Thursday, 4/14/11
Prepare sheet for Test
Mental Floss

1. VI = II  Move one match to make this equation correct.
2. Approximately how many cells are in an egg yolk?
3. What is so light that anyone on Earth can hold it, but so heavy that nobody can hold it longer than 20 minutes?
4. What do people in Scotland call a baby cat?
5. What is made dirty by washing?
6. Which is the odd one out? Why?  Die, Day, G, Gun, Scale
7. Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
• a) Our - Start
• b) Strip - Tumble
• c) Clause - Idea
• d) Cash - Broom

 

Test #26 (7th grade)
Test #25 (8th grade)