TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of June 6, 2026

1.Take a group of five numbers. If you add them together and divide their sum by 5, you will have:

• their mean
• their square root
• an even number
• their divisor
• a number smaller than any of the 5 numbers.

2.If you take the number of stars on Betsy Ross' flag and multiply it by the number of branches of US government, you get a number:

• more than the number of years since the Declaration of Independence
• more than the number of US states
• less than the number of sides on the Pentagon
• more than the number of years the American Revolution was fought
• more than the number of senators in the US Senate

3."Patty pununified the pavish pancakes porpelly inside the perdy pratrub." - In this sentence, context clues tell you parts of speech. Which pair below is wrong?

• Pununified - verb
• Pratrub - noun
• Porpelly - adjective
• Pavish - adjective
• Perdy - adjective

4.Which of these numbers is a prime factor of 68?

• 17
• 5
• 11
• 7
• 3

5.A baby whale is called a

• pup
• minnow
• calf
• whalelet
• kid

6.If the beach is larger in the afternoon than it was in the morning, it's probably because

• you put on your glasses
• the water evaporated
• trucks dumped more sand
• erosion is at work
• the tide went out

7.Dalmatian is to Collie as:

• Finger is to hand
• Trumpet is to trombone
• Car is to tire
• Siamese is to cat
• Cheese is to cheddar

8.Which isn't in the "home row"?

• F
• G
• D
• L
• M

9.Which is an incorrect match of an abbreviated state capital and state?

• T. , FL
• S. , CA
• S. , IL
• P. , PA
• A. , NY

10.Which of these could also be called a "pentapede," if such a word existed?

• an eel
• a sand dollar
• a starfish
• an octopus
• a hermit crab

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