Friday, 9/17/10
Prepare sheet for Test #3.
Mental Floss
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Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her
school. How many students attend her school?
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It took 5 men, working 24 hours a day, 5 days to complete
building a wall. How many days will one man take to complete building the
same wall, if he works for 8 hours a day?
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You have six sticks that are vertical on the floor.
They look like this.
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How can you add five more sticks to make nine?
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An archaeologist uncovers an ancient tomb, between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers. Two, unclothed, long-dead bodies are found
in the tomb. One is an adult male, the other an adult female.
Both bodies are perfectly preserved, although dry and leathery with age.
The archaeologist takes one look and exclaims: "It's a miracle! I have
found Adam and Eve". How did the archaeologist know this at a glance?
(Hint: it has nothing to do with ribs).
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Here is a question on international law: If an international
airliner crashed exactly on the U.S.-Mexican border, where would they be
required to bury the survivors?
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Removing an appendix is called an appendectomy, removing
tonsils is called a tonsilectomy. What is it called when they remove a
growth from your head?
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What is the next thing in this sequence. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ____.
Fill in the blank correctly.
Test
#3 - 7th grade
Test
#3 - 8th grade