Friday, 3/11/11
Prepare sheet for Test.
Mental Floss.
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What do you get when you add 1 and 11 four times?
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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?
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Which three numbers give the same result when they are multiplied as when
they are added?
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This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you
can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think
nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual
though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything
odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without
any coaching!
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Name a sport in which the participants do not know the score, the spectators
do not know the score, and no one knows the winner until the contest is
over.
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Below are clues to two homonyms (to, too, and two are homonyms).
Figure out what pair of words the clues are describing Example: Rabbit
fur = hare hair.
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a) What a metal thief would do. b)
A basic truth about a school leader. c) A loud
noise from tennis devices.
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What is this poem talking about?
"The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place."
Test #22 (7th grade), Test
#21 (8th grade)