Math Foundations
A library fines $0.05 per day for overdue books. If you owe $2.50, how many days overdue is your book?
50 days
What natural process converts liquid water into a gaseous state?
Evaporation
In the U.S., what state is located directly south of Georgia?
Florida
What verb tense is used in: "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."?
Future tense
What middle number is missing from a 3x3 magic square with top row 4,9,2 and bottom row 8,1,6?
5
What is the sum of 6 3/5 and 25/7 reduced to lowest terms?
9 11/35
The Sun heats the Earth the most at the equator and least at what regions?
The poles
How many total months make up one full term for the U.S. President?
48 months
What type of "e's" are contained in the words chocolate, candidate, and fluctuate?
Silent e's
In 1972, Montana recorded a temperature rise from -54 degrees Fahrenheit to 49 degrees Fahrenheit in 24 hours.
How many degrees did it climb?
103 degrees
What is the distance on a number line between -5.3 and 3.19?
What birds resemble people in dress suits, are white in front and dark on back, and have flightless wings?
Penguins
Under whose administration were the first U.S. law enacted, first treaty signed, and first cabinet named?
George Washington
What common musical instrument in the percussion family consists of concave metal plates struck together?
Cymbals
What is the capital city of New Hampshire?
Concord
Express a penny made after 1982 (mass of 2.5 grams) in kilograms.
0.0025 kg
What kind of set consists of all the points on a single line segment?
An infinite set
How many U.S. states border the Pacific Ocean?
5
(Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii)
How many punctuation marks are needed in the sentence: "She sat up and gave her cat a stern look"?
1
(a period at the end)
What marsupial is famously described as a "pogo stick with a pouch"?
Kangaroo
What is the sum of -127 + -145 + -162 + -12?
-446
If you walk 6 kilometers in 1 hour, how long will it take to walk 21 kilometers at the same rate?
3.5 hours (3 hours, 30 minutes)
Who was the overall commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
What is therm for a flood of moving lava
lava flow
What single country in South America is adjacent to Central America?
Colombia