Maths
What is the value of the digit 8 in the number 4,875?
Answer: 800 (Eight hundred)
What is the word for a picture painted of a person, often showing only their head and shoulders?
Answer: Portrait
What kitchen tool with holes is used to drain water from cooked pasta or washed vegetables?
Answer: A colander (or strainer)
What fluid do you put into a car to make the engine run?
Answer: Gasoline (or petrol / fuel).
What part of a computer do you use to type letters and numbers?
Answer: Keyboard
A laptop is originally priced at $\$800$. It is put on sale with a $20\%$ discount. An employee then gets an additional $10\%$ off the sale price. What is the final price paid for the laptop?
576
If you mix the two primary colors Red and Yellow, what secondary color do you create?
Answer: Orange
If you are cooking a piece of meat, what type of thermometer is used to check that the food is safe to eat?
Answer: A meat thermometer (or food thermometer).
When you want to slow down or stop a car, what pedal do you press with your foot?
Answer: The brake pedal (or brakes).
If a computer or tablet is not working, what is the first simple thing you should try to fix the problem?
Answer: Restart it (or turn it off and back on).
A baker made 60 cookies. She wants to put them into bags with 5 cookies in each bag. How many bags will she need?
Answer: 12 bags
Which art supply is made of finely ground color pigment mixed with oil, and takes a long time to dry?
Answer: Oil Paint
: Which common baking ingredient causes dough or batter to rise and become light and fluffy?
Answer: Baking soda or Baking powder (or Yeast).
What color light on a traffic signal means you must stop your vehicle?
Answer: Red.
What does the acronym CPU stand for, and what is its primary job inside a computer?
Answer: Central Processing Unit. Its job is to execute instructions and perform calculations; it is often called the "brain" of the computer.
If you had a pizza cut into 8 equal slices and you ate 3 of those slices, what fraction of the pizza is left?
Answer: 5/8 (Five-eighths)
What is the flat surface (like paper, canvas, or wood) that an artist paints or draws on called?
Answer: Support (or Canvas)
What does a recipe mean when it tells you to preheat the oven?
Answer: To turn the oven on early so it is hot (at the correct temperature) before you put the food inside.
: What part of the car do you turn with your hands to change the direction the car is moving?
Answer: The steering wheel.
Which handheld device is a type of tablet that is specifically designed for reading digital books and magazines?
Answer: E-reader (or Kindle/Nook)
(Percents/Fractions): If you scored $75\% on a test with 40 questions, how many questions did you answer correctly?
Answer: 30 questions (75%)
What is the flat surface (like paper, canvas, or wood) that an artist paints or draws on called?
Answer: Support (or Canvas)
If you are cooking a piece of meat, what type of thermometer is used to check that the food is safe to eat?
Answer: A meat thermometer (or food thermometer).
Question: What part of the car do you turn with your hands to change the direction the car is moving?
Answer: The steering wheel.
What is the fundamental difference between RAM (Random Access Memory) and Hard Drive (or SSD) storage in a computer?
Answer: RAM is short-term, volatile memory used for programs currently running, meaning it is erased when the computer is turned off. Hard Drive/SSD is long-term, non-volatile storage used for saving files, programs, and the operating system, and it keeps the data when the power is off.