MindTrap Game Questions

A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a local storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

Dee Septor, the famous magician, claims he can tell the score of any football game before it even starts. Many think he is psychic and possesses supernatural powers. How is it that he can be accurate about the score 99 percent of the time?

(a)  

Mr. and Mrs. Clatter have five children. Half of them are boys. How is this possible?

(a)  

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Jack Axe charges $5.00 to cut a wooden log into two pieces. How much will Jack charge to cut a log into four pieces?

(a)  

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

The tallow obtained by burning ten candles will yield one extra candle. If y ou burned 1000 candles, how many extra candles could you make?

(a)  

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Hardy Pyle was washing windows on a high rise office building when he slipped and fell off a sixty foot ladder on to the concrete sidewalk below. Incredibly, he did not injure himself in any way. How as this possible?

(a)  

Clem Walton was cleaning out his old barn. He was dragging things out into the yard and filling containers with useless items he had collected over the years. At one point, he rolled an old barrel out of the barn which weighted 20 kilograms. Clem put something in the barrel and when he was finished, it weighted less. What could it have been?

(a)  

A completely black horse jumped over a tower and landed on a small man, who then disappeared. In what situation could this be possible?

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?

(a)  

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

A man left home one morning. He turned right and ran straight ahead. Then he turned left. After awhile, he turned left again, running faster than ever. Then he turned left once more and decided to go home. In the distance he could see two masked me waiting for him. Who were they?

(a)