MLK
Planets
English
Math
riddles
100

Who was a main leader of the civil rights movement?


MLK

100

How many planets are there in our solar system?

 8 

100

Which of these have prefixes? Write down the prefix(es):

tricycle

quietly

preamble

tricylce

quietly

preamble


100

Are these equivalent fractions? 

1/2=4/6

no 

6 does not equal 8

100

I weigh almost nothing, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold me for much longer than a minute or two. What am I?

Breath

200

What are "civil rights" ?


The rights that all people have despite race, gender, etc

200

What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter

200
A suffix is found at the __________ of a word.
end
200

Use PEMDAS to solve:

33 + (6+4 / 2 ) x 4 =


27 +(6+2) x 4 

27 + 32


59 


200

What word contains 26 letters, but only has three syllables?

Alphabet

300

What was the name of famous, most well known speech that MLK made in 1963?


I have a dream

300

What are the 4 gas Giants?

Jupiter

Neptune

Uranus

Saturn

300

write the correct definition of these words: 

(ex: zoology= the study of animal) 

redecorate

television

bicycle

decorate - again

far away sight

two wheels


300

Multiply (without a calculator): 

12 x 134 =

1,608

300

I have many teeth, but I can't bite. What am I?

Comb 

400

Give an example of a right that someone would not have prior to the civil rights movement?

Voting 

could not sit /interact with whites 

jobs 


400

What other planet is about the same size as Earth?

Venus

400

Spell....

irrational

comprehend

secretary

international


400

Find the tax of a phone listed at $174.40

Tax: 4%


17.4 x .04 =$6.976


total price=181.376


400

I can cry without eyes and fly without wings. What am I?

hint: float instead of fly

A cloud

500

Why is MLK on January 20th this year? Why is it on this day every year despite his birthday being on January 15th. 

3rd Monday in January

500

True or false: 

The sun is a gas planet?

It's a dwarf star- hydrogen and helium

500

Label any prefixes, roots and suffixes in each word:

sincerely         disagree

antifreeze      displacement


sincerely         disagree

antifreeze      displacement

500

Reduce the following fraction to the lowest fraction possible: 

 40 / 48


20/ 24 

10 / 12 

5 / 6 

500

What goes up and down but never moves?

A stairway

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