Make It Plural
llama
llamas
1/6 + 4/6 = ?
5/6
Solve this problem:
1291 + 768 = ?
2,059
When an astronaut exits a vehicle in space, this is known as ______________ (hint: it's a compound word).
spacewalk
In what city did Ruth Bader grow up?
New York City
sheep
sheep
1/5 + 2/5 = ?
3/5
Solve this problem: 562 - 499 = ?
63
Name the largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
When every seat is filled, how many justices are there on the United States Supreme Court?
Nine.
library
libraries
7/8 - 4/8 = ?
3/8
About how many miles was the Oregon Trail that people traveled in the 1800s?
FOR DOUBLE POINTS: Name where the path started.
2,000 miles, starting in Missouri
Name the planet that is nicknamed "the red planet."
Mars
Which president appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the U.S. Supreme Court?
FOR DOUBLE POINTS: What year was it?
President Bill Clinton, in 1993.
raspberry
raspberries
One-sixth of the hockey team is missing Friday's game for a field trip; another one-sixth can't play because of poor attendance. What fraction of the team will be playing in Friday's game?
FOR DOUBLE POINTS: Simplify the fraction.
4/6 of the team will be playing... which, simplified, is 2/3 of the team.
Parts of speech: Which word in this sentence is a preposition?
The cat hit under the bed.
under
Name one of the ways mentioned in the homework reading about how astronauts train for spacewalks.
They train in water at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, or using virtual reality simulations.
According to the book, who was one of the strong women that young Ruth liked to read about and who inspired her?
Nancy Drew, Amelia Earhart, Athena.
monkey
monkeys
Sean ate 1/2 of a pie. Brendan ate 1/3 of a pie. Who has more pie left to give to their sister Meg?
Brendan (he has 2/3 of a pie, which is more than Sean's remaining half of a pie)
Parts of speech: A person, place or thing is called a __________.
noun
Anatoly Solovyev, who holds the world record for most spacewalks, went on how many spacewalks in his career?
A. 12
B. 16
C. 21
B. 16
Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a hard time finding a job after law school because of other people's judgments. Name a reason she faced discrimination.
She was a woman.
She was a mother.
She was Jewish.