Sample Person Puzzle

Japanese businessman, Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927 – 2013) took a fledgling card game company and turned it into a video game empire. Credited with transforming Nintendo, Yamauchi is considered a visionary pioneer of the electronics era. After his retirement, Yamauchi donated a portion of his fortune to build a treatment center in his hometown.

Simplify the rational expressions. The word or phrase next to the correct response will complete the statement.

6 푢+2 푥 − 4푦 푥 + 4푦 + + 푢−5 푢−5 6푥3푦 6푥3푦 Hiroshi Yamauchi was born in ______, Japan. After World War II, Yamauchi studied _____ (푢 + 8) a. ⁄(푢 − 5) Kyoto at Waseda University (6푢 + 2) 1⁄ b. ⁄(푢 − 5) Nagasaki a. 6푥3푦 business 2푥 (6푢 + 8) ⁄ 2 c. ⁄(푢 − 5) Tokyo b. 6푥 푦 engineering 1 c. ⁄ 2 law 3푥 푦 푧 − 4 푧 + 1 8 4 + − 푧2 − 푧 − 18 푧2 − 푧 − 18 7푛 3푛2 At age ____, Yamauchi had to leave school to Yamauchi’s first success was a playing card

become the president of Nintendo after his license agreement with ______. (24푛 − 28) grandfather died. ⁄ a. 21푛2 Disney (2푧 − 3) a. ⁄ 2 20 (8푛 − 2)⁄ (푧 − 푧 − 18) b. 21푛 Lucasfilm (2푧 − 5) (6푛 − 1) ⁄ 2 ⁄ b. (푧 − 푧 − 18) 23 c. 21푛2 Warner Brothers (2푧 − 1) ⁄ c. (푧2 − 푧 − 18) 27 5 3 푏 2 + − 4푎2푏 14푎푏3 푏+5 푏−3 Yamauchi decided to join the arcade game The _____ was created and sold millions of

market and in 1981 ______became a hit. units. It was released in the U.S. with the 2 (6푎 + 35푏 ) a. ⁄ Donkey Kong name Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). 28푎2푏3 (푏2 − 5푏 + 10) (10 + 7푏2) ⁄ b. ⁄ Frogger a. (푏2 − 15) Dreamsyt 28푎푏3 2 2 (8푎 + 15푏 ) b. (푏 − 5푏 − 10)⁄ Famicom c. ⁄ 2 3 Pac-Man (푏 − 3)(푏 + 5) 28푎 푏 2 (푏 − 5푏 + 10)⁄ c. (푏 − 3)(푏 + 5) Suzuki 4 2 3 6 + − 푘 + 1 푘 + 2 푦−5 3푦−8 In the early 90’s, Yamauchi became the After his retirement he donated 7.5 billion yen majority owner of the Seattle ____. to build a ______treatment center. (6푘 + 10) a. ⁄ Mariners (3푦 − 18) (푘 + 1)(푘 + 2) a. ⁄(푦 − 5)(3푦 − 8) Alzheimer’s (2푘 + 6) ⁄ (3푦 + 6) b. (푘2 + 2) Seahawks b. ⁄(푦 − 5)(3푦 − 8) cancer (4푘 + 8) (3푦 − 12) c. ⁄(푘 + 1)(푘 + 2) Supersonics c. ⁄(푦 − 5)(3푦 − 8) heart

8 4 5 3 − + 7푛 3푛2 4푎2푏 14푎푏3

푏 2 4 2 3 6 − + − 푏 + 5 푏 − 3 푘 + 1 푘 + 2 푦 − 5 3푦 − 8

© 21st Century Math Projects Japanese businessman, Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927 – 2013) took a fledgling card game company and turned it into a video game empire. Credited with transforming Nintendo, Yamauchi is considered a visionary pioneer of the electronics era. After his retirement, Yamauchi donated a portion of his fortune to build a treatment center in his hometown.

Simplify the rational expressions. The word or phrase next to the correct response will complete the statement.

grandfather died. license agreement with ______. (2푧 − 3) (24푛 − 28) ⁄ a. ⁄ 2 Disney a. (푧2 − 푧 − 18) 20 21푛 (8푛 − 2) (2푧 − 5) b. ⁄ Lucasfilm ⁄ 2 21푛 b. (푧 − 푧 − 18) 23 (6푛 − 1) (2푧 − 1) c. ⁄ 2 Warner Brothers ⁄ 21푛 c. (푧2 − 푧 − 18) 27 5 3 푏 2 + − 4푎2푏 14푎푏3 푏+5 푏−3 Yamauchi decided to join the arcade game The _____ was created and sold millions of