Jeopardy

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For those who didn't realise where the idea for this starter came from, Jeopardy is an American television game show in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form. For those who like the statistics the biggest all-time money winner on Jeopardy is Brad Rutter, who has won a cumulative total of $4,355,102 on the show. He became an undefeated champion in 2000 and later won an unprecedented four Jeopardy tournaments. [Source: Wikipedia].

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What number lies between 60 and 62?
Two angles of a triangle, measured in degrees, are 40 and 79. What is the size of the third angle?
Round 61.497 to the nearest integer.
What is 25% of 244?
What is the mean of 31, 71 and 81?
What is the value of x in this equation: 4x - 17 = 227 ?
What is the square root of 3721?

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Jeopardy

A Maths Starter of The Day

The answer is 61, what was the question?

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