Are you smarter than a 5th grader*?
What is the first prime number?
2
What is the derivative of the following:
4x2sin(x)+3ex
8xsin(x)+4x2cos(x)+3ex
Who 'discovered' modern-day calculus?
Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz
What are the three measures of central tendencies?
Mean, median, mode
What is 0.000512 written in scientific notation?
5.12 x 10-4
What is the term for a chord that passes through the center of a circle?
Diameter
What is the anti-derivative of the following:
∫ 2x sin(x2+1) dx
−cos(x2+1) + C
Who was the first Black female engineer at NASA?
(Hint: think "Hidden Figures")
Mary Jackson
What are the three basic operations on a set?
Union, Intersection, Complement
What are complementary angles?
Angles that add up to 90 degrees
Find a set of three different whole numbers whose sum is equal to their total when multiplied.
1, 2, 3
What is the type of point on a graph where the derivative is either zero or does not exist?
Critical point
Who is known as the 'father of geometry'?
Euclid
How many outcomes are there if you toss a penny, a nickel, and dime?
8 outcomes
What is the first number that has an "a" in it?
(one thousAnd)
Solve the following problem:
(6x2 + 10x - 24) ÷ (2x + 6)
3x - 4
When do you use L'Hopital's rule?
When the limit of a function is in indeterminate form
(i.e. 0/0 or ±∞/±∞)
This book, published by Pierre de Fermat, holds the record for the most incorrect proofs
"Last Theorem"
What is standard deviation?
A measure of how dispersed the data is in relation to the mean
Alternatively: how far each value lies from the mean
What city has the highest concentration of mathematicians in the world?
Paris, France
Two years ago, Larry was three times as old as his brother. In three years, he will be twice as old as his brother. How old are Larry and his brother now?
Larry is 17, his brother is 7
Find y' for the following equation:
x2 + y2 = 9
y' = - x/y
Name a famous mathematician who was Deaf
Oliver Heaviside, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and Guillaume Amontons
What is the central limit theorem?
As the sample size increases, the distribution of a sample variable approximates a normal distribution
What is
111,111,1112 ?
12,345,678,987,654,321