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For Reals Numbers
It's my "X"!
100
This is the name for a pair of lines in the same plane that never intersect.
What is parallel lines?
100
The equation 3*2 = 2*3 demonstrates this property of multiplication.
What is commutative "property of multiplication"?
100
When flipping a fair coin, this is the probability of getting "tails".
What is 0.5 or 50%?
100
The set of numbers {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, . . . } go by this name.
What is whole numbers?
100
This value of X will make the equation 12*X = 36.
What is 3?
200
This is the name for any angle measuring between 0 and 90 degrees.
What is acute?
200
This property of addition is displayed with the equation (1+2)+3 = 1 + (2+3)
What is associative (property of addition)?
200
If you roll a fair dice one time, this is the probability (in simplest form) of rolling an even number.
What is 1/2 or 50% ?
200
This number is the most delicious real number, and is often shortened in calculations to just 3.14.
What is Pi ?
200
The expression 4*X - 9*X when we combine like terms.
What is -5*X ?
300
Sometimes called a "diamond", this 4 sided geometric shape has congruent sides but not congruent angles.
What is a rhombus?
300
The mathematical property demonstrated by 3*(2 + 5) = 3*2 + 3*5 goes by this name.
What is distributive?
300
This is the probability (in simplest form) of drawing a heart from a standard deck of 52 cards.
What is 1/4 or 25% ?
300
This is the name for the set of numbers { . . . -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, . . . } .
What is integers?
300
This is X in the equation 32 - (-X) = 37.
What is 5?
400
This is a name for a triangle that has no congruent sides.
What is scalene?
400
This number is the multiplicative identity.
What is 1?
400
In Joe's bag of 3 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 5 yellow marbles, this probability represents his chances of selecting 1 red marble should he try to take one out at random.
What is 1/5 or 20% ?
400
This is the greatest common factor of 32 and 12.
What is 4?
400
This X value is used to make the equation 3*X - 6 = 21 true.
What is 9?
500
This states the relationship between the legs "a" and "b" and the hypotenuse "c" of a right triangle.
What is Pythagorean Theorem or a^2+b^2=c^2 ?
500
The multiplicative inverse for the fraction 2/5 is this fraction.
What is 5/2?
500
Of the 36 total possible outcomes from rolling a red dice and a green dice, this is the number of outcomes where the faces of the dice add up to 7.
What is 6 ?
500
This is the name for the set of real numbers that can be written as a fraction. This set includes all whole numbers, natural numbers, integers, terminating decimals (like 0.21 = 21/100), and repeating decimals (like 0.3333. . . = 1/3).
What is the rational numbers?
500
The graph of all (x,y) points satisfying the equation x + y = 3 will take on this shape, a geometric shape that has no thickness but goes forever left and right.
What is a line?