Exploring Mathematics Chapters 1-8 Review

Question 1

season

Answer 1

due to the tilt of the earth’s axis, equal to three months

Question 2

year

Answer 2

earth revolves around the sun once

Question 3

day

Answer 3

earth rotates on its axis once

Question 4

month

Answer 4

moon revolves around the earth once

Question 5

week

Answer 5

seven days

Question 6

The length of a mile in feet is

Answer 6

5,280

Question 7

A pint is a ___ the world around.

Answer 7

pound

Question 8

NASA’s Climate Orbiter to Mars failed because …

Answer 8

engineers used two different measures of force

Question 9

A scruple was a standard of weight for measuring

Answer 9

drugs

Question 10

Until 1960, the meter was considered

Answer 10

the distance between two scratch marks

Question 11

Daniel Fahrenheit set the boiling temperature of water on his thermometer at

Answer 11

212 degrees

Question 12

What is the main reason to have leap days?

Answer 12

So the calendar will match the seasons or so the calendar year will be the same length as the solar year.

Question 13

a polygon with five sides

Answer 13

pentagon

Question 14

a rectangle with four equal sides

Answer 14

square

Question 15

a polygon with three sides and one right angle

Answer 15

right triangle

Question 16

a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and equal in length

Answer 16

rectangle

Question 17

is not a polygon

Answer 17

circle

Question 18

a mirror of this shape will focus sunlight

Answer 18

parabola

Question 19

all points are the same distance from the center

Answer 19

circle

Question 20

the first part of the name means over or beyond

Answer 20

hyperbola

Question 21

the orbit of Haley’s comet is of this shape

Answer 21

ellipse

Question 22

The Egyptian knotted rope was used to measure out

Answer 22

a triangle with a right angle

Question 23

Doubling the length, width, and height of a box gives it a volume

Answer 23

eight times as great

Question 24

The sum of the _______________ of the legs of a right triangle are equal to the _______________ of the hypotenuse.

Answer 24

squares, square

Question 25

A whispering gallery has a shape like

Answer 25

ellipse

Question 26

The next Fibonacci number after 89 and 144 is ___.

Answer 26

233

Question 27

The Egyptian knotted rope was used to measure out

Answer 27

a triangle with a right angle

Question 28

Doubling the length, width, and height of a box gives it a volume

Answer 28

eight times as great

Question 29

The sum of the _______________ of the legs of a right triangle are equal to the _______________ of the hypotenuse.

Answer 29

squares, square

Question 30

A whispering gallery has a shape like

Answer 30

ellipse

Question 31

The next Fibonacci number after 89 and 144 is ___.

Answer 31

233

Question 32

The study of the properties of whole numbers is called

Answer 32

number theory