March Madness

What year did the first bracket pool reportedly begin?

• 2019

• 1939

• 1977

• 1985

What year did the NCAA tournament begin?

• 1939

• 2019

• 1977

• 1985

How many games need to be predicted correctly for a perfect NCAA tournament bracket?

• 49

• 64

• 55

• 63

What are the odds of achieving a perfect bracket if each game was a 50/50 chance?

• 1 in 9.2 trillion

• 1 in 9.2 quintillion

• 1 in 9.2 billion

• 1 in 9.2 million

How does the video describe the order of large numbers leading up to quintillion?

• Million, billion, quadrillion, quintillion

• Trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion

• Billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion

• Million, billion, trillion, quadrillion

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CCSS.4.NBT.A.2

What is the adjusted odds of achieving a perfect bracket using common sense and historical data?

• 1 in 120 million

• 1 in 9.2 quintillion

• 1 in 120 billion

• 1 in 70 million

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CCSS.HSS.MD.B.6

CCSS.HSS.MD.B.7

How many years would it take to fill out 120.2 billion unique brackets?

• 3813 years

• 120 years

• 9 years

• 70 years

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4

What was the highest number of correct picks observed in the bracket game?

• 55

• 54

• 63

• 49

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5A

In what year did someone start their bracket with 49 straight correct picks?

• 2021

• 2019

• 2017

• 2015

Did you fill out a bracket?

• Yes

• No