Friday, 8/23: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Clickers, Test #1

Prep your sheet for Test #1:

KBARR: ___/24 (6p x 4)
SMYK: ___10
Vocab Practice: 8-20___/13 8-21:____/13 8-22:___/13

Listening Quiz (last week, 8-16): ___/10
Other Bonus: Period 3: +2 for vocab relay


Mental Floss. Do on back of test sheet.

  1. A boat has a ladder hanging off the side that has six rungs. Each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?
  2. Show how it is possible to name the capital of each and every one of the United States in less than a minute.
  3. Which is correct, “bigger of two halves” or “biggest of two halves”?
  4. Johnny’s mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?
  5. There are ten sheep walking in a straight line across a field. What numbered sheep can look back and say he is the third from the last in line?
  6. A house painter paints numbers on all the new houses in a neighborhood from 1-100. How many times does he have to paint the digit 9? (Not a trick; I’m just betting you can’t count.)

 

Clickers!

  1. Circle/Write the Letter on the sheet.
  2. Click that letter and then the square arrow key. It should move you to the next question.
  3. The black arrow keys move you back and forth between questions.
  4. The Round Arrow Deletes your answer.
  5. When you end up back at 1, you are finished.

Test #1.

Optional Doodle Theme: The messiest, most disgusting place you can imagine.