Middle School Brain Teasers

There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house? (2 minutes)

• In the middle

• On the left

• On the right

• Other

You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire? (1 minute)

• Match

• Newspaper

• Lamp

• Candle

• Fire

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?

• None
• 8
• 9
• 17

Tags

CCSS.2.MD.B.5

What has one eye but cannot see?

• onion
• needle
• blind giant
• garlic

Imagine your in a room that is filling with water.  There are no windows or doors. How do you get out?

• no guess
• stop imagining
• drink the water
• hold your breath

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

The more you take, the more you leave behind

• money
• wisdom
• footprints
• shadows

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What does this mean?

• Tricycle

• Recycle

• C.R. Goot

• Repeat and Rinse Cycle

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

What does this mean?

• EC equals All Good

• Backwards Glance

• Al G. Be Seeing Noodles

• I don't speak gibberish!

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3D

How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

• 24 ft³
• 20 ft³
• 0 ft³
• 12 ft³

Tags

CCSS.5.MD.C.3A

CCSS.5.MD.C.3B

CCSS.5.MD.C.4

Johnny's mother had three children. The first was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

• June
• July
• March
• None of these

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A