Marco Polo Math

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Marco PoloMath

• A math game to help study about early explorers.
• Unit 2

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If there were 600 sailors on an explorers ship
and 1/3 of them died of scurvy, how many sailors
would be left?
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Magellen charted a course that followed an obtuse
angle. Which course did he choose?
A
C
B
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Right Angle
Is an angle that is 90 degrees.
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Acute
An angle less than 90 degrees.
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Obtuse
An angle greater than 90 degrees.
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Prince Henry wanted his armada to be symmetrical.
Which shape would not be a good basic shape with
which to build his ships?
A
B
C
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Symmetry
Divides a figure into two congruent parts.
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Columbus sailed the blue in 1492. How many years
ago was that?
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If Magellan left with 242 sailors and returned
with only 18, how many died?
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There were 200 barrels of food in 5 rows on the
Mayflower. How many barrels were in each row?
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The explorers found 200 pounds of gold on an
island in 7 different areas. How many pounds are
there in all?
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The Incas had a civil war that resulted in the
people becoming slaves. If there were 60,000
Incas before the civil war and 1/3 were killed in
the fighting, how many were left to serve as
slaves?
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The pilgrims that drafted the Mayflower Compact
worked long and hard on the document. If they
worked on the document from 815 a.m. until 630
p.m. on Monday and from 900 a.m. until 510 p.m.
on Tuesday, how much total time did they work on
the document?
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Many slaves died while traveling to America. On
one trip, 59 slaves died on Thursday, 16 died on
Friday, 50 died on Saturday, and 29 died on
Sunday. How many total slaves died over the
weekend?