Friday, 9/15/06
Prepare separate sheet for Test #1
Record your Extra Credit for the week. Cross out 4, keep
up to 10.
Record
Mental Floss
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Explain the following true boast: "In my bedroom, the nearest
lamp that I usually keep turned on is 12 feet away from my bed. Alone
in the room, without using wires, strings, or any other aids or contraptions,
I can turn out the light on that lamp and get into bed before the room
is dark."
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In a certain city, 5% of all persons in town have unlisted
phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from the city's phone
directory, how many of the people selected will have unlisted phone numbers?
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A pen and a bottle of ink cost $1.10. The pen costs exactly
$1.00 more than the ink. What does each cost? (Not a trick.)
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Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each
letter once.
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How many times can you subtract 6 from 36?
Turn in Crosswords!
Test #1