Yay! Math!
What digit is in the thousands place?
482,915
2
What instrument do scientists use to measure temperature?
thermometer
What body of water is completely surrounded by land?
a lake
What is 50 x 70?
3,500
During the War of 1812, which was a military conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over maritime rights and territorial expansion, in what exact year did the famous War of 1812 begin?
1812
What is 499,512 rounded to the nearest thousand?
500,000
What general term describes organisms like mushrooms and bacteria that break down dead organic matter and return nutrients to the soil?
decomposers
Which continent is located entirely in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres and is both a single country and the world's smallest continent?
australia
738 div 9
82
Long ago, a group of travelers set out on a dangerous journey in a covered wagon along a 2,170-mile trail to Oregon. What was the name of the trail these travelers were taking?
Oregon Trail
If a number has a 7 in the hundred-thousands place and a 7 in the hundreds place, how many times greater is the value of the first 7 than the second 7?
1,000 times greater
In electrical science, what do we call a path through which electric current can flow without interruption?
closed circuit
What is the term for a fan-shaped landform made of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean or lake?
delta
What is 34 x 26?
884
An astronomer named Chris Carlson, pointing a high-powered telescope toward the night sky spent hours observing a bright, ringed gas giant in our solar system called Planet Saturn. He then put his findings in his notebook. What tool was the astronomer using to look at Saturn?
What is the result when you take 689,951, round it to the nearest hundred, and then round that result to the nearest ten-thousand?
690,000
What state of matter has an undefined volume and can fill the exact shape of its container.
gas
Which state in the US shares borders with six other states, touches the Gulf of Mexico, and is the largest state by land area in the contiguous United States?
texas
A factory packs 14 boxes of markers with 24 markers in each box. If those markers are repackaged into sets of 8, how many full sets can they make?
42 sets
The 18th-century European monarch, King Louis XIV of France, is a very famous king. What European country did King Louis XIV rule?
France
What is the smallest 6-digit whole number you can form using the digits 8, 1, 3, 0, 6, and 5 exactly once (without starting with zero), and what is that number rounded to the nearest ten-thousand?
smallest: 103,568
rounded: 100,000
What force slows down moving objects when two surfaces rub against each other?
Friction
What geographic term describes a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
penninsula
Using the digits 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 exactly once, what 3-digit by 2-digit multiplication problem creates the LARGEST possible product, and what is that product?
873 x 95 = 82,935
The Hawaiian island of Oahu is famous for its delicious pineapples, and a popular frozen pineapple-flavored dessert served at ice cream stands and theme parks everywhere is officially named Dole Whip Pineapple. What primary fruit flavor gives Dole Whip Pineapple its distinct taste?
Pineapple