Idioms
Brain Busters
Math Dictionary
Classifications of Words
100

To leave someone alone; go away 


What is Bug Off?

100

How many states are in the United States? 


What is 50?

100

A branch of mathematics that deals with unknown numbers or relationships, using letters or symbols


What is Algebra?

100

slippers, shoes, socks, loafers 


What to wear on your feet?

200

To stay up very late at night studying or working 


What is Burn the Midnight Oil?

200

When you go to the beach for the day, what do you always leave behind?


What are/is footprints?

200

A single number that is used to represent a set of numbers


What is Average?

200

fish, bird, mammal, reptile 


What are animals?

300

A great achievement or special honor


What is Feather in Your Cap?

300

Divide 80 by one-half and add 15.  What is the answer?


What is 175? - (80 divided by ½ = 160.  160 +15 is 175)

300

Is an equation that expresses a mathematical relationship 


What is Formula?

300

careless, untidy, sloppy, messy 


What is not being careful?

400

To give an embarrassing performance 


What is Lay an Egg?

400

There are 10 sheep walking in a straight line across a field.  Which sheep can look back and say “I am the third from the last in line”? 


What is None?

Sheep can not speak

400

The difference in expenses and income 


What is Loss?

400

wood, steel, brick, cement

 What are construction materials?

500

Somebody can be more knowledgeable or emotional than he or she first appears to be; a silent person may be intelligent 


What is Still Waters, Run Deep?

500

A man placed his pen on top of a table.  When he got up in the morning, the pen was gone.  No one had taken the pen, but the pen was recovered three miles down the road.   How was this possible? 


What is a female swan? 

A pen is a female swan - The female swan or pen has wandered off on its own.

500

Involves changing a number from one form to an equivalent form


What is Regrouping?

500

den, hive, cave, lair

What are places where animals live?

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