5th grade Math
5th Grade Science
5th Grade Riddles
5th Grade Alphabetizing
5th Grade ELA
5th Grade Social Studies
100

163 + 939 + 746=?

1,848

100


What is this an example of?


Food Web

100

The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it? 

What is darkness?

100

Put in alphabetical order:
fret, froth, frame, fruit, friction

What is frame, fret, friction, froth, fruit?

100

What part of speech is the underlined part of this sentence?: 

The cat hid under the bed

What is preposition?

100

Which state is highlighted?


What is Washington?

200

1,000,000 - 472,968=?

527,032

200

Why do the stars seem to change with each season?

What is...Because the earth is revolving around the sun so Earth's position in space is constantly changing to view a different part of the nighttime sky.

200

What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it? 

What is a teapot? 

200

Put in alphabetical order:
weigh, wrath, wide, waver, weave

What is waver, weave, weigh, wide, wrath?

200

What are the adjectives in this sentence? 

Amy's exotic parakeet laid three tiny eggs in the nest. 

What is exotic, three, and tiny?

200

Who was president in 1803?

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

300

6/8+9/12=?

6/4,or 1 1/2

300

Name something that we can observe from a chemical reaction.

What is Sound, Heat, Color Change, Odor, Gas, Color?

300

What is it that after you take away the whole some still remains? 

What is wholesome? 

300

Put in alphabetical order:
neighbor, many, native, muscle, make

What is make, many, muscle, native, neighbor?

300

evening : dusk :: morning : ________

What is dawn?

300

In what country was Benjamin Franklin born? 

What is England?

400

2/7-:4/5=?

5/14

400

Which part of a plant takes in carbon dioxide?

What is Stomata?

400

Forwards I'm heavy, but backwards I'm not.  What am I? 

What is ton? 

400

Put in alphabetical order:
horde, favor, gall, halfway, fountain, giver, hiker

What is favor, foundation, gall, giver, halfway, hiker, horde?

400

What reference source would you use to find the longitude of Calcutta, India? 

What is atlas?

400

There are four states that start with "New".  Name them please. 

What are New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico and New York?

500

How many meters in kilometer? 

What is 1000 meters? 

500

What is Newton's First Law of Motion?

An object in motion/rest will stay in motion/rest until an outside force causes it to change?

500

What animal is Tom from Tom and Jerry? 

What is a cat?

500

Put in alphabetical order:
white, whole, wisdom, whim, whose, wider

What is wider, wisdom, whim, white, whole, whose?

500

Define synonyms and antonyms. 

What is....synonyms are words that mean the same thing; antonyms are words that mean the opposite?

500

Name 2 states where the Grand Canyon is located.

What are Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado?

600

144/12=

What is 12?

600

What are the primary source of matter and energy entering most food chains? 

What are plants?

600

What has a forest but no trees, cities but no people, and rivers but no water? 

What is a map? 

600

Put in alphabetical order:
cross, clink, chore, chrome, cake

What is cake,  chrome, chore, clink, cross?

600

What is wrong with this sentence? 

John doesn't want either the soup nor the salad. 

What is...Either is used with "or", neither is used with "nor"?

600

In which state would you find Everglades National Park?

What is Florida?

700

A car travelling at 80 miles per hour can travel this far in 3.5 hours?

What is 280 miles?

700

What is erosion? 

What is...The gradual wearing away of something, like rocks, by wind, water, or other natural agents? 

700

Take me and scratch my head.  What once is red is black instead.  What am I?

What is a match?

700

Put in alphabetical order:
street, steam, sheet, seam, straight, stamina, shack

What is seam, shack, sheet, stamina, steam, straight, street?

700

Where do the commas go? 

Yes I'd like mushrooms onions eggplant and tomatoes on my pizza. 

What is...After "Yes", "mushrooms", and "onions".  Can also put one after "eggplant" if that's your style? 

700

What are the 5 regions of the US?

What are Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, West, Southwest?

800

How many degrees in a triangle?

What is 180 degreees?

800

An organism that produces its own food.

What is a producer?

800

I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow's in the middle.  What am I? 

What is a dictionary?

800

Put in alphabetical order:
hammock, gasket, widget, binge, itchy, ferret, 

 What is binge, ferret, gasket, hammock, itchy, widget?

800

Combine these three sentences into one sentence.  

Lily adopted a cat. 

The cat is orange. 

The cat is missing an eye. 

What is...Lily adopted an orange cat that is missing an eye?

(Answers may vary, but general idea)

800

What was Westward Expansion?

What is...The period of time in the US when pioneers and the government began settling and exploring land that was west of the Mississippi River?

900

What is the square root of 121?

What is 11?

900

We know the dinosaurs went extinct because this crater exists.  Name the crater.


What is the Chicxulub Crater?

900

Remove nine letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word: 

BSAINXLEATNTEARS

What is bananas? 

900

Put in alphabetical order:
pocket, plead, praise, peace, packet, picket

What is packet, peace, picket, plead, pocket, praise?

900

Identify the prefix, the suffix and the root word: 

deactivation 

What is...The prefix is "de", the suffix is "tion" and the root word is "activate"?

900

Where would you find the Freedom Trail?

Where is Boston, Massachusetts?

1000

Your height is 60 inches, how many feet do you have?

What is 2 feet? (trick question :P)

1000

How does a compass work? 

What is...Magnets - a compass uses a magnetized needle on a swivel that reacts to the magnetism of the North Pole?

1000

I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul.  What am I? 

What is a piano? 

1000

Put in alphabetical order:
gadget, grind, gauge,  gizmo, grand, graze

What is gadget, gauge,  gizmo, grand, graze, grind?

1000

Identify 4 words from AAAWWUBBIS.

What is...after, although, as, when, while, until, before, because, if, since?

1000

Who was John Sutter?

Who is the man credited with discovering the gold in California?

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