Mrs. Hackett's Brain Buster!

Math

100

What is the prime factorization of 100?

5x5x2x2 or 5²x2²

200

What is the prime factorization of 300? 

3x2x2x5x5 or 3x2²x5²

300

According to Order of Operations, which do you solve first: multiplication, or division? 

You solve whichever comes first in the equation. 

400

2³+12/2

14

500

During a normal day, there are 280 planes taking off from the airport, but the airport is a lot busier during Christmas. During the Christmas holidays, about 336 planes take off every day from the airport. 

During the Christmas holidays, the airport opens 12 hours during each day, how many planes take off from this airport in each hour?

28 planes take off every hour.

336/12 = 28

Reading & Language

100

What was the famous outlaw's name in Holes? 

Kissing Kate Barlow or Kate Barlow

200

What was the author's purpose for writing Holes? 

To Entertain

300

Name 3 of the 5 main types of text structure. 

*Hint: You had all of the text structures in your ELA notebooks.

Description, cause/effect, problem/solution, sequence/chronological, and compare/contrast.

400

What does Chronological Order mean? 

To put in time order

500

In the writing process, revision allows a person to rearrange the points in the story to make it more catchy and to flow smoothly. In what part of the writing process does one fix the grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure? 

Editing 

Science

100

According to the Building Better Bones presentation at the start of the year, how many bones are in the human body?

206

200

What is another name for the thigh bone? 

The femur

300

Phalanges refer to what bones in the human body?

*Hint: it can refer to two different areas

The bones in the fingers and toes.

400

H₂O is the chemical compound for water.  What chemical compound is CO_2?

Carbon Dioxide 

500

1. _________ energy is motion––of waves, electrons, atoms, molecules, substances, and objects. 

2. __________energy is stored energy and the energy of position––gravitational energy. There are several forms of potential energy. 

1. Kinetic 

2. Potential 

S.S.

100

What is the Earth's largest continent? 

Currently, Asia is Earth's largest continent at approximately 17,300,000 square miles. Africa comes in second at about 11,700,000 square miles. 

200

True or false, Antarctica is a desert? 

True. A desert is defined by a lack of precipitation. Ninety percent of Antarctica's water is contained in glaciers. 

300

Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake _________ make up the five finger lakes? 

Lake Superior 

**Remember H.O.M.E.S

H- Huron

O - Ontario

M - Michigan 

E - Erie

S - Superior 

400

This African nation has more pyramids than Egypt.

*Hint: it starts with the letter "S". 

Sudan is home to over 200 pyramids, more than twice that of Egypt.

500

It is reported that dictator Kim Jong-un may have passed away. In what Asian country was he the leader?

North Korea

Trivia

100

Hey all you cool cats, and kittens, this 6ft tall, 224lb rookie just got drafted as a linebacker to which NFL team? 

*Hint: his college hometown makes delicious cheese

Chris Orr

200

Name the song and the singer: 

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again!"

Katy Perry "Firework"

300

What famous author created the character Ramona Quimby? 

Beverly Cleary

400

Popeye ate what healthy vegetable in order to increase his strength? 

Spinach 

500

What disease is caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds?

*Hint: it particularly affected poorly nourished sailors until the end of the 18th century.

Scurvy

Now, say it like a pirate!