Math Jeopardy

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Math Jeopardy
BEDMAS Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division
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100 pointsBEDMAS

• BEDMAS is an acronym which is a word that is
  typically formed from the initial letters of a
  title or sequence of words. What does the acronym
  BEDMAS represent?

Answer
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Answer 100 pointsBEDMAS

• 1. B rackets
• 2. E xponents
• 3. D ivision (Whichever comes first,
• M ultiplication left to right.)
• 4. A ddition (Whichever comes first,
• S ubtraction left to right.)

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200 PointsBEDMAS

• Brianna and Amanda went swimming. Brianna swam
  2 laps while Amanda swam three times as many laps
  as Brianna. How many laps did Brianna and Amanda
  swim altogether?

Answer
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Answer 200 PointsBEDMAS

• Brianna Amanda
• 2 laps (3 x 2 laps)
• 2 laps 6 laps 8 laps
• The total number of laps swam by Brianna and
  Amanda would be eight (8).

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400 Points BEDMAS

• Jeremy and Joseph worked out their end of term
  test averages using the method of calculating
  mean average.
• Jeremys Test Results 60, 70, 70, 80
• Josephs Test Results 65, 65, 70, 90
• Which student averaged higher on their tests?
  Use BEDMAS to solve.

Answer
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Answer 400 PointsBEDMAS

• Jeremy (60 70 70 80) 4 70
• Joseph (65 65 70 80) 4 70
• Both students score the same result of a
• mean average of 70

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600 PointsBEDMAS

• Find the area of the following shape using
  BEDMAS

3 m
16 metres
5 metres
4 metres
20 metres
Answer
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Answer 600 PointsBEDMAS

• Area (Length x width) (½ base x height)
  (side2)
• rectangle triangle square
• (16 m x 5 m) (16 m x 3 m) 2 (4
  m)2
• (90 m2) (48 m2) 2 (16 m2)
• (90 m2) (24 m2) (16 m2)
• 130 m2

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800 PointsBEDMAS

• Write a short convincing math story problem that
  involves the following symbolic equation
• 2 x 4 1
• This problem is unlimited in time, setting, and
  characters. You decide.

Answer
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Possible Answer 800 PointsBEDMAS

• Lisa and Emily were out cruising the mall when
  Emily decided she needed some batteries for her
  MP3 player. She purchased two packages of
  batteries. Each cost 6.99 and contain four AA
  batteries. Lisa found an unused AA battery in
  her coat. How many batteries do they have in
  total?

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100 PointsAddition

• i) Which of the following terms is most often
  found in addition problems?
• Summation
• Summer
• Sum
• Product
• ii) What is another common term or descriptor
  used to indicate addition?

Answer
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Answer 100 PointsAddition

• i) Sum
• ii) Combining, Adding, Add, Joining,
  Accumulation, Tallying, Tally, Totting Up,
  Totalling, Counting

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200 PointsAddition

• Julian and Michael were walking through Farmer
  Tims fields talking about Canadian Idol when
  Julian exclaimed Wow, I see a four leaf clover!
  Michael was excited by this and, searching about
  the grass, found three more plants! Soon Julian
  was on his hands and knees eagerly searching for
  four leaf clovers and was successful in finding
  two more of these rare mutations. What is the sum
  of leaflets on all four leaf clovers found by
  Julian and Mike on this excellent day?

Answer
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Answer 200 PointsAddition

• Julian 4 leaves on one
• Michael 4 leaves on each of three
• Julian 4 leaves on each of two
• 4 4 4 4 4 4 24
• There were 24 leaves all together.

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400 PointsAddition

• Jeremy, Aaron, and Nick formed a band for the
  Centre School Battle of the Bands competition.
  They were so good, they won the first place prize
  of 200! However, they had to pay Towns End
  Strings and Things 50 for the rental of the amp.
  How much money did each boy get from their
  contest winnings?

Answer
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Answer 400 PointsAddition

• (200) (-50) (150)
• (150) 3 band members (50)
• Each band member took home 50.

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600 PointsAddition

• Garrett ate one-eighth of Stevens birthday
  cake. If Stevens other three guests ate
  one-eighth of the cake each, and Steve ate
  another one-fourth of the cake, what was the
  total amount of cake eaten (as a fraction of the
  whole cake)?

Answer
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Answer 600 PointsAddition

• 1/8 (1/8 1/8 1/8) 1/4
• Garrett Other Guests
  Steve
• 1/8 3/8 2/8
• 6/8 or 3/4
• They ate a total of ¾ of Steves birthday cake.

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800 PointsAddition

• Write a short convincing math story problem that
  involves the following symbolic equation
• 10 2 1 13
• This problem is unlimited in time, setting, and
  characters. You decide.

Answer
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Possible Answer 800 PointsAddition

• Mr. Middleton began his beginner guitar course
  with ten (10) students. On the second day of the
  course, another two (2) students joined his
  class. Before the third day of the course, one
  more student decided he could use the extra
  practice and also joined in. When Mr. Middleton
  took roll call after the third day of class, what
  was the number of students enrolled in the course?

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100 PointsSubtraction

• Which of the following terms is most often used
  in subtraction problems?
• Difference
• Desiccation
• Quotient
• Summation
• ii) What is another common term or descriptor
  used to describe subtraction?

Answer
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Answer 100 PointsSubtraction

• Difference
• ii) Taking away, elimination, exclusion,
  deletion, amputation, confiscation, deduction,
  ejection

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200 PointsSubtraction

• On one glorious spring day Evan and his dog
  Fifi were out strolling in the park. Behold!
  There stood an ice cream vendor who sold Evan a
  triple fudge brownie deluxe, for a mere 3 dollars
  and 15 cents! If Evan had forty dollars to begin
  with, what is the difference between the amount
  of money he had when he began his walk and the
  sum he spent in procuring an ice cream treat?

Answer
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Answer 200 PointsSubtraction

• 40 3 37
• 37 - 0.15 36.85
• The difference between what he had (40) and
  what he spent (3.15) is 36.85.

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400 PointsSubtraction

• Brianna arrived early to school one day and
  found that the heating system was not working.
  The temperature of the building was -6oC. She
  went down to the boiler room and called for the
  caretaker, but the furnace miraculously flared to
  life! Within minutes her classroom was a comfy
  19oC. What was the difference in temperature
  from the time she arrived to the warmer
  temperature after the furnace began to work?

Answer
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Answer 400 PointsSubtraction

• 19oC (-6oC) 25oC
• Briannas efforts increased the temperature of
  the classroom by 25 degrees Celsius.

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600 PointsSubtraction

• Dustin brought three pounds of rock candy to
  school one day, to share with his friends. By the
  end of the day he had given out one and
  three-quarters of a pound of candy. At the end of
  the day, what was the remaining weight of candy
  in Dustins school bag?

Answer
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Answer 600 PointsSubtraction

• Problem
• 3 lbs of candy 1 ¾ lbs of candy
• Solution
• 3 1 2 lbs
• 2 ¾ 1 ¼ lbs
• Dustin is taking 1 ¼ pounds of candy home.

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800 PointsSubtraction

• Write a short convincing math story problem
  that involves the following symbolic equation
• 32 3 2 17
• This problem is unlimited in time, setting, and
  characters. You decide.

Answer
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Possible Answer 800 PointsSubtraction

• Thirty two hockey players tried out for the
  South Shore Mustangs team. At the first practice
  the coaches cut three players from the team.
  During the second practice they decided to
  eliminate two more players. Finally they achieved
  their goal three lines and two goalies or
  seventeen players.

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100 PointsMultiplication

• Which of the following terms is most often used
  in multiplication problems?
• Sum
• Difference
• Product
• Quotient
• ii) What is another common term or descriptor
  used to indicate multiplication within a problem?

Answer
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Answer 100 PointsMultiplication

1. Product
2. Increase, growth, groups of, x times y, multiply

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200 PointsMultiplication

• Bethany spent the day sorting her earring
  collection. She found that she had ten pairs of
  studs, twelve pairs of hoop earrings, and 5 pairs
  of funky exotic earrings. When she finished
  counting, she found that she had exactly ____
  individual earrings (not pairs).

Answer
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Answer 200 PointsMultiplication

• 10 x 2 studs 20 studs
• (Five groups of two)
• 12 x 2 hoop 24 hoop
• (twelve groups of two)
• 5 x 2 exotic 10 exotic
• (ten groups of two)
• She has 54 earrings in total.

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400 PointsMultiplication

• Samantha, Nicole, Ashley, Jay, Jamie, and Mike
  each bought three and one-half slices of pizza.
  What was the total number of slices of pizza
  purchased?

Answer
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Answer 400 PointsMultiplication

• 6 people x 3 ½ slices of pizza each 21 slices
  of pizza

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600 PointsMultiplication

• In Ms Grays grade eight classes, ½ of the
  twenty-four girls have blonde or red hair.
  One-half of the remaining students, with brown or
  black hair, have brown eyes. What number of
  students in Ms Grays grade eight classes are
  brown/black haired girls, with brown eyes?

Answer
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Answer 600 PointsMultiplication

• ½ x 24 girls 12 (blonde/red head)
• one half of a group of twenty four
  twelve
• The other half (12 girls) must have
  brown/black hair.
• ½ x 12 6 (brown/black hair brown eyes)
• one half of a group of twelve six
• There are 6 girls in Mr. Grays grade 8 math
  class with brown/black hair and brown eyes.

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800 PointsMultiplication

• Write a short convincing math story problem that
  involves the following symbolic equation
• 2 x 24 48
• This problem is unlimited in time, setting, and
  characters. You decide.

Answer
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Possible Answer 800 PointsMultiplication

• Mr. Matthews decided to talk to both classes
  of grade 8 students regarding their math marks.
  If both classes were equal in number, and one
  class had 24 students, what would be the total
  number of students in grade eight?

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100 PointsDivision

• Which of the following terms is most often found
  in division problems?
• Sum
• Quotient
• Product
• Difference
• ii) What is another common term or descriptor
  used to indicate division?

Answer
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Answer 100 PointsDivision

1. Quotient
2. Distribution, division of, doling out, splitting
   up, allotment, sharing, grouping, sectioning,
   branching, border off, section off, partition,
   separating, how many of

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200 PointsDivision

• Mr. Fraser picked 425 stalks of rhubarb out of
  his garden. He brought his produce to school to
  distribute evenly amongst those persons wishing
  to acquire some of his bounty. Nathan, Chelsea,
  Nick, Mr. Jones, Ms Smith, Mrs. Zinck, Mr. Rae,
  Ms Gosling, Charlene, and Mr. Matthews all asked
  him for some rhubarb. If he agreed to give them
  each an equal portion of his harvest, how many
  stalks of rhubarb did each person receive from
  Mr. Fraser?

Answer
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Answer 200 PointsDivision

• 425 divided into 10 groups (people) would give
  you 42.5 stalks per group (person).

42.5
42.5
42.5
42.5
42.5
42.5
42.5
42.5
42.5
42.5
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400 PointsDivision

• John and Corey went to the movies with Lisa and
  Emily. If the tickets (with tax) cost a total of
  twenty seven dollars, how much did each person
  pay to see the movie? (Assume each paid the same
  price of admission.)

Answer
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Answer 400 PointsDivision

• 27 4 people 6.75
• Each person paid 6.75 to go to the movies. If
  the guys were gentlemen, they would have paid for
  the girls and thus would pay double, or 13.50.

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600 PointsDivision

• Hayley invited her friends over for a pizza
  party. Two 40cm diameter pizzas arrived from
  Mikes Quik Way. Each slice is 1/12 of the
  entire pizza. How many slices of pizza did Hayley
  have to share with her friends?

Answer
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Answer 600 PointsDivision

• 2 1/12 how many groups of 1/12
  slices are found in 2 pizzas?
• Since there are 12 groups of 1/12 in one pizza,
  there must be 24 groups of 1/12 in two pizzas.
  Hayley has 24 slices of pizza to share with her
  friends.

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800 PointsDivision

• Write a short convincing math story problem that
  involves the following symbolic equation
• 24 6 4
• This problem is unlimited in time, setting, and
  characters. You decide.

Answer
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Possible Answer 800 PointsDivision

• Mr. Brown separated his grade eight math class
  into six groups for an activity. If the class has
  twenty four students in it, how many students
  could he put into each group?