Friday, 2/13/04 -- Eighth Grade
Prepare separate sheet for Test-2/13.
Mental Floss.
  1. A vacant lot was covered with grass. It takes a year for a cow to eat a quarter of it. How long will it take the cow to eat all of it?
  2. We all know that for a right triangle, it's A squared plus B squared equals C squared, where C is the hypotenuse (long side), and A and B are the "legs." Knowing this, can a triangle be made from sides of 11, 14 and 20?
  3. Hoops, Tiny, and Ron are the guard, center, and forward of their three-man basketball team, although not necessarily in that order. In the championship game, the guard, an only child, scored the fewest points. Ron, who dates Hoops' sister, scored more than the center. What position does each player play?
  4. Why do the people from Los Angeles eat more meat than the people from San Luis Obispo?
  5. There is a building with thirty stories and one elevator. On floor twenty-one, four people get on and zero get off. On floor thirteen, six get on and two get off. On floor nine, eight people get on and four get off. How many people would get on and off on floor thirty-one?

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Test for the Week of 2/10

Done? Trackwords, COW response/reading, doodle.s