LET’S PLAY ALGEBRA JEOPARDY!!

LET’S PLAYALGEBRA JEOPARDY!! Created by Martin Boonstra May, 2008

Jeopardy Patterns Equations Rates of Change Solve me Please Algebra is Easy Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Patterns • The 5th number in the pattern 400, 200, 100, ……

$100 Answer from Patterns What is 25?

$200 Question from Patterns • The rule used to make the pattern 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127

$200 Answer from Patterns What is times two plus one?

$300 Question from Rates of Change • A store is having a going • out of business sale. The • chart shows the discount • They are giving each week. • If this pattern continues, • what will the discount be • in week 6?

$300 Answer from Patterns What is 80%?

$400 Question from PatternsDOUBLE JEOPARDY The rule used to make this pattern

$400 Answer from Patterns What is times two (x2)?

$500 Question from Patterns • The next number in the pattern 10, 20, 31, 43, 56, ____

$500 Answer from Patterns What is 70?

$100 Question from Equations • The solution to x + 34 = 100

$100 Answer from Equations • What is x = 66

$200 Question from Equations • The solution to x-28 = 100

$200 Answer from Equations What is 128?

$300 Question from Equations • The solution to 3x = 18

$300 Answer from Equations What is x = 6

$400 Question from Equations • The solution to 45 + x = 96

$400 Answer from Equations What is x = 51

$500 Question from Equations • The equation for the following problem: • Bill saved a total of $45 for 9 weeks. The • equation for this problem will have x for the • Amount he saved each week.

$500 Answer from Equations What is 9x = 45?

$100 Question from Rates of ChangeDOUBLE JEOPARDY • Lucille walked 4 miles in 1 hour. At the • same rate, how many minutes will it • take her to walk 2 miles?

$100 Answer from Rates of Change What is 30 minutes?

$200 Question from Rates of Change • Billy Bob puts the same amount of • Money in his bank account every week. • At the end of 12 weeks he had put • $36 in to the account. This is how much money • Billy Bob put in his account each week

$200 Answer from Rates of Change What is $3?

$300 Question from Rates of Change • The temperature was 75 degrees at noon. • This is the temperature at 5pm if the • temperature went up 2 degrees every hour.

$300 Answer from Rates of Change What is 85 degrees?

$400 Question from Rates of Change • Vance uses 2 cups of flour for • Each loaf of banana bread. He can make this • Many loaves from 30 cups of flour.

$400 Answer from Rates of Change What is 15 loaves?

$500 Question from Rates of Change • Harold saved three dollars every week. • He stopped saving and had thirty three dollars. • This is how many weeks he saved money.

$500 Answer from Rates of Change What is 11 weeks?

$100 Question from Solve Me Please • George has an album for his baseball cards. • The album holds up to 85 cards. George • has collected 26 cards so far. This is the • equation for finding how many more cards • Will fit in the album.

$100 Answer from Solve Me Please What is 85 – 26 = x? or What is 26 + x = 85? or What is x + 26 = 85?

$200 Question from Solve Me PleaseDOUBLE JEOPARDY • You must be at least 48 inches or taller to ride • the Drop Zone at Carowinds. This is the • inequality that describes the height, h, of people • who CAN ride the Drop Zone

$200 Answer from Solve Me Please What is h > 48?

$300 Question from Solve Me Please • Rhiannon kept a chart to show • How many pages she read each • day. This is how many pages • she will read on the eleventh • day if she continues this pattern.

$300 Answer from Solve Me Please What is 56 pages?

$400 Question from Solve Me Please • The number in this pattern that is wrong • and the change to correct the pattern. 2 4 8 14 32 64

$400 Answer from Solve Me Please What is replace the 14 with 16?

$500 Question from Solve Me Please • Paul weighs more than two times • as much as Edward. If Edward weighs • 70 pounds, this is the inequality that • represents Paul’s weight (HINT: make • Paul’s weight p)

$500 Answer from Solve Me Please What is p > 140

$100 Question from Algebra is Easy • Karen makes birdhouses using twigs. • She needs 63 twigs to make one birdhouse. • This is how many twigs she will need to • make 10 birdhouses.

$100 Answer from Algebra is Easy What is 630 twigs?

$200 Question from Algebra is Easy • This is the name for a letter that is • an unknown amount in an algebraic • expression or equation.

$200 Answer from Algebra is Easy What is a variable?

$300 Question from Algebra is Easy • Kelly makes Kool-Aid using four cups • of water for each packet. This is the • expression that tells how much water • he should use for p packs of Kool-Aid.

$300 Answer from Algebra is Easy What is 4 X p or What is 4p?

$400 Question from Algebra is Easy Karen has $5 saved, but wants a Bratz doll that costs $21. She gets $3 a week in allowance. This is the number of weeks it will take her to have enough money to buy the doll.

$400 Answer from Algebra is Easy What is 6 weeks?

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