What comes next in the pattern: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ?
13 (prime numbers)
100
3s+2s=15. What is s?
3
100
From what range are angles classified as a reflex angle? (the answer includes the smallest angle degree and the biggest)
181 degrees to 359 degrees
100
How are scientific calculators different to normal calculators?
They have extra functions.
100
If you are using the formula (n x(n-1))÷2, what are you trying to establish? (Hint: Answer like this: "the nth ...")
The nth triangle number
200
What sequence of numbers starts with 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13?
The Fibonnaci sequence
200
What country did algebra originate from?
Greece
200
Name all the different quadrilaterals. (Hint: there are 6 of them.)
Square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezium (or trapezoid) and kite
200
On a scientific calculator, this particular function makes 4 turn into 2, 1 into 1 and 2 in to 1.414213563... . What is this function?
Square roots
200
When buying and selling, the selling price (s) is how much you sell something for and the cost price (c) is how much you bought something for. What would be the formula be for the profit (p) of something using s and c?
s-c=p OR p=s-c
300
What is the name of the triangle that starts with 1 on the 1st row, 1 1 on the 2nd, 1 2 1 on the 3rd and 1 4 6 4 1 on the 5th?
Pascal's triangle
300
What is the term used for equations that have the square of the pronumeral?
Quartic equations
300
Name the two types of set sqares in a geometry set.
45 degree set square and the 60 degree set square
300
What does the "a b/c" button on a calculator do?
Lets you enter fractions
300
What is the other plural form of the word "formula" other than "formulas"? (Hint: It originates from Old Latin.)
Formulae
400
An input and output machine, 1 becomes 1, 3 becomes 6 and 4 becomes 24. What would come out if you put in 6?
720 (the rule is factorials)
400
What is the proper term that means taking the pronumerals and numbers out of the brackets by multipling everything out?
Expansion
400
What do you call the pair of angles that are supplementary and lie between two parallel lines and a line that runs through them? (Hint: the angles form a "c" shape.)
Co-interior angles
400
When you turn on an un-used scientific calculator, what MODE would it be on?
DEGREES (or DEG for short)
400
What is the formula for the area of a trapezium? Assume a is the length of one of the parallel sides, b is another one of them, c and d are the lenghts of each of the other sides and e is the perpendicular height.
(e×(a+b))÷2
500
Name one place the Fibonnaci theorem can be used in nature. (The answer "rabbit breeding" will not be accepted)
Flower petals (the lily has 3, the rose has 5, the peony has 8 and the marigold has 13)
500
What country does the word algebra come from?
Arabia
500
What is the component of mathematics that uses SIN, COS and TAN to solve measurements on triangles?
Trigonometry
500
In the scientific calculator, I pressed the following buttons: 6 + 4 x 3 = ÷ 5 SHIFT dms (° ' "). What would the answer be?