TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters
Week of May 7, 2024
1.The science lab floor measures 42 feet by 36 feet and has four 4 by 4 foot tables permanently anchored as "islands." To replace the flooring in the exposed areas, the school must buy tiles in boxes that cover 300 square feet. How many boxes must they buy?
- 8
- 6
- 3
- 5
- 4
2.Which is largest?
- Seven cubed minus ten squared
- Nine squared plus two cubed
- Eleven squared
- Twelve squared minus three cubed
- Four cubed times two squared
3.Two consecutive numbers, one prime and one not, add up to 75. What is the larger number?
- 38
- 37
- 35
- 41
- 36
4.Which of the following uses a different figure of speech from the rest?
- Her hair looks like golden threads.
- His guilt was a heavy burden.
- He ran like the wind.
- This ice cream tastes like dirt.
- The runner's feet felt like lead.
5.GOP stands for_______ and is a term used in __________.
- General Oral Protection, dentistry
- Good Old Person, retirement communities
- George O. Patton, military history
- Grand Old Party, politics
- Geopolitical, maps
6.In the AL and the NL, "perfection" involves a complete lack of
- kicks and goals
- runs and outs
- fans and hot dogs
- sinkers and sliders
- hits and walks
7.They live in open woodlands, pastures, and marshy meadows and are often found near streams and ponds. They are sometimes collected as pets. They are omnivores, eating both in streams and on land. They are:
- Chesapeake Bay crabs
- box turtles
- monarch butterflies
- black bears
- Cuban crocodiles
8.Which does not belong?
- octagon
- trapezoid
- pentagon
- square
- hexagon
9.The Liberty Bell is on display in:
- The Big Apple
- The City of Angels
- The Big Easy
- The City of Brotherly Love
- The Big Dig
10.GPS uses
- cell phone towers
- geostationary satellites
- transmitters on roadside markers
- cameras in space
- networked observers
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