Math Trivia 4

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Arithmetic: What is the product of 8 and 5? Answer: (a number)

2. Basic Algebra: Let x = 7 and y = 2. What is the value of x + y^2 ? Answer: (Use the correct order of operations)

3. Geometry: In the plane, the sum of the measures of the three angles in a triangle is how many degrees? Answer: (a number)

4. Trigonometry: Which trigonometric function is the reciprocal of secant? Answer: (One Word)

5. Analytic Geometry: What is the radius of the circle whose equation is given by (x-3)^2 + (y+1)^2 = 64 ? Answer: (a number)

6. Calculus: Is the function f(x) = x^3 + x increasing, decreasing, or neither for all real numbers x? Answer: (One Word)

7. Sets: How many subsets does the empty set have? Answer: (a number)

8. Probability: An experiment consists of flipping a fair coin 5 times and noting the result of each flip. How many of the 32 possible outcomes have exactly 3 heads? Answer: (a number)

9. Number Theory: What is the remainder when 17^(2008) is divided by 15? Answer: (a number from 0 to 14)

10. Linear Algebra: True or False: It is possible to have 4 linearly independent vectors in R^3. Answer: (True or False)