TeachersFirst Brain Twisters

TeachersFirst Printable Elementary Brain Twisters
Week of November 21, 2008

Which is longest?

    Three terms in the US Senate
    Eight terms in the US House of Representatives
    A hundred months
    A decade
    The lifespan of a hamster

Turkeys are unlike most birds because:

    They lay eggs
    They have a distinctive call
    They have feathers
    They build nests
    They can barely fly

A short story which has a moral is called a:

    novel
    sidebar
    folk tale
    tragedy
    fable

How many times can Mario fill his 16 ounce thermos from a gallon of milk?

    2
    6
    4
    8
    12

John is taller than George. Susan is half the height of George. Mary is taller than Susan. George is shorter than Anne but taller than Mary. Which two could be the tallest?

    Susan or George
    Susan or Mary
    John or Anne
    George or Anne
    Mary or John

Which state is matched with the wrong capital?

    Pennsylvania – Philadelphia
    Connecticut – Hartford
    South Carolina - Columbia
    Maine – Augusta
    New York – Albany

Mary is making stuffing for Thanksgiving. The recipe calls for 1/3 cup of bread cubes for each pound of turkey. If the turkey weighs 18 pounds, how many cups of bread will Mary need?

    6 2/3 cups
    5 2/3 cups
    6 cups
    3 cups
    4 1/3 cups

Jen is inviting 8 girls to her Black Friday shop-til-you-drop party. She assumes that each person at the party will eat 3 slices of pizza. If each pizza has 8 slices, how many pizzas must Jen buy to be sure that everyone at the party has enough to eat.

    4
    7
    3
    6
    2

Which of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to, “All that glitters is not gold?”

    Don’t put the cart before the horse.
    Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
    You can’t judge a book by its cover.
    People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
    Haste makes waste.

Which is greatest?

    one point five million
    ten times ten million
    half a trillion
    a quarter of a billion
    500,000