Mx Acres' Maths Battle

Acres' Random facts

100

 Arithmophobia is the fear of what thing?

What is: Numbers

200

This team won the 2025 AFL Premiership

What is: Brisbane Lions

300

RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue for colour emission devices. What does CMY stand for?

What is: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

400

This dead man, who married Anne Hathaway lived in England and wrote the following plays: "The Tempest", "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Taming of the Shrew"

Who is: William Shakespeare

500

In D&D each player has 6 main attributes called ability scores. Examples include Strength and Intelligence. Name a third ability score.

What is: Charmisa, Wisdom, Dexterity, Constitution

Math Laws

100

6⁰ - 4⁰ =

0

200

This equation is called Slope/Intercept Form

What is: y=mx+c

300

What law is used to multiply each number within the brackets by the number outside the brackets?
2(x - 7) = 2x - 14

Distributive Law

400

BIMDAS stands for: Brackets, Indices, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction.
What does PEDMAS stand for?

What is: Parenthesis, Exponents, Division and Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction

500

(-b±√(b²-4ac))/(2a) can solve any quadratic equation when it is in what form?

What is: ax²+bx+c=0

Number patterns

100

After number 3, what is the third next prime number

11

200

What is the next number in this pattern?

1, 4, 9, _ ?

16

300

41, 35, 29, _? 

23

400

1, 2, 4, 7, _?

11

500

0, 3, 8, 15, _?

24

Mental Maths

100

Mental Maths 

12 + 32

44

200

Mental Maths

-50 + 34

-16

300

If Jack and Jill each had 6 bananas, they eat two each and give 1 to Anthony and his brother, how many banana's to they have left?

6

400

Mental Maths

327-195 = 

132

500

Mental Math

If Tom has 2 children and three sisters who are all married and each have 2 children, and they all attend their John's birthday party. How many people will be at the party?

16

Groups of animals

100

What do you call a group of fish?

School

200

What do you call a group of lions?

a Pride

300

What do you call a group of sheep?

flock

400

What do you call a group of Penguins?

Colony

500

What do you call a group of porcupines?

prickle

Umm Actually...

100

Call out the mistake made:

5 + 10 - 4 x 10 = 90

Mistake: Completed addition and subtraction before multiplication/Did not use BIMDAS

200

Call out the mistake made:

Solve the following:

2/3 + 4/5 = 6/8

Mistake: When adding fraction you need to find the LCD before adding only across the top.

300

Call out the mistake made:

6x⁵ - 2x⁵ = 4

Mistake: Subtracted the pronumerals/The indices don't get subtracted

400

The following ways to prove that two triangles are similar are:

AAA, AAS, SSA, SSS, RHS

Mistake: SSA is not correct, you need SAS the included angle.

500

Call out the mistake made:

To find the TSA of a cylinder, you must:

1. Find the diameter and multiply it by pi then multiply that by the height of the shape.

2. Multiply the diameter by itself and then by pi to find the area of the circle.

3. Repeat step 2.

4. Add them all together.

Mistake: In Step 2 - You do not use the diameter to find the area of a circle, you need the radius.

Are you feeling Lucky

100

You are lucky - your team wins 100 points.

😎

200

You are unlucky, all other teams gain 200 points

😫

300

Take 3 shots at the bin. If you make a shot, you score 300 points. If not, all other teams score 300 points

🏐

400

You are Lucky and generous. If you can beat Mx Acres in paper, scissors, rock, you get 400 points and you give 400 points to another team.

😋

500

If your first name has six or more letters in it. You win 500 points, if not, you give 500 points to another team.

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