HOLIDAY MATH 2016

Question 1

What do people that misbehave get for Christmas according to old folklore?

Accepted Answer

coal in their stocking

Question 2

In the movie, ELF, what did Buddy like to pour over everything?

Accepted Answer

maple syrup

Question 3

How many candles are on a Menorah?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 4

What does Santa drive to deliver gifts?

Accepted Answer

Sleigh with reindeer

Question 5

The distance of a number from zero on a number line is known as _____

Accepted Answer

absolute value

Question 6

What's the answer to a multiplication problem called?

Accepted Answer

product

Question 7

The Festival of Lights is also called...

Accepted Answer

Hanukkah

Question 8

What's the vertical line on the coordinate plane?

Accepted Answer

y-axis

Question 9

Part to part, part to whole, and whole to part are the three types of _________.

Accepted Answer

ratios

Question 10

What's the word for a letter that represents an unknown value?

Accepted Answer

variable

Question 11

What is the number in front of a variable called?

Accepted Answer

coefficient

Question 12

Evaluate: 42

Accepted Answer

16

Question 13

What was Frosty the Snowman afraid of?

Accepted Answer

Melting

Question 14

What's the area of a rectangle that is 10 feet wide and 7 feet long?

Accepted Answer

70 square feet

Question 15

What's the absolute value of -45?

Accepted Answer

45

Question 16

What's the answer to an algebraic equation called?

Accepted Answer

solution

Question 17

A math sentence that uses greater than or less than symbols is an __________.

Accepted Answer

inequality

Question 18

What did my true love bring to me on the fifth day in the 12 Days of Christmas song?

Accepted Answer

5 golden rings

Question 19

Name the property: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

Accepted Answer

Associative

Question 20

When you flip a fraction and change the numerator to the denominator, what did you make?

Accepted Answer

the reciprocal

Question 21

Solve: 1/4 x 1/2

Accepted Answer

1/8

Question 22

What's the fraction called that has a numerator that's larger than its denominator?

Accepted Answer

improper

Question 23

What did the little boy in the song catch Mommy doing?

Accepted Answer

kissing Santa

Question 24

What is the date for Christmas Day?

Accepted Answer

December 25th

Question 25

Choose the expression with the least value.

Accepted Answer

15 - (6 + 2)

Question 26

What's the horizontal line on the coordinate plane?

Accepted Answer

x-axis

Question 27

________ are the set of whole numbers, their opposites, and zero.

Accepted Answer

integers

Question 28

Which one is not one of Santa's reindeer?

Accepted Answer

Lancer

Question 29

What is the MOST important thing to remember when adding or subtracting decimals?

Accepted Answer

line up the decimals

Question 30

What is this group of numbers called? 23 - y

Accepted Answer

algebraic expression

Question 31

Find the product of: 97 x 100

Accepted Answer

9,700

Question 32

Lois went diving. She went 30 feet below the surface. What is the opposite of Lois' dive?

Accepted Answer

30 feet

Question 33

Why can't Ralphie have a bb gun in A Christmas Story?

Accepted Answer

He'll shoot his eye out

Question 34

What is the day after Christmas called (Canada)?

Accepted Answer

Boxing Day

Question 35

To "undo" an operation, use the ____________.

Accepted Answer

inverse

Question 36

What are the coordinates (0,0) known as?

Accepted Answer

origin

Question 37

What professional sports league dominates Christmas day with the most games played?

Accepted Answer

NBA

Question 38

The leftover part of a division problems is known as the ________.

Accepted Answer

remainder

Question 39

In what city is this year's Winter Classic, NHL's outdoor game, take place?

Accepted Answer

St. Louis

Question 40

When we look at someone's work to see what they did wrong, it's called...

Accepted Answer

error analysis

Question 41

Rudolph was famous for his _____

Accepted Answer

red nose

Question 42

Where is Santa's workshop?

Accepted Answer

North Pole

Question 43

Turn this into a mixed number: 10/3

Accepted Answer

3 1/3

Question 44

How many days is winter break (including weekends)?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 45

Which is colder, -20 degrees or -8 degrees?

Accepted Answer

-20 degrees

Question 46

What's the number called that shows how many times a base is used as a factor?

Accepted Answer

exponent

Question 47

Those who celebrate Hanukkah light a .....

Accepted Answer

Menorah

Question 48

Solve: 7 - 4.3

Accepted Answer

2.7

Question 49

The distance a number is from zero is known as ________

Accepted Answer

absolute value

Question 50

What is the winter solstice?

Accepted Answer

Shortest day (daylight) of the year

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