What is ⅗ of 60?
53×60=36
In what year did World War II end?
1945
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
Russia
Solve: 8 × (6 + 4)
8×10=80
What was the main reason European explorers came to the “New World” in the 1400s and 1500s?
To find new trade routes, riches, and land
What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis
What is the plural form of the word goose?
Geese
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River (though some scientists argue it’s the Amazon!)
Convert 3.5 into a fraction.
3.5=27 or 3½
What ancient civilization built the pyramids of Giza?
The Egyptians
What gas do humans breathe in that is necessary for survival?
Oxygen
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Which U.S. state is made up entirely of islands?
Hawaii
A train travels 240 miles in 4 hours. What is its average speed?
240÷4=60 miles per hour
The Trail of Tears was a tragic event in which Native American tribe’s history?
The Cherokee
What part of the cell contains the genetic material (DNA)?
The nucleus
If you have two coins that add up to 30 cents, and one of them is not a nickel, what are the two coins?
A quarter and a nickel (the other coin isn’t a nickel 😉)
What continent is both a country and a continent?
Australia
A rectangle has a length of 12 cm and a width of 8 cm. What is its perimeter?
2(12+8)=40 cm2(12 + 8) = 40 \text{ cm}2(12+8)=40 cm
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner, the U.S. national anthem?
Francis Scott Key
What force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?
Gravity
What’s the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
What is the longest word in the world
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis