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About this quiz
Middle School · Grades 6–8 · ages 11–13
Ten classic trick questions, such as the farmer's sheep and the kilogram of feathers. Each rewards reading the wording closely rather than rushing to the obvious answer.
What you'll practice
- Reading a question carefully before answering
- Trick wording in number problems
- Lateral thinking
- Noticing what a question does and doesn't say
- Checking an answer against the exact question
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- 1
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left?
- 2
Mary’s mother has four children: April, May, June and… who?
- 3
How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?
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