Friday, 11/19/10
Prepare sheet for Test #10.
Mental Floss.
  1. Two sisters walked up to a house. They were dressed in dirty clothes, and did their best to look starving. They knocked on the door, and when it was answered, the elder sister spoke,

    2.      "We are in need of money. My name is Jamie, and this is my little sister Dot," she said. "Our mother died giving birth to me, and our father died just recently after a long illness. We are out of money and starving. Would you be so kind as to give us money?"
         The lady who answered the door thought for just a minute, and then said, "You are lying. I will not give you any money." How did she know?
  2. What property do 1, 2, 6, and 10 all have that no other whole number has?
  3. What's so unusual about this sentence? (Be specific.)  A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
  4. Wacky Wordies:
    a)   b)  c)   d) another  one thing
  5. In each of the cases below, scramble the letters and then add an X at the end to make a new word.  Example: coven + x = convex

    6. a) claim + x = _____
    b) real + x = _____
    c) hoboes + x = _____
Test #10 (Seventh Grade)
Test #10 (Eighth Grade)