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Riddles
100

Name a decimal between 6.8 and 7.5

6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

100

The term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word.

What is Synonym?

100

Type of rock created from molten, melted rock.

What is igneous?

100

The capital city of North Carolina is

What is Raleigh?

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

What is an egg

200

On a class field trip there are 173 students going to the zoo.  

A bus can hold 20 students.

How many busses are needed?

9 busses


If you only used 8 - there would be students left behind!

200

What is the figurative language used in the sentence below:

He was so hungry, he could eat a horse!

Hyperbole

200

H2O is also known as?

What is Water?

200

In which of the three regions of NC is UA?

Piedmont

200

Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?

Kate
300

If it’s 5:30 when you leave for the store and 6:15 when you get there, how long did it take?

45 minutes.

300

What does it mean to find the main idea of what you are reading?

Most important idea; what the whole thing is all about

Could be stated or implied 

300

Name 3 types of rocks.

What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

300

Who is the state capital named after?

Sir Walter Raleigh

300

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

A promise

400

If I have 204 pencils, and there is room for 10 pencils per case. How many full cases can I make?

20 cases 

400

A word that sounds just like the thing it is describing.

What is onomatopoeia

400

The number of days for the earth to revolve around the sun.

What is 365 days?

400

A cartographer makes

What are Maps?

400

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

An echo

500

What is 153/12 as a mixed number? In simplest form?

12 9/12 = 12 3/4

500

The message or a lesson of a story is called

What is Theme or moral

500

What is the name of the process that involves transforming a rock from one type to another?


The rock cycle

500

What are the three regions of NC?

Coastal, Piedmont and Mountains 

500

There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?

You have 2 apples. You took away 2 apples and left 1 in the basket.