Friday, 11/5/10
Prepare sheet for Test #9. Be sure to include your warm up scores.
Mental Floss
  1. If   PACK + KNIT + STAY + ELMO = KITE

  2.      Then   THAW + FLIT + GNAT+ DIET = ?
  3. As you are reading this message, you will notice some spelling errors. Do not be frigtened, however. This is how you must anelyze:

  4.      First, find al of the missing, repeated, or incorrect letters.
         Second, alow yurself to look at these and look at the wword that is represinted.
         Finally, tell me a numbur that most commonnly is associated with the word.
         Good luck.
  5. 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?
  6. Shmartiopolis, a master dartsman, was bragging to his bar mates that he was such a consummate player, he could hit the dartboard in any location at will.

  7.      "I'll wager a hundred dollars that, no matter what position you name on the board, I'll be able to hit it from 10 feet away."  Maddie, tired of Shmartiopolis's bragging, shouted out an answer.  Shmartiopolis stammered for a few moments and at first refused to pay. The other bar patrons, however, made sure he held up his end of the wager. Shmartiopolis slammed a hundred dollar bill on the counter and stormed out. Where on the dartboard did Maddy suggest?
  8. Steve is holding a coin in his hand. If you take away half, the value of the coin doubles. What is the coin?
  9. A man left his house to go to work. When he got home he saw that his house had been broken into. The robbers had taken everything in his house except for two one hundred dollar bills that were in plain sight. Why weren't the one hundred dollar bills taken?
  10. What do all the words in this list have in common?  Lead, Sow, Bass, Wind, Tear, Object  (Not a trick.)


Test #9 (7th grade)
Test #9 (8th grade)