Mental Math
Jeimmy has 3 stickers. Marisa has 10 times more than Jeimmy. How many stickers does Marisa have?
A. 3
B. 10
C. 13
D. 30
D. 30
10X3=30
7X8=y y=?
A. x
B. 15
C. 56
C. 8y
C. 56
y=56
Name one of the early Spanish explorers of California.
A. Vitus Bering
B. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
C. Dora la exploradora
D. John Fremont
B. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
(In Dora's first episode it stated she was from Costa Rica. Plus, she is not an early explorer from the 1500's)
What is the scientific definition of energy?
A. the food you eat
B. the ability to sleep
C. holding up a rock
D. the ability to do work
D. the ability to do work, which is the ability to exert force, causing displacement of an object.
Select the term that can be used as a verb.
A. pound
B. letter
C. chaos
D. cerebrum
A. pound
I pound the dough until it is soft.
I am putting 200 marbles into 10 boxes, with an equal number of marbles in each box. How many marbles go in each box?
A. 20
B. 210
C. 2,000
D. 200
A. 20
200 is the total, and we are separating this into 10 equal amounts. So 200 divided by 10 is 20.
Find x.
23x=46
A. 23
B. 1
C. 2
D. 11
C. 2
23 multiplied by 2 is 46. Therefore x=2
What is the capital of California?
A. Sacramento
B. Los Angeles
C. San Diego
D. Las Vegas
A. Sacramento
(Las Vegas is not in California. It is in Nevada.)
What is an example of kinetic energy?
A. My hand holding a baseball
B. My hand in a jar of cookies.
C. My hand signaling that I am mewing
D. my hand closed in a fist
C. My hand signaling that I am mewing
(kinetic energy is the energy of an object due to its motion. The signaling hand is the only one moving in the choices.)
What is the author's purpose in the Benchmark text "Earthquakes"?
A. persuade
B. entertain
C. inform
D. scare
C. inform
You have 10 QUIET seconds to answer:
100-39=?
A. 51
B. 61
C. 41
D. 71
B. 61
You can use compensation to figure this one out quickly.
There are 3 feet in a yard. How many feet are in a 120-yard football field?
A. 35
B. 320
C. 360
D. 306
C. 360 feet
120 times 3 is 360.
What was the purpose of the California missions?
A. Spanish wanted to claim the land of California
B. Spanish wanted to free the slaves
C. Spanish wanted to share their language
D. Spanish wanted to take the land from Mexico
A. Spanish wanted to claim the land that is now the State of California.
(Mexico was not a country yet when the California missions were built)
What is an example of a balanced force?
A. I flick a cockroach off the bookshelf
B. A tug of war where neither team moves
C. I swing and hit the baseball
D. I pick up trash from the floor
A. A tug of war where neither team moves.
With equal strength in opposite directions, the forces are balanced and neither team can move.
What text structure does this demonstrate? As a result of their hard work, discipline, and perseverance, some student will receive awards.
A. cause and effect
B. chronological order
C. Problem and solution
D. compare and contrast
A. Cause and effect
In 24 hours, I will be on vacation. In approximately how many minutes will I be on vacation? (60 minutes in an hour)
A. 180
B. 1,500
C. 2,500
D. 1,800
B. 1,500
Why? If you round off 24 to 25 (a compatible number), just add 25+25=50, them multiply 50 by 3 and add a zero.
Calculate 2,345 divided by 7 on a piece of paper and pencil or a whiteboard. (2 minutes)
A. 355
B. 305
C. 335
D. 35 R 5
C. 335
What major event happened in 1821 that affected California history the most?
A. Missouri became a state
B. Spain gave Florida to the USA
C. Mexico gained its independence from Spain
D. The Monroe Doctrine
C. Mexico gained its independence
The event is significant because California became Mexican province as a result of that.
What is the name of the type of material that electricity cannot pass through?
A. water
B. insulator
C. conductor
D. sedimentary
B. insulator
Plastic, glass, wood, and rubber are examples of insulators.
What was the main idea of Black Beauty?
A. Horses have feelings, too.
B. Responsible owners break in their horses.
C. Horses are afraid of trains.
D. Breaking in a horse is difficult but necessary.
D. Breaking in a horse is difficult but necessary.
The horse did not like wearing the bit and bridle, but he acknowledges that it is to keep the rider safe.
You have one QUIET minute to respond. No pencil and paper. All mental math.
What is 250X12?
Solution:Break apart the 12
250X10=2500
250X2=500
2,500+500=3,000
ONE SILENT MINUTE
What is 6,800 divided by 8?
850
Why was the California Gold Rush so important to California history?
A. Many people came, and its economy grew.
B. The gold industry provided wealth.
C. The Transcontinental Railroad carried the gold back to Missouri.
D. John Sutter became the first governor of California after he found gold.
A. Many people came, and its economy grew.
Too easy for 500 but so important to California history. (D was FAKE. Peter Hardeman Burnett was the first elected governor. Gaspar de Portola was the first governor of the Mexican Californias -- Alta and Baja.)
When people eat food, what kind of energy is that?
A. kinetic energy
B. nuclear energy
C. chemical energy
D. light energy
C. Chemical energy is energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules, such as in food or batteries.
Name the figurative language in this poem:
Hey diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon
A. personification
B. onomatopoeia
C. simile
D. hyperbole
A. personification- giving an animal or thing traits or abilities of a person.
Onomatopoeia is noises. (BOOM, BAM, Swish!)
hyperbole is an exaggeration.
Simile: comparing using words "like" or "as"