High School Math Trivia: Solve or Slide
1.
If Rita's salary was $50,000 and she gets an 8% raise, what will her new salary be?
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$54,000
2.
What is the value of m if m/4+3=5 ?
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8
3.
What is the decimal form of 8/3 ?
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2.6666
4.
How many feet of fencing are needed to enclose a rectangular shaped yard that is 20' by 30'?
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100
5.
If a recipe calls for 1 1/3 cup flour and you double the recipe, how much flour do you need?
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2 2/3 Cups
6.
If a recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of flour, but you are halving it, how much flour do you need?
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3/4 Cup
7.
What is the circumference of a circle of radius 10.5 cm?
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66cm
8.
If paper costs $10.00 for 2 packs of 500 hundred sheets, what is the cost per sheet?
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1 Cent
9.
If you earn $20 an hour and work 40 hours each week, what is your annual income before taxes?
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$41, 600
10.
How many 90-minute movies can you watch in 6 hours?
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4 Movies
11.
How many degrees does a straight angle have?
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180 Degrees
12.
What name do we give an angle whose measure is between 0 degrees and 90 degrees (non-inclusive)?
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Acute Angle
13.
What is the name of a 12-sided polygon?
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Dodecagon
14.
When two lines intersect, how many points do they share?
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Answer:
1
15.
What is unique about the intersection of perpendicular lines?
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Answer:
They Form Right Angles
16.
What is unique about the slopes of parallel lines?
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They Are Always Equal
17.
What is 3x - 10x?
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Answer:
-7x
18.
If the area of a rectangle is 280 square feet and its length is 40 feet, what is its width?
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7 Feet
19.
What value of x makes "5^x = 25" a true statement?
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Answer:
2
20.
What is 0.812 - 1.28?
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Answer:
-0.468
21.
What value of x makes "x + (-8) = -16" a true statement?
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-8
22.
If the side of a square is of length (x + 5), what is the perimeter of the square?
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Answer:
4x + 20
23.
If two angles in a triangle are 45 degrees and 55 degrees, what is the measure of the third angle?
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80 Degrees
24.
What value of x makes 8x - 5(x - 2) = x + 26 a true statement?
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Answer:
8
25.
What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14 and 24?
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Answer:
2
26.
If you can drive 390 miles in 6 hours, how many miles can you drive in 9 hours?
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Answer:
585
27.
What is 3x + (-3x)?
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26/May
28.
What is -2 + (-8)?
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-10
29.
What is 0.14 - (-0.13)?
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Answer:
0.27
30.
What kind of equation is "4^2 = 16"?
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Answer:
Exponential
31.
What is the reciprocal of 1/3?
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03/Jan
32.
What is "x + 5"?
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An Expression
33.
What does "ASA" stand for in geometry?
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Angle-Side-Angle
34.
What value of x makes "3x = x" a true statement?
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Answer:
0
35.
For what values of x does the absolute value of x-1 equal 2?
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3, -1
36.
What is -2(6)?
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-12
37.
What types of numbers are greater than zero?
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Positive
38.
What power does scientific notation deal with?
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10
39.
If you flip a fair coin 2 times and get head 2 times what is the chance that next flip will be head?
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Answer:
1 In 2
40.
What is the reciprocal to the sine function?
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Cosecant
41.
How big is the number X after first increasing it by 50% and then decreasing the result by 50%?
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3/4 The Original Size Of X
42.
If an account yields 2% interest, how much is earned on $300 kept in the account for two years?
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$12
43.
If it is 30 degrees Celsius outside, what is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?
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86
44.
If x=2 and y=3, what is the value of x^x+y^y ?
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31
45.
The circumference of a circle is 44cm. What is its area?
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154 Sq.Cm
46.
If y=2x+3 and y=5, what does x equal?
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1
47.
How long is a taut string running from the top of a 12' pole to your feet 5' away?
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13 Feet
48.
What is 3x^1/6 * 3x^-7/6 expressed with positive exponents?
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9/x
49.
Using law of exponents, what is 8^9 / 8^3?
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8^6
50.
Noting that there was no year "0", how many years separate May 1, 378 B.C. from May 1, 378 A.D.?
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755
51.
What is the value of 9^-4 / 9^-5?
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9
52.
What is the value of x for the exponential equation 2^x-3 = 1?
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3
53.
If a stock trades at $20 and increases 1.5 per cent in one day, what is the new price?
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$20.30
54.
Using law of exponents, what is a^-3 b^-4/a^-2 b^-3 in simplified terms?
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1/ab
55.
If a CD costs $15 and a CD case $25, what is the cost of n CDs and m cases?
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15n + 25m
56.
How much commission would a realtor make on a $275,000 home if their rate was 8%?
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$22,000
57.
If you buy a stock for 1$ in 1955, and it doubles every ten years, how much is it worth in 2005?
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$32
58.
What is the area of a parallelogram with a base measuring 15cm and a height of 10cm?
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150 cm
59.
How many roots does a quadratic equation with real (or complex) coefficients have?
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Two
60.
What is the supplement of a 170 degree angle?
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10 Degrees
61.
What name do we give an angle whose measure is between 90 degrees and 180 degrees (non-inclusive)?
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Obtuse Angle
62.
What characteristic do adjacent angles have?
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A Commen Vertex And A Common Side
63.
What is the complement of a 45 degree angle?
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45 Degrees
64.
How many degrees are in a right angle?
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90 Degrees
65.
What quadrant would the point (-4, -7) be graphed in?
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III
66.
What is the slope of a horizontal line?
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Zero Slope
67.
What is another name for the Rectangular Coordinate System?
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Cartesian Coordinate System
68.
What is 1 3/4 times 1 2/3 as a mixed number in lowest terms?
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2 91666666666667/100000000000000
69.
What is 6 + 3(a + 2) simplified?
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3a + 12
70.
What is the prime factorization of 315?
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5 x 7 x 3 x 3
71.
What value of x will make "6x - 1 = 12" a true statement?
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13/Jun
72.
If a = 1.9 and b = 0.6, what is ab - b^2?
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0.78
73.
What percent of a circle is 75 degrees?
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20.83%
74.
Which expression represents the use of the distributive property on 3(a + b)?
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3a + 3b
75.
What is the greatest common factor of 9x, 3y, and 12z?
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3
76.
What value of x makes "-6x = -42" a true statement?
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7
77.
What is the slope of y = -4x + 1?
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-4
78.
What value of x makes 4x - 2 = 2(x + 1) a true statement?
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Answer:
2
79.
What is the square root of 28 in simplified form?
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Answer:
2 Times The Square Root of 7
80.
What is the solution of 4x - 7(x - 1) > 3(x + 1)?
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X < 2/3
81.
What value of x makes "2x + 3 = 15" a true statement?
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6
82.
What kind of slope does the line 3x - 2y = 6 have?
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Positive
83.
What kind of slope does the line "3x + 2y = 6" have?
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Negative
84.
If x = 4, what is 3^x (3 to the power of x)?
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81
85.
What kind of slope does y = 4 have?
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Zero
86.
What is the y-intercept of 4x + 2y = -8?
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(0, -4)
87.
What is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints at (-1, 1) and (7, -3)?
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(3, -1)
88.
If f(x) = 3x - 2 and g(x) = 2x + 1, what is f + g?
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5x - 1
89.
If f(x) = -7x + 5, what is f(-1)?
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12
90.
If f(x) = 1/(x - 1) what is f(1)?
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Undefined
91.
What is the y-intercept of y = 2x - 3?
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-3
92.
If x = -2, what is x^3 + 2x^2 - 2x?
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4
93.
What is the y-intercept for y = x^2 + 2x + 1?
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(0, 1)
94.
What is the median of 3, 5, 1, 2, 4, 9?
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Answer:
3.5
95.
What is the simplest form of -3x + 7 < 2x - 8?
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X > 3
96.
What value of x will make the equation -4x + 7 = -13 a true statement?
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Answer:
5
97.
What value of x will make "10x - 2 = -4x + 40" a true statement?
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Answer:
3
98.
How many ways can a club of 7 choose a President, Vice-President, and Secretary?
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Answer:
210
99.
What is 4 factorial?
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Answer:
24
100.
What is the slope of the line through the points (3, 4) and (5,2)?
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Answer:
-1
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