TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of April 25, 2024

1.Chocolate is to strawberry as:

corn is to cob
blue is to yellow
Swiss is to cheese
paint is to brush
chicken is to frog

2.Which temperature would be most comfortable for a person wearing shorts and a T-shirt?

95 degrees C
95 degrees F
7.5 degrees C
25 degrees F
25 degrees C

3.Tina, Sasha, and Amy are going on the roller coaster. If there is room for three on the roller coaster car's bench, how many different seating arrangements of the 3 girls on the bench are possible?

4.Tom is going hiking in the mountains. He needs to eat at least 3,000 calories each day. If he gets 450 calories from his morning cereal and banana and eats 2 granola bars, each with 360 calories, for a snack, how many calories does he need from the rest of his food that day?

1800
1500
1830
1850
1825

5.The answer to a multiplication problem is called the:

divisor
product
sum
dividend
quotient

6.Which sentence is grammatically correct?

My mom makes me do my homework before I play.
My friends and me really like the fresh air.
Every kid has their problem with a parent sometimes.
I want to finish soon so us kids can play a game of baseball.
She says schoolwork is more important then going outside.

7.Which of the following words would not be found on a dictionary page with the guide words "holography" and "home?"

homicide
homage
holy
holotype
homalographic

8.Salamanders and newts are examples of these animals:

birds
amphibians
mammals
fish
reptiles

9.It can make the sky instantly dark, change the weather, and keep airplanes on the ground across a continent and further. What is it?

tornado
earthquake
eclipse
presidential decree
volcanic ash

10.Susan lives in Arizona. Mike lives in California. Emily lives in Ohio, and Fred lives in Massachusetts. Whose state has the most US Senators?

Fred
Susan
They're all the same
Mike
Emily

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