An American Media Giant, Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) Started from Humble Beginnings and Became an Icon

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An American media giant, Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) started from humble beginnings and became an icon. Most known for her work as a popular talk show host, Winfrey is also an accomplished publisher and philanthropist. As of 2012, Winfrey has donated $400 million of her personal wealth to educational causes around the world and has made a lifelong commitment to impact the lives of others.

Using f(x) = x + 5, g(x) = x2 – 1 and h(x) = 2x – 3, evaluate the following function operations. The word or phrase next to the correct response will complete the statement.

Find (f + g)(6) Find (h + f)(-4) Oprah Winfrey was born in ______, Mississippi After a genetic test, it was determined that her

to a teenage single mother. family lineage originated with the Kpelle a. 24 Hattiesburg ethnic group from modern-day _____. b. 32 Jackson a. -10 Liberia c. 46 Kosciusko b. -2 Mozambique

c. 36 Senegal Find (g – h)(1) Find (f – g)(-10) After suffering years of abuse, Winfrey ran She won a speech content to earn a full

from home. Eventually she was sent to ______. scholarship to __ where she earned a degree in

a. -19 Jonesboro, AR Speech Communication and Performing Arts. b. -3 Lexington, KY a. -208 Howard University c. 1 Nashville, TN b. -120 Spelman College c. -104 Tennessee State University

Find (h ∙ f)(5) Find (g ∙ h)(-2) In 1983, Winfrey began on a talk show ______, Concerned with the direction of television, and within months took the show from last Winfrey pledged to keep her show free of

place in the ratings to first. _____ topics. a. 70 AM Chicago a. -29 celebrity b. 78 Chicago Sun-Times b. -27 serious c. 85 Second City Live c. -21 tabloid

Find (f ÷ g)(3) Find (g ÷ f)(-3) A dedicated activist of children’s rights, In 2007, she founded the Oprah Winfrey Winfrey successfully pushed for a law to create Leadership Academy for Girls in ______. She

a(n) ____ for child abusers. has also taught classes by satellite. a. -8 increased prison sentence a. -3 Democratic Republic of Congo b. 1 nationwide database b. 2 Papua New Guinea c. 14 separate classification c. 4 South Africa

Find (f – g)(-10) Find (h ∙ f)(5)

Find (g ∙ h)(-2) Find (f ÷ g)(3) Find (g ÷ f)(-3)

© 21st Century Math Projects An American media giant, Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) started from humble beginnings and became an icon. Most known for her work as a popular talk show host, Winfrey is also an accomplished publisher and philanthropist. As of 2012, Winfrey has donated $400 million of her personal wealth to educational causes around the world and has made a lifelong commitment to impact the lives of others.