The GREAT MATH TRIVIA CONTEST

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THE GREAT MATH TRIVIA CONTEST.

It is themathlab.com's pleasure to bring you this fantastic contest created by guest authors Pat Berringer, Laura Valazak, and Connie Ober.

DIRECTIONS:

Answer each of the trivia questions.

Write these answers, (which will all be numbers), beside each variable.

Next go to the CONTEST EXPRESSION and substitute these values in for the given variables.

Use the proper order of operations to determine the simplified value of the expression.

THIS VALUE IS THE PASSWORD THAT WILL GET YOU INTO THE TREASURE ROOM!

HINT:

The answers to all of the trivia questions can be found on the Internet or in encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs etc.

We recommend, Ask Jeeves, Google, Dictionary.com .

When you KNOW the password

...........trivia questions........... CONTEST EXPRESSION
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