Assorted Math
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Did the Pilgrims or the Native Americans use and eat pumpkins first?
Native Americans
What was the name of the first group of European colonizers who sailed to North America on the Mayflower?
The Pilgrims
How many months of the year have 28 days?
All of them
What is the first thing a caterpillar eats after it hatches?
It's cocoon/shell
If a rectangular field is 100 feet long and 5.3 feet wide, what is its perimeter? What is its area?
Perimeter: 210.6 feet
Area: 530 feet
In what year was Thanksgiving celebrated for the first time? Whoever gets the closest gets the points.
1621
What is the name of the first Native American tribe to participate in what later came to be called Thanksgiving?
Wampanoag
What is in the middle of America?
What famous scientist discovered the three laws of motion?
Sir Isaac Newton
Solve the following equation using PEMDAS: 10 x (7 squared - 44) + 25 / 5
55
What part of the pumpkin did Native Americans boil to make medicine?
The seeds
Where do turkeys find most of their food?
On the ground
What word begins with an E but has only one letter in it?
Envelope
If you bowled a perfect game (all strikes), what would your final score be?
300
Solve the following two step equation: 1/2x + 24 = 50
x = 52
What are male turkeys called?
What are female turkeys called?
Do male or female turkeys sit on the eggs until they hatch?
Do male or female turkeys have brighter colors in their feathers?
Toms/Gobblers
Hens
Females
Males
What US president took pity on their son's pet turkey and accidentally created the presidential tradition of 'pardoning' a turkey on Thanksgiving?
What founding father of the US once said that the wild turkey would be a better symbol of America than the bald eagle is?
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
Turn me on my side, and I am everything. Cut me in half, and I am nothing. What am I?
The number 8
In what year was the first Apple iPhone released? Whoever gets the closest gets the points.
2007
A company charges $4,700 for the first 650 feet of a fence and an additional $29 for each additional foot. The company then charges a 7% sales tax on the final price of the fence. If you want an 850 foot long fence, how much will it cost you including taxes?
This fence will cost you $11,235 in total.
Spell the following words for 100 points each:
Wigwams
Centuries
Camouflage
Ceremony
Symbolism
Define the following words/phrases for 100 points each:
Omnivore
Pioneers
Grand Marshal
Harvesting
Abundance
An animal that eats both meat and plants
Early settlers or explorers
The head of a parade or ceremony
To gather a crop
When you have a lot of something
What never asks questions but is often answered?
A knock at the door/the doorbell