TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters
Week of June 14, 2013
1.Your thermometer has four lines between 70 and 80. Yesterday the high temperature was two lines above 90. How hot was it? (10 points)
- 96
- 98
- 94
- 88
- 92
2.In which state would you find the highest mountain east of the Mississippi? (20 points)
- Florida
- Iowa
- North Carolina
- Colorado
- Pennsylvania
3.FEMA and EF5 are abbreviations you might hear in news stories about (20 points)
- Hurricanes
- Earthquakes
- Wall Street
- Tornadoes
- Congress
4.___________, the brightest star visible in the night sky, is also known as the "Dog Star." (5 points)
- Betelgeuse
- Callisto
- Sirius
- Mizar
- Polaris
5.Which food belongs in the group of which you should have the fewest servings per day? (5 points)
- Rice
- Steak
- Apples
- Chocolate
- Cheese
6.Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan stories could also be called: (5 points)
- short summaries
- poems
- fairy tales
- tall tales
- fables
7.Which sentence has an incorrect verb? (10 points)
- Each of Shauna's friends like ice cream.
- Shauna and mine favorite is butter pecan.
- Are parents allow us two eat dessert first on special occasions.
- Ice cream tastes best out of a cone.
- Alison thinks nuts are what is making her face break out.
8.There are 17 students in Madison's English class. If they bring 60 cupcakes to celebrate surviving summer school, and share them equally, how many will be left over for the teacher to eat? (5 points)
- 7
- 9
- 3
- 11
- 5
9.Which unscrambled summer word comes last in the dictionary? (10 points)
- OCANVITA
- RELISUE
- NENUSSHI
- COTSLISE
- MISGIWNM
10.Ralph's lawn sprinklers use 15 gallons of water per minute. If he waters every 7 days, running the sprinklers for 45 minutes each time, how much water will he use on his lawn during the hottest twelve weeks of summer? (10 points)
- 8100 gal.
- 4725 gal.
- 3780 gal.
- 56,700 gal.
- not enough information
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