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Brain teasers (Book 3) First published by ThinkShop Thinking Resources Ltd. www.thinks.co.nz Reprinted under licence by R.I.C. Publications® 2008 Copyright© Jean Edwards 2006 ISBN 978-1-74126-720-4 RIC–6414
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This series of three books is designed to provide 5–10 minute activities to ‘rev’ up students’ brains and get them into gear for thinking. There are a variety of activities aimed at higher-level thinking.
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You might not agree with some of these statements as you work through these exercises—but the main point is to learn Venn diagrams, so let’s assume that all of them are true. Use the patterns in the key boxes to shade carefully inside the Venn circles to show:
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A. 14 – rest are single-digit
7 – rest are not prime numbers
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(a)
(b)
B. paddle – rest are on land (no water)
hop – rest involve two feet
C. swarm – rest involve groups of animals
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FRUIT WITH PIPS
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(note: knot = a group of frogs)
knot – rest refer only to groups of living things
WILD ANIMALS
D. square – rest are only parts, not shapes radius – rest have an ‘e’
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ICE-CREAM
A. China – rest are continents
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segment – rest refer only to geometry
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Antarctica – rest are free from a covering of ice all year Europe – rest have an ‘a’
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B. cream – rest aren’t edible
novel – rest have an ‘a’
diary – rest are printed/published
D. drake – rest are mammals/have fur/have teeth
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(a)
(b)
vixen – rest are male
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HUMAN PARENTS
WOMEN
HUMAN PARENTS
WOMEN
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A. cube – rest are three-dimensional (3-D)
m . u
circle – rest are formed of straight lines
TALL
TALL
B. cucumber – rest are vegetables
sprout – rest are only nouns (sprout is also a verb)
C. trumpet – rest are woodwind (including the saxophone)
flute – rest are played at right angles to the mouth (flute is played sideways)
D.
centipede – rest are insects
mosquito – rest eat solid food
(c)
HUMAN PARENTS
WOMEN HUMAN PARENTS
WOMEN
TALL TALL
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(a)
(b)
FARE-PAYING TRANSPORT
Characteristic page 29
1. submerged buses (includes housebuses etc)
CARS
FARE-PAYING TRANSPORT
2. salty 3. cold 4. yellow
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6. sharp
BLACK
7. eaten
9. exciting 10. sore
has wheels
CARS
skateboards
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1. receive
bikes
2. stalk
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buses
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7. glue
(a)
8. around
(b)
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10. finish
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sci-fi
Analogy mixture page 32
1. frighten 2. mean
3. powerless
(c)
4. sweet rocks insects HUMAN
mammals dogs
living things plants
5. sharp 6. greasy 7. distant 8. submerged 9. wild
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1. branch 2. shirt 3. ocean 4. army 5. cake 6. ladder 7. computer 9. family
10. universe
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1. used to
2. same as
3. the opposite
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2. minute 3. kind 4. polite 5. sweet
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