Mrs. Mahieu’s Challenge Problems
Due: November 25, 2009
On the Celsius scale, water freezes at this temperature.
0
-15
10
-5
32
Which one has gills?
Octopus
Dolphin
Porpoise
Starfish
Tuna
Predators need this to survive.
Water
Oxygen
Habitat
Prey
all of these
Which would not be part of a poem?
Verse
Glossary
Title
Stanza
Refrain
Which is a linear measure?
Acre
Liter
Bushel
Meter
Teaspoon
Megan has three dogs to take care of for a week. If Megan's payment is three
dollars a day for each dog, how much money will she have earned at the end of
the week?
$75
$21
$27
$33
$63
Which is not part of the circulatory system?
Artery
Capillary
Esophagus
Aorta
Vein
How many hours elapse between 10:30 am in New York and midnight on the same
date in San Francisco?
4.5 hrs.
15 hrs.
22.5 hrs.
7.5 hrs.
16.5 hrs.
Looking ahead from now, which is in a correct sequence?
winter solstice, Martin Luther King Jr, vernal equinox, Memorial,
Independence
Valentines, Martin Luther King Jr, vernal equinox, Labor, Flag
Columbus, Martin Luther King Jr, winter solstice, vernal equinox, Labor
Veterans, autumnal equinox, Columbus, Labor, winter solstice
Presidents, Martin Luther King Jr, Columbus, Veterans, vernal equinox
If you count the number of syllables in just the words to the starting
with “p” in a famous rhyme about a man who eats pumpkins, you would get:
A multiple of two
A square number
A multiple of five
A two-digit prime
A palindrome
