both?

A) accurate

B) precise

C) neither

D) both

D) both

300

A student takes four measurements of a liquid’s volume, obtaining these results (in mL): 50.1, 49.9, 50.2, 50.0. The true volume is 50.0 mL. What is the average these measurements?

A) 0.05 mL

B) 50.05 mL

C) 500.05 mL

D) 5.05 mL

B) 50.50 mL

400

Lebron's ppg for 4 games are 30, 25, 16, and 8. Which is the outlier?

8

500

Steph Curry's ppg typically is 25 ppg. In the first 4 games of the season 4 games his ppgs are 30, 25, 16, and 8.  

1.What is the average? 

2. Which is accurate? 

3. Are the numbers precise?

1. 19.75 

2. 25 

3. No

Temp Conversions

100

What is the equivalent of 0 degrees celsius in farenheit? 

32 degrees farenheit

200

What is the Celsius equivalent of 68°F?

20 °C

300

What is the Kelvin equivalent of 25°C?

298 K

400

If the temperature is 212°F, what is it in Kelvin?

372 K

500

What is the Kelvin equivalent of 32°F?

273 K

Metric Conversions

100

Convert 5,000 millimeters (mm) to meters (m).

5 m

200

Convert 2,500 grams (g) to kilograms (kg).

2.5 kg

300

Convert 6,000 milligrams (mg) to grams (g).

6 g

400

Convert 85 millimeters (mm) to hectometers (hm).

.00085 hm

500

Ms. Kahloan ran 400 meters in 48 seconds, what is that in milliseconds (ms) AND kiloseconds (ks)?

48,000 ms

.048 ks

Scientific and Standard Notataion

100

Convert 3.2 x 10⁶ into standard notation

3,200,000

200

Convert 430,420,000 into scientific notation

4.3042 x 10⁸

300

Convert 0.000742 into scientific notation

7.42 x 10^-4

400

Convert 9.1 x 10⁶ to standard notation

9,100,000

500

Convert 2,850,500,000

2.8505 x 10⁹

Graphing

100

What should you always have at the top of your graph?

a title

200

True or false- you should label the y axis with the unit you are measuring in

True

300

True or false- you don't need to label the x axis

false

400

If you are graphing average time it takes Ms. Kahlon vs Ms. Oshin to run from our classroom to the gaga pit, what goes on the Y axis? what goes on the X axis?

Y axis- average time 

X axis- Ms. Kahloan and Ms. Oshin's names

500

besides a title and labeled y and x axes, what else do you need for a "complete" graph? 

a key