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MATH SCAVENGER HUNT by K. OBrien (Answer Key)

1. # of dots on a dice ______

2. # of dimples on a golf ball ______

3. The highest known prime number ____________

4. # of parking spaces in front parking lot of school ______

5. Height of the tallest mountain in the world ______

6. The rate at which fingernails grow _______ per week

7. # of floor tiles in room 152 ______

8. The only planet that rotates CLOCKWISE ______

9. How many MINUTES in a school day? ______

10. # of ceiling tiles in the cafeteria ______

11. Average # of slices of pizza the cafeteria serves each day ____

12. Highest paid NBA player and how much he earns per game. ___________ ______

13. # of chair legs in your homeroom ______

14. # of SECONDS in a lunch period ______

15. # of DAYS you have lived on Earth ______

16. Your birth weight in ounces ______

17. # of stitches on a baseball ________

18. # of miles around the planet Earth measuring at Equator ______

19. # of legs on a centipede __________

20. # of miles planet Earth is from the Sun ______

21. # of pages in your math book ______

22. Price for a gallon of regular gas at A Plus ______

23. # of students in our school ______

24. # of footballs required for each NFL game ______

25. # of steps you must take with your feet to get from your front door to the front door of the school ______

26. Your height in centimeters ______

27. Number of tables in the cafeteria ______

28. # of hearts an earthworm has ______

29. # of INCHES long you were when you were born ________

30. # of inches you have grown since the day you were born __________

31. Average # of insects and spiders a person accidentally consumes in an average lifetime while sleeping ______ assorted insects _______ spiders

32. Average # of hairs in one eyebrow ______

33. # of steps on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France ______

34. Average # of times per year that a person blinks ______

35. Average # of hairs a person loses from their head each day ______

36. # of ways you can make change for $1 ______

37. # of colors in a rainbow ______

38. The shape of a raindrop ______

39. # of muscles in a cat’s eye ______

40. Ratio of insects to people on the planet Earth 1 person : _______insects

41. Average lifespan of a dragonfly ______

42. # of teeth a mosquito has ______

43. # of grooves around the outside of a quarter ______

44. The estimated total weight of planet Earth _,___,___,___,___,___.___ tons.

45. How much saliva does a human being produce in an average lifetime? _________ gallons

46. Average lifespan of a tastebud ______

47. How many times do you swallow while eating dinner? ______

48. # of tentacles on a squid ______

49. # of points on the Statue of Liberty’s crown. ______

50. # of sheets of paper in a ream. ______

51. # of muscles it takes to FROWN ______

52. # of muscles it takes to SMILE ______

53. # of words in The Bill of Rights ______

54. # of words in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address ______

55. # of eyes a scallop has ______

56. The rate of speed that a sneeze travels out of your mouth ______M.P.H.

57. The average length of a giraffe’s tongue ______

58. How long can a cockroach live without its head? ______

59. Average # of hairs on a human head ______

60. 111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = ___________________________________

61. Age at which the human brain stops growing in size ______

62. What day of the week must the month begin on in order for there to be a Friday the  13th that month? _______

63. How long a snail can sleep ______

64. # of bees that can live in a single hive ______

65. Deepest part of the ocean

 Located in which ocean______ Name of place ______ Depth: __________

66. The estimated age of the planet Earth ________

67. Lifespan of a dollar bill _______

68. Lifespan of a coin ______

69. The biggest ocean on Earth: Name of ocean_________ Area _________

70. World’s tallest person ______ height______

71. The population of Chester ________

72. The latitude and longitude of Chester: __________________________________

73. # of steps to the top of the Empire State Building __________

74. # of cows needed to supply the NFL with leather for footballs for one season ______

75. # of quarter pounders produced from one cow ______

76. How long it take a snail to crawl one mile ______

77. Length of time for one day on Jupiter ____________________

78. Surface area of Earth _________________________

79. Rate of speed at which a raindrop falls from the sky ___________mph

80. Amount of fuel used by a jumbo jet just for take off _________________

81. Cubic mile of fog is made up of less than ____ gallon(s) of water.

82. # of eyes a bee has ________

83. Skin temperature does not go above _______ degrees even on the hottest of days.

84. # of stomachs a cow has _______

85. What is the world’s record for Double Dutch # of steps in 3 minutes:  _________________

86. Coldest temperature ever recorded: Where? ________ Temperature __________

87. Hottest temperature on record: Where? __________ Temperature _________

88. What is the world’s biggest whale and how much does it weigh?  Whale Species __________ Average Weight________

89. What is the world’s fastest land speed record in a car?  Kind of car __________ Speed __________

90. Fastest land animal __________ how fast it runs __________

91. How far can a flea jump ? ____________________________

92. What color was the 100 billionth Crayola crayon ever produced? _________

93. How much weight does the Sun lose everyday? ____________

94. # of calories consumed when licking a postage stamp __________

95. How much weight can an ant lift? _________________

96. How many squares are on an 8 X 8 checkerboard? ______________

97. What percentage % of your brain is water? ___________

98. How many windows are in the White House in Washington DC? ___________

99. During the summer how far away is the Moon from Earth? __________________

100. How old (young) is Miss _______ ? _________________

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