1. A man walks into a room, turns around and walks out the same door he went in. When he gets out he is in a different room than when he started. How is this possible?
2. Which is correct, "bigger of two halves" or "biggest of two halves"?
3. How many letters are there in the correct answer to this question?
4. How many F's are in the following sentence? Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.
5. How far can you walk into the woods?
6. Mom bakes a cake. Dad ate 1/6 of the cake. Brother ate 1/5 of what was left. Then sister had 1/4 of the remaining cake. After that the dog ate 1/3 of the remaining cake, and finally another kid ate 1/2 of what was left after the dog was finished. What fraction of the whole cake is left for mom to eat? (Alert: math.)
7. Which number should come next? 144, 121, 100, 81, 64,  _____  (Alert: math.)
8. If you and your friends have 5 bananas each, and a monkey comes along and takes 3 bananas from each of you, how many bananas will you have left?

Test #20 (8th grade)