Numeracy
A number that divides exactly into another number with no remainder is called this.
What is a factor?
his unlucky boy is sent to Camp Green Lake after being accused of stealing a pair of shoes.
Who is Stanley Yelnats?
This year marks the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia.
What is 1788?
Australia is a democracy, meaning the people do this to choose their leaders.
What is vote?
"To pull someone's leg," is an example.
What is an idiom?
The number 3.407 rounded to two decimal places becomes this.
What is 3.41?
Camp Green Lake forces boys to do this every day as "character building."
Answer: What is dig holes?
The forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families is referred to as this.
What are the Stolen Generations?
The three levels of government in Australia are federal, state/territory, and this.
What is local government?
This device uses the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound, as in “wild winds whistle.”
What is alliteration?
A graph that uses bars to show and compare data is called this.
What is a bar graph?
This character never talks at the start of the book and becomes Stanley’s closest friend.
Who is Zero (Hector Zeroni)
This event in the 1850s brought thousands of migrants to Australia.
What is the Australian gold rush?
These two houses make up Australia’s federal parliament.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
A poem that uses syllables.
What is a haiku?
An angle that is more than 90° but less than 180° is called this.
What is an obtuse angle?
This is used in nail polish to intimidate and threaten the boys.
What is rattlesnake poison?
This term describes how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have a spiritual connection to land, sea, and sky.
What is Country?
This principle means that no one—not even politicians—is above the law.
What is the rule of law?
A poem that must include a noun, adjectives, verbs, emotions and a synonym.
What is a cinquain poem?
This property of multiplication says that 4 × 6 gives the same answer as 6 × 4.
What is the commutative property?
This outlaw left behind secret treasure that becomes central to the story's mystery.
Who is Kissin’ Kate Barlow?
This document, passed in 1901, officially created the Commonwealth of Australia.
What is the Australian Constitution?
These people are responsible for making laws in parliament.
Who are members of parliament (MPs)?
A group of lines in a poem, often functioning like a paragraph, is called this.
What is a stanza?