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What number is exactly halfway between 46 and 78?
62
What is one thing students usually have to do before leaving the classroom at the end of the day?
Clean up/pack up
Which word has a silent letter: knock, rabbit, or lemon?
Knock
How many sides does a standard stop sign have?
8
What is something Mrs. Turner might write on the board everyday?
A quote or “___ Monday”
What is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state?
Q
Which would probably melt first in the Sun: an ice cube or a chocolate bar?
The ice cube
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
A stamp
What classroom supply disappears the fastest in many classrooms?
Pencils
Which U.S. state is made up entirely of islands?
Hawaii
A metal spoon and a wooden spoon are sitting in the same room. Why might the metal spoon feel colder?
Metal conducts heat away from your hand faster
If you traveled directly south from Florida, which county would you eventually reach after crossing the Caribbean Sea?
Cuba
Without multiplying, explain why 48x25 is equal to 1,200.
25 is one fourth (1/4) of 100, so 48 x 25 =1,200 48 x 100 ÷ 4 = 1,200.
What is unusual about the word “queue”?
Most of its letters are silent; it is pronounced like “Q.”
What has many keys but cannot open a single lock? (Although we’ve done this many times)
A piano
I’m always in front of you, but you can never see me. What am I?
The future
You have four quarters, three dimes, two nickels, and seven pennies. How much money do you have?
$1.57
Why do we usually see lighting before we hear thunder?
Light travels much faster than sound.
I’m thinking of a number. I multiply it by 4, subtract 6, and get 30. What is my number?
9
Why might an author put a character’s words in quotation marks?
To show that the character is speaking
A character says, “Great. Another homework assignment. Just what I needed.” What can you infer about the character’s attitude?
They ate being sarcastic and are probably unhappy about the homework.
A word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What word is it?
Short -> shorter
Why would a mapmaker use a scale on a map?
To show how distances on map compare to real distances
If Earth suddenly had no atmosphere, what would happen to sound?
Sound could not travel through the empty space because it needs a medium such as air.
A pattern begins: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, __. What number comes next, and what is the pattern?
42. The differences are 4, 6, 8, 10, then 12.