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A Singer Songwriter, M.I.A (1975 – ) Is Often Credited with Popularizing the World Music Genre A singer songwriter, M.I.A (1975 – ) is often credited with popularizing the world music genre. Deeply connected to social issues, human rights and her culture, M.I.A is a generous philanthropist and refuge activist. Citing her “voicelessness as a child”, she’s become outspoken on a number of issues which has also led her to become the center of controversy over provocative music and video content throughout her career. Determine the correct element in a sequence or determine the common difference of an arithmetic sequence. The word or phrase next to the correct response will complete the statement. Find the 5th term of the sequence -4, 8, 20, 32… Find the common difference of 49, 43, 37… M.I.A was born in ______. Of Tamil descent, M.I.A’s family returned a. 40 Copenhagen, Denmark home to ______ where there was an ongoing b. 44 London, England civil war. c. 48 New York City, USA a. -8 Cambodia b. 6 India c. -6 Sri Lanka Find the 10th term of the sequence -63, -93, -123… Find the common difference of 4, 6, 10, 16… Her father left to lead the movement for Tamil Subject of her song Paper Planes, M.I.A Independence. He took the name _____ which endured gunfights and violence. When she later became the title of her first album. was ten, her school was ________. a. -333 Arular a. no solution bombed b. -303 Jaffna b. 4 invaded c. no solution Kala c. 8 razed th 1 Given a1 = 25 and d = -2, what is the 8 term? Given a1 = -7 and d = , what is the 15th term? 2 While attending Central St. Martins College, In her first album, M.I.A addressed conflicts M.I.A wanted to make films to depict ______ . of oppressed people including Tamils, a. 15 commentary African-Americans and _____. b. 13 dramatization a. -1 Aborigines c. 11 realism b. -½ American Indians c. 0 Palestinians th th Given 푎푛 = 12 + 8푛, find the 50 term. Given 푎푛 = −11푛 + 3 find the 100 term. Due to politically-charged, critical lyrics, the M.I.A was the first ever to decline to be on U.S. government placed her on the Homeland People Magazine’s Most Beautiful Person list Security Risk List and denied her a _____. because “_____ was never on the list”. a. 386 citizenship application a. -1,159 Eleanor Roosevelt b. 392 passport b. -1,121 Indira Gandhi c. 412 travel visa c. -1,086 Mother Teresa © 21st Century Math Projects Find the 5th term of the Find the common difference of Find the 10th term of the sequence -4, 8, 20, 32… 49, 43, 37… sequence -63, -93, -123… Find the common difference of Given a1 = 25 and d = -2, what 4, 6, 10, 16… is the 8th term? 1 Given a1 = -7 and d = , what Given 푎푛 = 12 + 8푛, find the Given 푎푛 = −11푛 + 3 find 2 th th is the 15th term? 50 term. the 100 term. © 21st Century Math Projects A singer songwriter, M.I.A (1975 – ) is often credited with popularizing the world music genre. Deeply connected to social issues and her family’s culture, M.I.A is a philanthropist and refuge activist. Citing her “voicelessness as a child”, she’s become outspoken on a number of issues which has also led her to become the center of controversy over provocative music and video content throughout her career. Determine the correct element in a sequence or determine the common difference of an arithmetic sequence. The word or phrase next to the correct response will complete the statement. Find the 5th term of the sequence -4, 8, 20, 32… Find the common difference of 49, 43, 37… M.I.A was born in ______. Of Tamil descent, M.I.A’s family returned a. 40 Copenhagen, Denmark home to ______ where there was an ongoing b. 44 London, England civil war. c. 48 New York City, USA a. -8 Cambodia b. 6 India c. -6 Sri Lanka Find the 10th term of the sequence -63, -93, -123… Find the common difference of 4, 6, 10, 16… Her father left to lead the movement for Tamil Subject of her song Paper Planes, M.I.A Independence. He took the name _____ which endured gunfights and violence. When she later became the title of her first album. was ten her school was ________. a. -333 Arular a. no solution bombed b. -303 Jaffna b. 4 invaded c. no solution Kala c. 8 razed th 1 Given a1 = 25 and d = -2, what is the 8 term? Given a1 = -7 and d = , what is the 15th term? 2 While attending Central St. Martins College, In her first album, M.I.A addressed conflicts M.I.A wanted to make films to depict ______ . of oppressed people including Tamils, a. 15 commentary African-Americans and _____. b. 13 dramatization a. -1 Aborigines c. 11 realism b. -½ American Indians c. 0 Palestinians th th Given 푎푛 = 12 + 8푛, find the 50 term. Given 푎푛 = −11푛 + 3 find the 100 term. Due to politically-charged, critical lyrics, the M.I.A was the first ever to decline to be on U.S. government placed her on the Homeland People Magazine’s Most Beautiful Person list Security Risk List and denied her a _____. because “_____ was never on the list”. a. 386 citizenship application a. -1,159 Eleanor Roosevelt b. 392 passport b. -1,121 Indira Gandhi c. 412 travel visa c. -1,086 Mother Teresa © 21st Century Math Projects .
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