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1. What is the 5-digit number in which the first, third and last digits are the same, the first digit is four less than the second, the last is four less than the fourth and the second and fourth are the same? (Hint: The sum of all the digits is 33.) 59,595

2. Boris Smetana and Karl Smith were world-class chess champions. In one series of matches, each won every game. How? They were not playing each other

3. Nicole was sure she got the right answer when her botany teacher asked her to pick out the plant that was not a tree from the list below. Which one would you choose? Peach, plum, walnut, linden, banana Banana

4. Six bricklayers can lay 24 bricks in half an hour. How many bricks can 12 bricklayers lay in two hours? 192 (Each bricklayer lays four bricks in half an hour, or eight bricks in an hour. That is 16 bricks in two hours times 12 bricklayers who can lay 16 bricks each.)

5. What is the number that is one more than one-tenth of one-fifth of one-half of 4,000? 41. (4,000/2 = 2,000, /5=400,/10=40,+1=41)

6. In a pie-eating contest, Alice was neither first nor last, but she beat Evan. Ben beat Alice. Carol beat Dan who beat Ben. Who was last? Evan

7. What letter would logically complete the series below? A Z B Y C X D W E? V (There are two series: A to E forward and Z, Y, X, W backward)
1. How do you tell the answers?
2. What is the sum?
3. how did nicole feel?
4. about what?
5. did she answer?
6. did she think it was right?
7. which plants were included?
8. did she have other questions?
9. How many bricklayers were there?
10. bricklayers?

Numbered answers:
1. they are bold
2. 33
3. sure she was rightr
4. which plant wasn't a tree
5. yes
6. jyes
7. Peach, plum, walnut, linden, banana
8. no
9. 12
10. 12 bricklayers

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The Romance languages (sometimes called the Romanic languages, Latin languages, or Neo-Latin languages) are the modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin between the sixth and ninth centuries and that thus form a branch of the Italic languages within the Indo-European language family.

Today, around 800 million people are native speakers worldwide, mainly in Europe, Africa and the Americas, but also elsewhere. Additionally, the major Romance languages have many non-native speakers and are in widespread use as lingua francas. This is especially the case for French, which is in widespread use throughout Central and West Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Maghreb.

The five most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are Spanish (470 million), Portuguese (250 million), French (150 million), Italian (60 million), and Romanian (25 million).

Because of the difficulty of imposing boundaries on a continuum, various counts of the modern Romance languages are given; for example, Dalby lists 23 based on mutual intelligibility. The following, more extensive list, includes 35 current, living languages, and one recently extinct language, Dalmatian:

Romance languages are the continuation of Vulgar Latin, the popular and colloquial sociolect of Latin spoken by soldiers, settlers, and merchants of the Roman Empire, as distinguished from the classical form of the language spoken by the Roman upper classes, the form in which the language was generally written. Between 350 BC and 150 AD, the expansion of the Empire, together with its administrative and educational policies, made Latin the dominant native language in continental Western Europe. Latin also exerted a strong influence in southeastern Britain, the Roman province of Africa, western Germany, Pannonia and the Balkans north of the Jirecek Line.
1. What are some names the Romance languages are sometimes called?
2. What is the most spoken of the Languages?
3. Around how many people speak it?
4. During what time frame did Latin become the dominant native language in continental Western Europe?
5. When did the modern Romance Languages start evolving from Vulgar Latin?
6. What language branch did they form then?
7. In a more extensive listing how many current Romance Languages are there?
8. Is there difficulty imposing boundries where a new language starts and an old one ends with the Romance languages?
9. Where has latin had a strong influence?
10. How many people speak Romanian?
11. Are these languages ever used as lingua francas?

Numbered answers:
1. Romanic languages
2. Spanish
3. 470 million
4. Between 350 BC and 150 AD
5. between the sixth and ninth centuries
6. Italic languages
7. 35 current
8. Yes
9. southeastern Britain
10. 25 million
11. Yes

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Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line , others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit. He walked into the station cafe . he looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom's workmates came in and sat with Tom. "What time is your bus?" asked Mike. "There's plenty of time yet," answered Tom. "Well, I'll get you some more tea then," said Mike. They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. "Oh! It's going backward !" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven." "You're looking at the clock in the mirror." said Mike. Tom was so sad . The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors. ,.
1. Was there a place for Tom to sit?
2. Was the station crowded?
3. Did he arrive late?
4. Where was he going?
5. What time was his departure?
6. Who did he talk to?
7. What did Mike get Tom?
8. Did they talk?
9. What time did Tom think it was?
10. What transportation was Tom taking?
11. Was there a group of boys there?
12. Who was?
13. Who was with them?
14. How did Mike and Tom know each other?
15. Were they near a mirror?
16. Did that mess Tom up?
17. What time did he see?
18. Did he miss his transportation?
19. How long would he have to wait?
20. Does he like mirrors?
21. Did he think there was lots of time before he had to leave?
Numbered answers:
1. no
2. yes
3. no
4. Paris
5. five to twelve
6. Tom
7. tea
8. yes
9. twenty to twelve
10. the bus
11. no
12. a group of schoolgirls
13. their teacher
14. they were workmates
15. yes
16. yes
17. half past eleven
18. yes
19. another hour
20. no
21. yes