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Questions and answers are all listed below.
What is the name for the n
in the following expression?
What is the name for a number that cannot
be written in the form
where a
and b
are integers?
What is the name for the expression written under a radical?
What kind of number do you get when you take the square root of a negative number?
What is the name for the bar along the top of a radical?
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
What is the square of 8?
What is the square of 11?
What is the square of 20?
What is the square of 25?
What is the square of 31?
What is the square root of 81?
What is the square root of 169?
What is the square root of 256?
What is the square root of 10,000?
What is the square root of 441?
What is the value of 2 cubed?
What is the value of 4 cubed?
What is the value of 6 cubed?
What is the cube root of 125?
What is the cube root of 343?
What is the name for the n
in the following expression?
Answer
Exponent
What is the name for a number that cannot
be written in the form
where a
and b
are integers?
Answer
Irrational
What is the name for the expression written under a radical?
Answer
Radicand
What kind of number do you get when you take the square root of a negative number?
Answer
Imaginary
What is the name for the bar along the top of a radical?
Answer
Vinculum
(This is also the name for the bar in a
fraction.)
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
Answer
2 and 3
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
6 and 7
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
Answer
7 and 8
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
Answer
10 and 11
Between which two consecutive integers would you find
Answer
14 and 15
What is the square of 8?
Answer
64
What is the square of 11?
Answer
121
What is the square of 20?
Answer
400
What is the square of 25?
Answer
625
What is the square of 31?
Answer
961
What is the square root of 81?
Answer
9
What is the square root of 169?
Answer
13
What is the square root of 256?
Answer
16
What is the square root of 10,000?
Answer
100
What is the square root of 441?
Answer
21
What is the value of 2 cubed?
Answer
8
What is the value of 4 cubed?
Answer
64
What is the value of 6 cubed?
Answer
216
What is the cube root of 125?
Answer
5
What is the cube root of 343?
Answer
7
Classroom Demonstration Instructions
To play "Root Jeopardy" with your class, you may want to use two teams. This web page does not keep track of the score, just the questions. Be sure to check each button as students select questions so none of the questions get repeated and you can see when the game is over.
Also, you may want to print the following grid of answers. This will be helpful when one group answers a question wrong and the other now has the opportunity to answer. You don't want to reveal the answers on the web site too soon.
Be sure to click the button before selecting the link. Otherwise it is easy to forget what was already asked. This works well with Internet Explorer 6. However, with Internet Explorer 5 the page re-loaded with every link so the check buttons were erased after each question. I think there is an option to correct this, but I couldn't find it. Try upgrading to IE 6 or use the link below to go to a printable version of the question matrix. You can print this and mark off completed questions manually.
Printable Question Matrix (pdf)
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Abby Brown - Torrey Pines High School - April 2003