6th Grade Math
25 - 5 * 5 =
Twenty-five minus five times five
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What is the center of an atom called?
The Nucleus
What is it called when 2 words mean the same thing
What is a synonym?
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
Who refused to move her seat on a Montgomery bus-this act started a movement (bus boycott, lawsuit against segregated public transportation!)
Rosa Parks
What is the name of the ocean between the United States and the United Kingdom?
The Atlantic Ocean
What does equivalent mean in math?
The same as or equal to
What is the closest planet to the sun in our Solar system.
Mercury
What does scalding mean?
Hot or scorching
Japan is an island in what body of water?
Pacific Ocean
Who said "I have a dream"?
What was the dream?
MLK
People will be judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin
Equality, etc.
What is the largest organ on our body?
Skin
What are the two ways to make/find equivalent fractions?
Multiply or Divide by the same number
What is the measurement of the amount of material contained in a particular object?
Mass
What does the vocabulary word "plummeting" mean?
To go down at a fast speed
Name three countries in America (or the Americas)
Canada, US, Mexico, anything in Central- or South America
The US Civil War was fought among which regions of the United States?
The Northern and Southern regions of the USA.
Name a book and its author from your memory.
Answers vary
1000 x 100=
100,000
Name two organs included in your nervous system
Brain and spinal cord
Use context clues to figure out what the italicized word means. "Nancy told Kyle he was pompous after he bragged about all the video games he had beaten"
"Arrogant," "conceited," or "smug"
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
Who has been Britain’s longest reigning monarch?
Queen Elizabeth II
How long did World War Two last?
6 Years and 1 Day
105 + 33 =
100,027
What is the wrong tube that food can travel if you laugh or talk while you eat?
Trachea
What does the word "cascaded" mean?
To pour down or overflow
Name four countries in Europe
(answers vary)
Who was the first African American student to go to an all-White school?
Ruby Bridges
How many years are in a decade? In a century?
There are 10 years in a decade and 100 in a century?