Friday, 4/02/03 -- Eighth Grade
Prepare paper for Test #21.
Mental Floss
  1. Five lizards are sitting on a log. Two decides to jump to the ground, one decides to jump to a nearby leaf, and the rest decide to stay. How many lizards are now on the log?  This time,  all DO carry out their decisions.
  2. Placed above it makes greater things small.

    3. Placed beside it makes small things greater.
    In matters that counts it always comes first.
    Where others increase it keeps all things the same. 
    What is it? (Hint: It's just math.)
  3. A person goes into the post office to mail a letter. She purchases two stamps and then asks the next person in line to put the stamps on the envelope. Why didn't she put the stamps on herself?
  4. Bob says, "I'll bet you I can do two to three thousand push ups in 5 minutes."  Jon says, "Fine, let's see it." How does Bob do it?
  5. What a pair we are,

    6.      Our sum is 100,
         Our product tells you more,
         For it is our sum times 24.
         What are the numbers?
Test #21