Functional Mathaholic
Unreasonably Rational
Trig Newtons
Con-Sequential
Cone Heads
100
The process of plugging a function into another function.
What is function composition?
100
The r(x) in the rational expression q(x) + r(x)/b(xc).
What is the remainder?
100
The mathematician who is credited with creating Calculus to study the effects of gravity.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
100
A sequence in which a constant is added to the previous term to determine the current term.
What is an arithmetic sequence?
100
A conic section which has no vertices, foci or directrices.
What is a circle?
200
A function that "reverses" another function.
What is the inverse of a function?
200
BONUS JEOPARDY! Refer to Mr. Jones.
Refer to Mr. Jones' wisdom
200
The "a" in SOH-CAH-TOA.
What is adjacent?
200
A sequence in which a constant is multiplied to the previous term to determine the current term.
What is a geometric sequence?
200
The length of the major axis of an ellipse with equation (x-3)^2/169 + (y-3)^2/196 = 1.
What is 14?
300
The number of days per week that I should be practicing math.
What is eight days?
300
The q(x) in the rational expression q(x) + r(x)/b(xc).
What is the quotient?
300
The reciprocal of sine.
What is the cosecant?
300
The mathematician credited with popularizing the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, ...
Who is Fibonacci?
300
The only conic section that cannot be traced without lifting your pencil from the paper.
What is a hyperbola?
400
The name given to the process of performing addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division on functions.
What is function arithmetic?
400
The theorem that says the degree of the polynomial is exactly the same as the number of solutions to the polynomial.
What is the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra?
400
A pastry filled with fig paste.
What are fig newtons?
400
You may be thrown into math jail if you perform the illegal process of dividing by this number.
What is zero?
400
BONUS JEOPARDY! Refer to Mr. Jones.
Refer to Mr. Jones' wisdom.
500
Given f(x) = x+3 and g(x) = (x-3)^2, then g(f(4)) =
What is 16?
500
The theorem that states if a continuous function, f, with an interval, [a, b], as its domain, takes values f(a) and f(b) at each end of the interval, then it also takes any value between f(a) and f(b) at some point within the interval.
What is the Intermediate Value Theorem?
500
sin(3*pi/4) = ?
What is sqrt(2)/2?
500
The number of certified four leaf clovers the Royal Dublin Society has remaining after 12 years given they started with 1500 and each year they lost 20% to leprechauns.
What is 103?
500
The radius length of the circle with equation x^2 + y^2 - 6x +10y - 47 = 0.
What is 9?