Monday 16 April 2012

Are You Smarter Than a Sixth Grader?


Read each question carefully. You can attempt any question of your choice and post your answer in the comments section. The answers to each problem will be revealed next week.

1.On Monday Trisha collected three dozen nuts.  On Tuesday she collected half a dozen.  On  
   Wednesday she collected 16.  How many nuts did she collect for the three days?



2. A bucket contained 14 litres of oil. 7 bottles each containing 1.5 litres were filled from the  
    bucket. How much oil was left in the bucket?



3. Sunrise Airways left St. Lucia at 3:40 p.m. for a 3600 km flight.  The aircraft arrived at its
   destination at 8:40 p.m. What was its average flying speed during the journey in km/hr?



4. The walking time from John's home to his school is 20 minutes. Yesterday morning John left   
    his home at  8:05 am. He stopped at his Aunt's home for some time and arrived at school at
    9:00 am. How much time did John spend at his Aunt's home?




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