Transformations
Problem Solving
Simplify this equation
X marks the spot
Numbers
100

y = sin (x) is an example of what type of function? a)Exponential. b)Radical.  c)Odd.  d)Even

What is c odd function

100

Special Non-Maths Question:
Our teaching staff at ISHCMC – American Academy are highly experienced, dedicated, caring and passionate about their subject and student age range. Without exception, they are excited and motivated to work within our dynamic international community. Name five teachers and their country of origin, each person must be from a different continent.

What is

100

Simplify -

2w(5wy)

10w2y

100

Solve for x:

-3 + 2x = 11 

What is x = 7

100

What are the four prime numbers less than 10?

2, 3, 5 and 7

200

If Mr Sam spun around 8 and half times, how many degrees has he turned?

3060 degrees

200

Niko and Kaia buy their father a card for Fathers’ Day.

The card costs $5.90. Niko puts in 40c more than Kaia.

How much did Niko contribute to the card?

$3.15

200

Factorise -

x^2 − 2x − 3


(x−3)(x+1)

200

If 2x + 6 = 16, the value of x + 4 is

What is 9

200

Special Non-Maths Equation

Which of these characters was NOT in the Harry Potter series

A) Harry Potter
B) Penelope Clearwater
C) Ruebus Hagrid
D) Mad-Eye Moody
E) Pavarti Patel
F) Alana Dumbledore

What is F) Alana Dumbledore

300

Special Non-Maths Question

Mr Luis was born in Argentina but lived most of his life in Australia. He arrived at AAVN on July 2020 where he has been teaching  Mathematics in 3 different classrooms. What are the room numbers?

What is 400, 404 and 603

300

Oli's favourite pizza restaurant offers 6 toppings: ham, onions, mushrooms, pineapple, tomato and peppers.
Oli orders a pizza with ham and pineapple.
Unfortunately the server only writes down that he wants 2 toppings but doesn't write down what they are.
The cook decides to pick two toppings at random.

What is the probability that Oli will get the pizza he ordered?

 1/15 chance of getting the pizza she ordered.

300

The volume V of a cone is calculated using the formula V = πr^2h/3, where r is the radius and h is the height of the cone. Rearrange the formula, to make radius(r) the subject.

What is sqrt(3V/πh)

300

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi lived in Baghdad, around 780 to 850 CE (or AD). Around 825 he wrote the book "Hisab Al-jabr w’al-muqabala", (meaning 'restoration of broken parts'). From which we get the word? a) Arithmetic.  b) Alkhemist   c) Algebra  d) Moussaka

What is c) Algebra

300
How many prime numbers are less than 100?

25

400

What scale factor has this been enlarged by?

3

400

Juliana chooses three different numbers from the set {−6, −4, −2, 0, 1, 3, 5, 7} and multiplies them together to obtain the integer n. What is the greatest possible value of n?

What is 168 

400

Special Non-Maths Equation

The top nine coffee consumption nations are located in which continent?  a)South America. b) Central America  c) Asia.   d) Europe.  e) Africa

What is Europe

400

After a fair die with faces numbered 1 to 6 is rolled, the number on the top face is x. Which of the following is most likely? 

(A) x is greater than 2 

(B) x equals 4 or 5 

(C) x is even 

(D) x is less than 3

What is (A) x is greater than 2

400

In Jen’s baseball league, each team plays exactly 6 games against each of the other teams in the league. If a total of 396 games are played, how many teams are in the league?

What is 11 teams

500

Extra! Bonus! Non-Maths question

Fezzik, Vizzini and Inigo are characters in which novel/movie?

The Princess Bride

500

These students are to sit an exam that begins at 9:30 pm sharp.
Which of them will get there in time for the start of the exam?

Neil’s watch is 15 minutes fast but he thinks that it is 10 minutes fast.

Troy’s watch is 15 minutes fast but he thinks it is 20 minutes fast.

Jock’s watch is 15 minutes slow but he thinks it is 10 minutes fast.

Nikolai’s watch is 15 minutes slow but he thinks that it is 10 minutes slow.

Neil

500

A ball is thrown upwards from a rooftop, 80m above the ground. It will reach a maximum vertical height and then fall back to the ground. The height of the ball from the ground at time t is h, which is given by,
h = -16t2 + 64t + 80.

How long will it take before hitting the ground?

What is 5 seconds

500

Tanis looked at her watch and noticed that, at that moment, it was 8x minutes after 7:00 a.m. and 7x minutes before 8:00 a.m. for some value of x. What time was it at that moment? (A) 7:08 a.m. (B) 7:40 a.m. (C) 7:32 a.m. (D) 7:36 a.m. (E) 7:31 a.m

What is (C) 7:32 a.m.

500

Alexi opens his favorite mathematics puzzle book and notes that the product of the page numbers facing him is 1,332. Find the sum of these two page numbers. [Note: All pages are numbered consecutively.]

What is The sum of these numbers is 36 + 37 = 73.