Equations OR Riddles
Solve for x:
2x = 10
OR Answer this Riddle:
What coat is best put on wet?
5
a coat of paint
A used bookstore sells paperback fiction books in excellent condition for $2.50 and in fair condition for $0.50. Write an expression for the cost of buying x excellent-condition paperbacks and f fair-condition paperbacks.
2.50x + 0.50f
What makes soda bubbly?
Carbon Dioxide or Carbonization
Which comes first: Black Friday or Cyber Monday?
Black Friday
What month has 28 days in it?
OR
Draw a dog in a top hat
All of them
Solve for x:
4x - 4 = 12
OR Answer this Riddle:
What can you catch but never throw?
4
A cold
The worlds largest pumpkin has a circumference of 21 feet. How wide is its diameter?
(circumference = 2 * radius * pi)
(diameter = 2 * radius)
just under 7ft (6.68)
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What was the first vegetable grown in space?
The potato
Which small furry critter will bury up to 3000 nuts in the fall to prepare for winter?
squirrels
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
OR
Draw Sponge Bob Square Pants
David
Solve for x:
2x + 1 = 3x - 5
OR Answer this Riddle:
What runs around the whole yard without moving?
6
A fence
10 ounces of cranberries is about 275 individual berries.
If a pound = 16 ounces, how many cranberries are in a pound?
440
Name one of the many spices in Pumpkin spice
Any of the following: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Allspice
Many birds start flying south this time of year. What is this behavior of seasonally traveling a great distance called?
migration
What has one head, one foot and four legs?
OR
Draw an eyeball
A bed
Solve for x:
3(x + 1) = 4x - 8
OR Answer this Riddle:
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
11
The letter M
Secret Bonus Doodle:
Draw your favorite animal or pokemon
No wrong answers
Approximately how many cranberries are in one pound? (Hint: Its more than 100 and less than 600)
Points awarded based on how close your guess is
about 440
DAILY DOUBLE
Tonight, sunset will be at 4:50 PM today in Utah, but 5:50 PM in Arizona. Utah and Arizona are in the same time zone, so why do they have different times for sunset?
Daylight Savings Time
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
OR
Draw your best Squiggy!
A window
Solve for x:
|2x - 4| = 12
(Hint: absolute value equations have 2 solutions, a positive and negative)
OR Answer this Riddle:
A clerk in a butcher shop stands 5’10” and wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh?
8 and -4
He weighs meat. He's a butcher.
The world's heaviest pumpkin weighs over 2000 lbs!
How many kilograms is 2000 lbs?
1 lbs = 453.6 grams
1 kilogram = 1000 grams
2000 lbs = 907.2 kg
How heavy was the biggest pumpkin ever recorded? (Give your answer in pounds, points awarded for being close)
2819 lbs. (it was over 21 feet in circumference!)
What is the name of the full moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox? (Hint: Its a video game title)
Harvest Moon
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
OR
Draw a Turkey with a beard like Mr. M
He was bald