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100

Summarise the frog in the well fable

Discussion

100

solve: 2 x 3/4

6/4 = 1 1/2

100

Name 3 countries that border China

Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, India etc

100

What are the names of Harry Potter’s parents?

James and Lilly

100

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

The match

200

What were the 3 basic conjunctions we worked on during English this week and last?

because, but and so

200

solve: 3/6 x 2/5 

6/30 = 1/5

200

Mt. Fuji is the highest point in what Asian country?

Japan

200

Which language is spoken in Australia?

English

200

What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?

An echo

300

Explain the difference between communism and capatlism

Capitalism is an economic system in which the trade and industry of the economy is owned and controlled by private individuals, to make profit. Communism refers to social system in which country's trade and industry are controlled by the community and the share of each individual relies on his ability and needs.

300

Solve: 3/4 divided by 4

3/4 x 1/4 = 3/16

300

What mountain range runs along the northern border of India?

The Himalayan Mountains

300

What is a baby kangaroo called?

Joey

300

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Darkness

400

Describe Li's character development throughout Mao's last dancer

Li begins his life in a challenging environment. He lives in a village in Qingdao with his family who is very poor, however, he is hopeful for a better life and grateful for what he has. When he moves to Beijing to attend a dance academy he is very frightened and misses his family a lot. He dedicates himself to becoming one of the best dancers in china and eventually, the world. He therefore goes from a scared, shy and poor boy to a confident, brave and successful man. 

400

Drake uses   9/4   cups of sugar to make 9 mugs of brownies. How much sugar is required to make one brownie?

9/4 x 1/9 = 9/36 = 1/4

400

 What Japanese city is the site of the Peace Memorial Park and the eternal Peace Flame which is never to be extinguished until all nuclear weapons are dismantled?

Hiroshima is the site of the Peace Memorial Park and the eternal Peace Flame which is never to be extinguished until all nuclear weapons are dismantled. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was the target of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a populated area. Over 100,000 people were killed, and many more were the slow victims of radiation poisoning. Ninety percent of the city was decimated by the bomb. Although most of the city has been rebuilt since that time, a gutted section was set aside as "Peace City" to provide a horrifying reminder of the effects of an atomic weapon.

400

What is the capital of New Zealand?

Wellington

400

 What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

A piano

500

What are some connections between The Peasant Prince, other texts, and your own life? 

Possible answers may include connections between the fables we have studied and overcoming adversity. 

500

Pam baked some cupcakes for her friends. She baked 24 cupcakes. Each cupcake is 2/15 pound. If she packed 6 cupcakes in each box, what is the weight of each box?

6 x 2/15 = 12/15 = 4/5

500

What is the difference between Northern Asia and the rest of the continent? What other name does Northern Asia go by? 

Siberia. It is mostly inhabitable 

500

In which year did the Second World War end?

1948

500

What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?

Your right elbow