Fifth Grade Weekly Brainteasers | ||||||||
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1. In a class of thirty children, fifteen can play table tennis and nineteen can play soccer. Six cannot play either table tennis or soccer. How many children can play both table tennis and soccer? Hint: Use a Venn Diagarm to help you solve this problem. Use an "x" in the area where the circles overlap to represent those that could play both. 2. Who is the odd one out? (Hint: Use the meaning of the words) Ethel Noble Cyril Lord Stella Strong Clive Cliff Lloyd Gray 3. Find the words that, when placed in the brackets, will complete the first word and start the second. One word is hyphenated. The number of dots equals the number of letters in the missing word. A. MAR . . . BOAT B. ROUND . . PITY C. RIB . . . IRON D. BACK . . . . . ROOM E. OUT . . . TROT F. TRY . . . . CLOTH G. WELL . . . . LONG H. PAS . . . . . PLAY I. PALL . . BIT J. SEAS . . . BENT 4. Find the same 3-letter word that, when placed on the end of these words, will produce new words. TEMPER. . . LIQUID. . . CANDID . . . PRIM . . . DON . . . SEN . . . |