Friday, 3/13/09
Prepare sheet for Test 10.
Mental Floss. Some're tricks, some're math, some're somethin' else.

1. Bob was having a big party. He decided on a technique to get lots of people to come. He invited his five closest friends and said that they could each invite 4 people.  Each of those could invite 3. Each of those could invite 2. Each of those could invite 1. Overall, how many people did Bob invite to his party?
2. Placed above, it makes greater things small.

Placed beside, it makes small things greater.
In matters that count, it always comes first.
Where others increase, it keeps all things the same.
What is it? (Hint: It's just math.)
3. A magazine competition invited people to come up with "invented" inventions of the cyber-age. For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this one is?
   It is a portable arcade. A hand-held amusement resource with no cartridges or batteries. Access games of speed, dexterity, memory, cunning. Produce magical effects or construct lofty towers. Some games can increase your income.
4. There is a misspelled word in the following sentence that makes it look like only two people died, when actually three people died. What word is misspelled? -- One night, a king and a queen went on a boat trip. Their boat sank and they all drowned.
5. Each of the following phrases can be rearranged into a single proper noun. (All the nouns you end up with have something in common.) What are the proper nouns?  a) as a ritual  b) sir usa  c) grey man  d) a fruit chaos
6. Bob owns a rare pets store. He has thirty-five birds for sale. If twenty of those birds are South African parrots, what is the probability that any of the remaining birds are dodo birds?

Test 10