Friday, 2/28/14
Prep sheet for Test #21.
Maus Quiz: ___/10 Warm Ups: ___/7 ___/6 ___/10 ___/8
Other Extra Credit: [8 or more on vocab sheet]
Mental Floss.
- An infinite number of mathematicians are standing behind a bar. The first
asks the barman for half a pint of root beer, the second for a quarter pint, the
third an eighth, and so on. How many pints of root beer will the barman need to
fulfill all mathematicians' wishes?
- Find the name of a planet hidden in each of the following sentences:
- a) "Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves."
b) Everyone takes a turn in the cage. c)
"Catherine, you ran us over with your bicycle!" d)
"Sam, arsenic is poisonous! I read about it on the internet."
- What two words contain the most
letters?
- Mom baked a cake. Dad ate 1/6 of the cake.
Brother ate 1/5 of what was left. Then sister had 1/4 of the remaining cake.
After that the dog ate 1/3 of the remaining cake, and finally another kid ate
1/2 of what was left after the dog was finished. What fraction of the whole cake
is left for mom to eat? (Alert: math.)
- If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field,
how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the middle field?
- When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid
word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example:
Begin -> Sour Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
- a) area between mountains --> narrow passage between buildings
- b) spew out --> leave out (gross!)
- c) a shape --> a number
Test #21
Corrections to test: #34, #36.