Assorted Math
If you have a triangle that is 6 inches long and 12 inches wide, what is its area?
Note: don't forget the extra step that you have to do with a triangle!
6 x 12 = 72 divided by 2 is 36.
What does the word inflation mean?
A general increase in prices of goods and services without an increase in overall pay for work.
What is a literary device?
A writing technique used by authors to enhance a story and make it more interesting to the reader.
Jupiter's moon _____ has garnered attention due to the potential presence of a subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust. Scientist speculate that this moon may harbor the conditions necessary for life as we know it.
Europa
What is the name of the spin off series about the Addams Family's daughter?
Wednesday
Identify two ways in which you can help build or grow your credit score.
Using your credit cards, making payments on time, having a low debt:income ratio, automatic payments, make sure that no accounts are past due, etc.
What are the two main bodies of Congress?
Senate and House of Representatives
What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
Denotation = Dictionary definition, Connotation = Implied meaning given to a word by society
The Kuiper Belt is located beyond the orbit of _____.
A comet is a....
Neptune
Icy, rock body that orbits the sun
What Halloween movie classic features a character named Jack Skellington?
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Find the mean, median, mode, and range for the following set of data:
8, 12, 13, 13, 15, 21, 27
Note: The mean will be a decimal
Mean: 18.1666667
Median: 13
Mode: 13
Range: 19
What are the three branches of government and what do each of them do?
Judicial - Courts/judges that interpret laws
Legislative - Congress that passes laws
Executive - President/military that enforces laws
Give me an example of a hyperbole.
Give me an example of a simile.
Give me an example of personification.
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Name all of the planets in our solar system (including Pluto).
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Simplify the following expression using the distributive property: (note: don't forget to combine like terms!)
4(2x+3)+6x+5
8x+12+6x+5
14x+17
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
How many amendments are there to the entire Constitution?
In what month do we vote for the president of the US?
What number amendment gave (white) women the right to vote?
1776
27
November
19th
Find and correct four grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and/or capitalization errors in the following sentence:
remind me to call my Friend later! she exclaimed, proudly. I have to tell katie that she my favorite pierson.
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Which planets are terrestrial and which planets are gas giants?
Terrestrial: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Gas giants: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Mary Shelley was the author who wrote this classic novel in 1818, but her husband initially took credit for it. (Hint: It is a costume still worn to this day)
Frankenstein
You go to the mall with $140 to spend. You buy a sweatshirt that was originally $110 on sale for 35% off. You also decide to purchase a new desk chair for $55, but you have to pay an additional 7% in sales tax for this chair. After purchasing the sweatshirt (for its sale price) and your desk chair (with its sales tax) how much money do you have leftover?
Sale price of sweatshirt = $71.50
Chair w/ sales tax = $58.85
$140 - $130.35 = $9.65 leftover
Name 2 of the original US colonies, 2 Native American Tribes, and 1 person who was president during WWII.
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FDR and/or Harry Truman
Define the following literary devices for 100 points each:
Metaphor
Imagery
Allusion
Alliteration
Idiom
Comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as
Using words or phrases that make readers picture something specific in their heads.
An expression that brings something else to mind, specifically from a novel, a period of history, etc.
An occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence.
An group of words that does not literally mean what it says, but rather represents something else (an expression widely understood by society)
Answer the following questions for 100 points each:
1. In which of the following years was NASA created?
A. 1986 B. 2001 C. 1905 D. 1958
2. By which of the following countries was the first artificial satellite launched?
A. United States B. Russia C. France D. Germany
3. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
A. Ed White B. John Glenn C. Neil Armstrong D. Thomas Jones
4. Which of the following projects had as its goal to put the first human being in space?
A. Project Gemini B. Project Mercury C. Project Galileo D. Project Columbia
5. Which of the following projects focused on going to the moon?
A. Apollo B. Columbia C. Gemini D. Mercury
D
B (Soviet Union)
C
B
A
On average, how many seeds are there in a pumpkin? Whoever gets the closest gets the points.
500