Friday, 12/07/07
Prepare sheet for Test 3A.
Mental Floss.

1. 620 = 3000    Your challenge: Add only two lines to make the equation valid. You cannot: Cross the equal sign to obtain a "not-equal" sign. Fold the paper in any way. Draw any curves. Place any decimal points. Place any middle dots (for multiplication). Use the "000" as a number. (Alert: math)
2. What does each word in each group have in common?
• a) basketball game, TVs, windows
• b) archer, violinist, gift package
• c) telephone, deck of cards, car trunk
3. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
4. What are the elusive characters? Missing two letters or  numbers?  
   W  A  T  E  __  M  __  L  O  N ?

 (In other words, what letters go in the blanks? The answer is NOT R and E.)
5. What row of numbers comes next?

      1
      11
      21
      1211
      111221
      312211
      13112221

Test 3A