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4th - 7th grade
Pick any number
Double it
Add 16
Cut it in half
Subtract your original number.
Did you get 8?
Double it
Add 16
Cut it in half
Subtract your original number.
Did you get 8?
6th - 10th grade
Vani Dug a hole 3 feet deep, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet long. How much dirt is in her hole?
Labels:
10th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
8th grade,
9th grade,
trick question,
volume
3rd - 5th grade
Nate dropped a ball straight down from 64 feet up. Each time it bounced it came up half as high as the previous time. When the ball bounced for the 4th time, how far had it traveled total?
Hint: Remember the ball has to go both up and down.
Hint: Remember the ball has to go both up and down.
Labels:
3rd grade,
4th grade,
5th grade,
critical thinking,
patterns
4th - 6th grade
Jennie started eating Peeps before Easter. She ate one peep on April 1st, then twice as many peeps as the day before every day until Easter (April 12). How many Peeps did she eat total?
Labels:
4th grade,
5th grade,
6th grade,
critical thinking,
patterns
8th - 9th grade
John has $5 more than Bill.
Greg has twice as much as John.
Together they have $87.
How much money does each person have?
Greg has twice as much as John.
Together they have $87.
How much money does each person have?
9th-11th grade
Examples:
..\15/
.7\ / 8
.../ \
./56\
....\14/
.12\ / 2
...../ \
.../24\
Questions
.......\3x-9/
.x+2\..... /?
......../..... \
....../....?... \
..\2√(a+b)/
..?.\....... /.?
......./...\.
...../a+b\
..\15/
.7\ / 8
.../ \
./56\
....\14/
.12\ / 2
...../ \
.../24\
Questions
.......\3x-9/
.x+2\..... /?
......../..... \
....../....?... \
..\2√(a+b)/
..?.\....... /.?
......./...\.
...../a+b\
Labels:
10th grade,
11th grade,
9th grade,
algebra
7th - 9th grade
Examples:
..\15/
.7\ / 8
.../ \
./56\
....\14/
.12\ / 2
...../ \
.../24\
Questions
..\ 0 /
....\ /
.../.. \
./-64 \
..\..7../
.?\ .../ ?
.../....\
./-144\
..\15/
.7\ / 8
.../ \
./56\
....\14/
.12\ / 2
...../ \
.../24\
Questions
..\ 0 /
....\ /
.../.. \
./-64 \
..\..7../
.?\ .../ ?
.../....\
./-144\
5th - 7th grade
Examples:
..\15/
.7\ / 8
.../ \
./56\
....\14/
.12\ / 2
...../ \
.../24\
Questions
..\ ? /
.3\ / 19
.../ \
./ ? \
..\19/
.?\ / ?
.../ \
./48\
..\15/
.7\ / 8
.../ \
./56\
....\14/
.12\ / 2
...../ \
.../24\
Questions
..\ ? /
.3\ / 19
.../ \
./ ? \
..\19/
.?\ / ?
.../ \
./48\
4th - 10th grade
Christina has two jars of marbles. The red jar has 100 red marbles. The blue jar has 100 blue marbles. Christina takes 20 marbles from the red jar and stirs them into the blue jar. Then she takes 20 marbles from the blue jar and stirs them into the red jar. Which jar has the most marbles of the opposite color?
Labels:
10th grade,
4th grade,
5th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
8th grade,
9th grade,
critical thinking,
trick question
4th - 6th grade
If Peter Starts his taxes at 8:15 pm on April 15th, and taxes are due at midnight, how many seconds does peter have to do his taxes?
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