MathTrivia

How to Play

Math Trivia is played on teams, you will work with your teams

We will play in rounds, there are 3 rounds in the first half of the game and 3 rounds in the second half of the game

Before we begin each round I will tell you the categories, write them down on your score sheet

How to Play

In each round you will use points, for the first half the point values are 5, 3, & 1

You may only use each point value once per round

Write your points and answer on your answer cards

One person per team will bring the answer card to me

You have until the end of one song to turn in an answer for each question

Round 1

Round 1 Question 1

Which is the best mileage?329 miles:10 gallons378 miles: 12 gallons165 miles: 5 gallons70 miles: 2 gallons

Answer

70 miles : 2 gallons

Round 1 Question 2

Which of the following rations forms a proportion with 2 : 5

16 : 40, 10 : 30, 12 : 25, 12 : 35

Answer

16 : 40

Round 1 Question 3

Students from Mrs. Dawson’s Spanish class are saving money for a summer trip to Barcelona, Spain. Each student needs to raise $1,080 to be able to attend the trip. This amount represents an increase of 12.5% over the cost of the trip last year. How much did the trip to Barcelona cost last year?

Answer

$960

Round 2

Round 2 Question 1

Carrie can drive her car 66 miles on 3 gallons of gasoline. At this rate, how far can she drive on a full tank of 16 gallons?

Answer

352 miles

Round 2 Question 2

Hope’s road map shows that the distance between her home and her place of work is 6cm. If the scale on her map shows 1cm : 9mi, how far is her workplace from home?

Answer

54 miles

Round 2 Question 3

Four students are planning a camping trip for Labor Day weekend. They are expecting 8 additional friends to attend. The students plan to cook hamburgers while they are ccamping. According to a camping book, each person can be expected to eat 3, 4/5 pound hamburgers. If the students buy the hamburger in one-pound packages, how many packages must they buy to feed the group?

Answer

29 packages

Round 3

Jason rode his bike 26 miles at a constant speed for 2 hours. How long will it take him to ride 104 miles at the same speed?

Answer

8 hours

Round 3 Question 2

Write and then solve the proportion. 8 is to 12 as p is to 18.

Answer

8 = p

12 18

p= 12

Round 3 Question 3 

Richard is collecting petition signatures outside of a shopping mall to put an issue on the ballot during the next election. During the first 114 minutes, he has collected 6 signatures. If he continues to collect signatures at this rate, about how many signatures will Richard have collected after 5 hours?

Answer

About 15.78 signatures

(accept 15 or 16)

Half Time Question

For the half time question you can wager up to 20 points.

If you get the answer correct you earn the points, but if it is incorrect you lose the points.

HALF TIME QUESTION

Ling bought 4 DVDs for $12.95 and a DVD player for $37.98. After sales tax, her total came to $96.24. What is the sales tax rate. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.

Answer

7.2%

Second Half

Point Values are now 2, 4, and 6You still may only use each point

value one time per round

Round 4

Round 4 Question 1

During a recent winter, the ratio of deer to foxes was 7 to 3 in one county of New York State. If there were 210 foxes in the county, what was the number of deer in the county?

Answer

490 deer

Round 4 Question 2

You earn $40 shoveling snow off 5 sidewalks. You charge the same amount for each sidewalk. How much will you earn if you shovel 3 sidewalks?

Answer

$24

Round 4 Question 3

If you can type 1,240 words in 40 minutes, how many words per minute can you type?

Answer

31 words per minute

Round 5

Round 5 Question 1Y

Alicia already spent $8.25 of her paycheck. If this was 15% of her paycheck, how much wasshe paid?

Answer

$55

Round 5 Question 2

Billy works part time as a salesperson at a music store in the mall. Hea earns wages of $6.50 per hour plus a percent commission on his sales during the week. Last week Billy worked 15 hours and earned a gross income of $163.13. If his total sales for the week totaled $1750, what percent commission does he earn on sales?

Answer

3.75%

Round 5 Question 3

Ping works at a furniture store assembling entertainment centers, shelving units and other items. If it takes her on average 22 minutes to assemble 1 entertainment center, how many centers should her boss expect her to have fully assembled at the end of a 7 – hour shift?

Answer

19

Round 6

Round 6 Question 1

The length of the highway is 700 miles. If 1 inch represents 75 miles, what is the length of the highway on the map?

Answer

9 1/3 inches

Round 6 Question 2

A rectangular photo with dimensions of 1.5 inches wide by 2 inches long is enlarged to a length of 8 inches. What is the width of the enlarged print?

Answer

6 in

Round 6 Question 3

Steve can rent a chainsaw from a home improvement store for a deposit of $8 plus $5.75 per hour of rental time. He could buy the same chainsaw from the store for $135. Neglecting sales tax, for how many hours would Steve have to rent the chainsaw in order for the rental charge to exceed the purchase price?

30

Answer

23 hours

Final Question

For the final question you may wager between 0 – 15 points.

If your answer is correct you get the points, if your answer is incorrect you lose the points.

Final Question

Tyrone works for the Department of Transportation as a traffic flow specialist. This afternoon he is recording the number of cars that travel through a busy intersection during rush hour. During the first 21 minutes of recording he has observed 480 cars passing thtrough the intersection. If this rate continues, estimate the number of cars that will travel through the intersection during the 2 hour busy period.

Final Answer

About 2743 cars