B.D. Lee Project GOAL

Fourth and Fifth Grade Students:

Your PowerPoints slideshows

will be presented on Thursday, May 29, from 5:00-6:00 p.m.  Please invite your families.  Come to computer lab #1

 

Lateral Thinking Puzzles on May Newsletter

1. How many sides has a circle?

Two sides. The inside and the outside.

2. If there are two monkeys in each corner of a room, how many monkeys can say they are looking at other monkeys?

None. Monkeys can't speak.

3. How far can a dog run into a forest?

Halfway. Once past the halfway mark it is running out.

4. Jenny works in a fruit and vegetable shop. When she was born she weighed 7 pounds. She is now aged 18 and is 5’6” tall.   What does she weigh?

Fruit and vegetables.

5. A farmer has 5 haystacks in one field, 10 haystacks in a second field and 8 in the third field. He brought them all together. How many haystacks does he have?

One.

6. There are 8 crows on a wall and a farmer shoots one. How many are left?

One. The dead one.

7. A truck driver is going down a one-way street the wrong way. A policeman looks over and waves a good morning to him. Why?

He was walking.

8. Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men?

There are more of them.

9. One man has three sacks of corn on his back and another man has four sacks on his back. Who has the heavier load?

The one with 3 sacks of corn.

10. When your tonsils are removed it is called a Tonsillectomy. When you have your appendix removed it is called an Appendectomy. What is it called when a growth is removed from your head?

A haircut.