Fractions
Simplify the fraction 12/36.
Answer: 1/3
A rectangle is 12 cm long and 5 cm wide. A triangle is attached to one of the shorter sides. The triangle has the same base as the rectangle’s width (5 cm) and a height of 4 cm.
Question: What is the total area of the combined shape?
Solution:
Area of rectangle = 12 × 5 = 60 cm²
Area of triangle = ½ × 5 × 4 = 10 cm²
Total area = 60 + 10 = ✔ 70 cm²
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Answer: Blue whale
A rectangular prism has a volume of 360 cm³. Its length is 10 cm and its height is 6 cm.
Question: What is the missing width?
Answer: 360 ÷ (10 × 6) = 360 ÷ 60 = 6 cm
The Mi'kmaw people are indigenous to which region of Canada?
Answer: The Mi'kmaw people are native to the Maritime provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island.
Convert the mixed number 3 2/5 to an improper fraction.
Answer: 17/5
A triangle has an area of 54 cm² and a base of 9 cm.
Question: What is the height of the triangle?
Solution:
Area = ½ × base × height
54 = ½ × 9 × height
54 = 4.5 × height
height = 54 ÷ 4.5 = ✔ 12 cm
What is the name of the wizarding school Harry Potter attends?
Answer: Hogwarts
A cube has a volume of 343 cm³.
Question: What is the length of one edge?
Answer: Cube root of 343 = 7 cm
What was the Magna Carta, and why was it important?
Hint: We learned about this yesterday during the medieval presentation.
Answer: The Magna Carta limited the king's power and laid the foundation for the development of constitutional law, ensuring certain rights and freedoms for citizens.
Simplify the fraction 45/60.
Answer: 3/4
A parallelogram has an area of 72 cm². The height is 8 cm.
Question: What is the length of the base?
Solution:
Area = base × height
72 = base × 8
base = 72 ÷ 8 = ✔ 9 cm
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer: Diamond
A water tank measures 2 m × 1.5 m × 1 m.
Question: What is the volume in liters?
Note: 1,000 cm³ = 1 liter
Answer: Convert to cm:
200 cm × 150 cm × 100 cm = 3,000,000 cm³
Volume in liters = 3,000,000 ÷ 1,000 = 3,000 liters
The Mi'kmaw people have a deep connection with the land. Which of the following is an important part of Mi'kmaw culture and livelihood?
A) Fishing
B) Mining
C) Building large cities
D) Trading with Europe
Answer: A) Fishing
Convert the improper fraction 11/4 to a mixed number.
Answer: 2 3/4
A garden is shaped like a square with a side length of 6 meters. Square tiles that are each 1 m² in area will be used to cover it.
Question: How many tiles are needed to completely cover the garden?
Solution:
Area of garden = 6 × 6 = 36 m²
Each tile covers 1 m²
Number of tiles = 36 ÷ 1 = ✔ 36 tiles
What color jersey does the leader wear in the Tour de France?
Answer: Yellow
A cereal box has a base area of 45 cm² and a height of 20 cm.
Question: What is the volume?
Answer: Volume = base area × height = 45 × 20 = 900 cm³
What was the Black Death?
Answer:
The Black Death was a deadly plague that spread across Europe in the mid-14th century, killing millions. It was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas on rats.
Which fraction is greater: 5/6 or 7/8?
Answer: 7/8
An L-shaped figure is made from two rectangles:
The vertical rectangle is 8 cm tall and 3 cm wide.
The horizontal rectangle is 5 cm long and 2 cm tall, and it connects to the bottom of the vertical rectangle.
Question: What is the total area of the L-shaped figure?
Solution:
Area of vertical rectangle = 8 × 3 = 24 cm²
Area of horizontal rectangle = 5 × 2 = 10 cm²
Total area = 24 + 10 = ✔ 34 cm
What is the only sport to be played on the moon?
Answer: Golf
A rectangular prism has a volume of 480 cm³. Its width is 5 cm, and its height is 8 cm.
Question: What is the length?
Answer: 480 ÷ (5 × 8) = 480 ÷ 40 = 12 cm
The Mi'kmaw people were known for their traditional oral storytelling. What is one of the most well-known stories or teachings in Mi'kmaw culture?
Hint: It happened at Blomindon
Answer: One well-known story is the Legend of Glooscap, a cultural hero and creator figure who taught the Mi'kmaw people how to live with nature and each other.