TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of May 6, 2024

1.In the AL and the NL, "perfection" involves a complete lack of

• fans and hot dogs
• sinkers and sliders
• kicks and goals
• runs and outs
• hits and walks

2.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
• black bears
• Cuban crocodiles
• monarch butterflies
• box turtles

3.The Liberty Bell is on display in:

• The City of Brotherly Love
• The Big Apple
• The City of Angels
• The Big Easy
• The Big Dig

4.Which does not belong?

• pentagon
• hexagon
• octagon
• square
• trapezoid

5.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
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

6.Which of the following uses a different figure of speech from the rest?

• The runner's feet felt like lead.
• His guilt was a heavy burden.
• He ran like the wind.
• Her hair looks like golden threads.
• This ice cream tastes like dirt.

7.Two consecutive numbers, one prime and one not, add up to 75. What is the larger number?

• 36
• 37
• 35
• 41
• 38

8.Which is largest?

• Seven cubed minus ten squared
• Eleven squared
• Nine squared plus two cubed
• Twelve squared minus three cubed
• Four cubed times two squared

9.GPS uses

• geostationary satellites
• cameras in space
• cell phone towers
• networked observers
• transmitters on roadside markers

10.GOP stands for_______ and is a term used in __________.

• George O. Patton, military history
• General Oral Protection, dentistry
• Good Old Person, retirement communities
• Geopolitical, maps
• Grand Old Party, politics

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