Friday, 10/28/05
Prepare separate sheet for Test #7
Mental Floss

1. A tennis player is ranked number 200. He moved up 87, went down 28, and went up 117 places. What is he ranked?
2. If the word three starts with t and ends with e, what's its third letter?
3. Following are groups of three words. Can you figure out the common link within each group? Example: Hurricane, potato, needle, (answer: eyes)
• a) computer, onion dip, poker game
• b) bowling alley, dress-maker, wrestling match
• c) dentist, oil field, basketball practice
• d) April, locker room, brides-to-be
• e) pelican, legislature, person in debt
4. Placed above, it makes greater things small.

Placed beside, it makes small things greater.
In matters that count, it always comes first.
Where others increase, it keeps all things the same.

What is it? (Hint: It's just math.)