Brain Teasers

How many blocks?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 19

Tags

CCSS.1.NBT.A.1

• Yes!

• No!

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

What is always coming but never comes?

• the past

• the future

• traffic

• tomorrow

What is heavier 100kg of gold or 100 kg of feathers?

• gold

• feathers

• they are both the same

• What if the scale is incorrect?

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

Before Mt Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

• Mt Fuji

• Mt Aconcagua

• Mt Rainier

• Mt Everest

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is at the end of a rainbow ?

• The letter W

• a pot of gold

• leprechaun

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CCSS.L.8.5A

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I ?

• A candle

• A child

• A tree

Using only addition, how do you add eight 8's and get the number 1000 ?

• 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8

• 88 + 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+

• 88 + 888 + 88

Which is heavier, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?

• bricks

• feathers

• the same

What gets sharper the more you use it?

• your brain

• knife

• sword

• scabbard