Friday, 3/16/12 - Assembly (5th) Schedule
Go over Test #23.
Prepare sheet for Test
#24.
Exemptees: I will pick one question from each section
for you to answer as well.Waaah.
Mental Floss
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If you multiply together the number
of fingers on one person's right hand to another person's to another
person's until you get the product of the fingers
on the right hands of everyone in the world, what is the most
likely product? For instance, one person has 5 fingers, and
his friend has 5 fingers. The product is 25. Another person with 5 fingers
would make the product 125. This goes on until everyone's finger number
is multiplied. What's the answer? Estimate what the final product
would be. ( Current
world population is about 6.8 billion. Alert: MATH )
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How can you perform a subtraction
from seven so that the result will be even, but without subtracting any
odd numbers?
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In a small town in the country,
a male cow swallowed an explosive device. The town newspaper had a front
page story about it. Which one-word headline did they use? a) Shocking!
b) How? c) Dangerous! d) Terrifying! e) Abominable!
f) What? g) Horrible! WRITE OUT THE ANSWER;
DO NOT JUST PUT THE LETTER!!!!
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Where do you leave a "place"
by closing the window? (On a _____.)
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Wacky Wordy: GWETORUSTD (Hint: $)
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At noon, you look at the old-school
clock in your bedroom. The big hand
is on the five and the little
hand is in between the three
and the four. What time
is it?
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For each pair of words, move one
letter from one word to the other to make a pair of synonyms.
Example: boast -- hip.
Move the S and you get boat -- ship. The movement could go either way.
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a) open -- cop
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b) cave -- curt
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c) cares -- pest
Test #24