Are You Smarter Than Mr' Alder

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Are You Smarter Than Mr. Alder?
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
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5th Grade Question 1
5th Grade Question 2
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4th Grade Question 3
4th Grade Question 4
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3rd Grade Question 5
3rd Grade Question 6
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2nd Grade Question 7
2nd Grade Question 8
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1st Grade Question 9
1st Grade Question 10
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5th Grade Question 1

• The part of the quadratic formula that is under
  the radical and thus indicates whether the roots
  of the quadratic equation are real or imaginary

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5th Grade Answer 1

• Discriminant

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5th Grade Question 2

• A pair of complex numbers in the form a bi and
  a bi whose product will always be a real number

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5th Grade Answer 2

• Complex Conjugates

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4th Grade Question 3

• A function defined by two or more equations over
  a given domain

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4th Grade Answer 3

• Piece-wise Functions

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4th Grade Question 4

• The curves formed by the intersections of a plane
  with an infinite double right circular cone at
  different angles
• (parabola, hyperbola, ellipse, circle)

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4th Grade Answer 4

• Conic Sections

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3rd Grade Question 5

• A short-cut alternative algorithm to divide a
  polynomial by a binomial

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3rd Grade Answer 5

• Synthetic Division

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3rd Grade Question 6

• Rewriting a quadratic polynomial (by
  adding/subtracting constants) so that it contains
  a perfect square trinomial

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3rd Grade Answer 6

• Completing the Square

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2nd Grade Question 7

• A triangular array of numbers where each row is
  generated by taking the sum of two entries above
  it in the previous row
• It is useful in expanding binomials and in
  probability.

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2nd Grade Answer 7

• Pascals Triangle

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2nd Grade Question 8

• A rectangular array of numbers, consisting of
  horizontal rows and vertical columns

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2nd Grade Answer 8

• Matrices

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1st Grade Question 9

• Numbers that can be expressed in the form a bi,
  where i and a and b are real numbers

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1st Grade Answer 9

• Complex Numbers

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1st Grade Question 10

• A Greek letter representing an incremental change

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1st Grade Answer 10

• Delta (D)

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1,000,000 Question

• An equation that best fits data that appears to
  model a given curve
• It attempts to find models for sets of data.

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1,000,000 Answer

• Regression Equation

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