Friday, 10/04/02
Prepare separate sheet of paper for Test
#4. Mental Floss
Massachusetts is a difficult word to spell. Can you spell
it correctly?
There was a road around a circular lake. A man and his brother
each started in the same place and drove around the lake at exactly the
same speed, but in opposite directions. The first brother went clockwise
around the lake at 40 mph, and the trip took him an hour and 20 minutes.
The second brother went counterclockwise around the lake--also at exactly
40 mph--but his trip only took him 80 minutes. Each traveled exactly the
same distance: 53.33 miles. How is that possible?
Take five pennies from 100 pennies, and what do you have?
Can you arrange four 5's, using mathematical symbols, so
they equal 6?
A fish weighs 10 pounds plus half its weight. How much does
it weigh?
When finished w/the test, finish reading chapter 7, and do
questions in notebook.