Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
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1. What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.
2. Are you good at math? Complete the last two in this sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=?
3. A farmer was going to town with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. When he came to a stream, he had to cross in a tiny boat, and could only take across one thing at a time. However, if he left the fox alone with the goose, the fox would eat the goose, and if he left the goose alone with the corn, the goose would eat the corn. How does he get them all safely over the stream?
4. A frog fell into a hole that was 14 1/2 feet deep. He could jump 3 feet, but he slid back a foot each time he jumped. How many jumps does it take him to get out of the hole?
5. A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?
6. Continue the series: o t t f f s s _ _ _
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#1 - ?
#2 - ?
#3 - The goose is the problem (common denominator). Left alone, fox eats goose / Goose eats corn. Farmer needs to isolate the goose. Take goose over first / Return / Take fox over, but grab goose and take it back with you / Leave the goose and take the corn / Return for the goose.
#4 is 7
#5 I think it has to do with spelling the word nine with the remaining toothpicks
#6 is e, n, t
How'd I do?
#2 - ?
#3 - The goose is the problem (common denominator). Left alone, fox eats goose / Goose eats corn. Farmer needs to isolate the goose. Take goose over first / Return / Take fox over, but grab goose and take it back with you / Leave the goose and take the corn / Return for the goose.
#4 is 7
#5 I think it has to do with spelling the word nine with the remaining toothpicks
#6 is e, n, t
How'd I do?
