Math Madness
What numbers correspond to these words?
1. octopus
2. unicorn
3. pentagon
4. binoculars
5. tricycle
1. 8
2. 1
3. 5
4. 2
5. 3
Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a lion?
leo
Did Tina "lay" or "lie" the pencil on the desk?
lay
Fog is actually a stratus cloud close to the ground. True or False
true
What machine made the US the largest producer of cotton in the 1800s?
David has a 3-liter and a 5-liter container. How can he use them to measure exactly 11 liters of water?
one 5-liter container plus two 3-liter containers
Which is a cardiovascular exercise: jumping rope or lifting weights?
Give the singular form of the phrase "our home".
my home
Which are NOT mollusks: crabs, snails or oysters?
crabs
What city in Missouri is famous for its Gateway Arch?
St. Louis
There is this many starting players on a basketball team
9
Which sport has been around the longest: roller skating, ice skating or skateboarding?
ice skating
Put the verb in the future tense: "People live on the moon."
About how many kinds of atoms are there?
25, 50, 100, 1000
100 (109 to be exact)
Washington
Find the misfit: cube, sphere, cone, square, pyramid.
square - the rest are 3D shapes
Which has more squares a checkerboard or a chessboard?
They have the same number of squares (64).
What prefix turns the word "town" into a word meaning the "center of town".
mid-(midtown)
When the barometer falls, what can we expect is coming?
bad weather
From the moon, what's the only man-made structure that can be seen on Earth?
The Great Wall of China
The four angles in a quadrilateral add up to how many degrees?
360 degrees
What is the highest rank in the US Navy?
admiral
What two words were blended to form the word "smog"?
smoke and fog
What does the symbol Fe stand for?
iron
On what continent will you find the capital cities of Freetown, Tripoli, and Monrovia?
Africa