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PROBLEM SOLVING
MATH VOCAB
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
CURRENT EVENTS
RANDOM
100
This method can help you start a problem when you don't know what else to do! A table is crucial to do it well!
What is GUESS AND CHECK?
100
This property states that the order of numbers does not matter when you are only adding or only multiplying.
What is COMMUTATIVE?
100
On this day in 1964, this civil rights leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
This New York baseball team is playing in Game 5 of the NLDS tomorrow night against the Dodgers.
What is the Mets?
100
This is the room number you are currently in!
What is 277?
200
When you are using guess and check, you should pay attention to these from one line to the next.
What are PATTERNS?
200
This term describes what somebody thinks about how good they are at something. It really can affect your performance!
What is MINDSET?
200
72 years ago yesterday, Italy declared war on this country, as part of the ongoing World War.
What is Germany?
200
This event took place last night and was televised live by CNN, and it featured Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, among others.
What is the Democratic presidential debate?
200
This is where the 9th graders are!
What is SILVER LAKE?
300
People who are good at math are good at learning from these, and know they are just a part of learning.
What are MISTAKES?
300
This term describes the statistical measure of center for when all the numbers in a data set are shared evenly.
What is MEAN?
300
On this day in 1962, the (blank) Missile Crisis began.
What is Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
This movie in theaters now stars Matt Damon and is about a trip to another planet.
What is The Martian?
300
This is the name of our school campus (NOT Sheepshead Bay HS anymore).
What is Frank Machiarolla Educational Complex?
400
He once said "if you cannot explain it simply, you do not know it well enough."
Who is EINSTEIN?
400
This term describes any relationship in which two quantities are each changing by a constant amount.
What is LINEAR?
400
Around this time of year 7 years ago, he was elected President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
400
A recent study found that teenagers who did this activity excessively often lose sleep and tend to do more poorly in school than those who don't.
What is texting?
400
What's the name of the gym on Nostrand Avenue?
What is BLINK?
500
Someone that is very good at guess and check knows how to turn the method into one of these.
What is an EQUATION?
500
This term describes the steepness of a line when it is graphed, and allows one line to be compared to another.
What is SLOPE?
500
On this day in 1890, this U.S. President was born. (Hint: His initials are D.E.)
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
500
This event took place this past weekend at the Javits Center in Manhattan and featured thousands of people dressed in costume.
What is Comic Con?
500
What is the name of the Charter School with Light Blue Polos?
What is HUMANITIES PREP?