Q301: What is the tall pole that a ship's sail hangs on called?
Answer: The mast
💡 The mast is a tall pole standing in the middle of the ship. The sails are fastened to it to catch the wind up high.
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Answer: The mast
💡 The mast is a tall pole standing in the middle of the ship. The sails are fastened to it to catch the wind up high.
Answer: 116
💡 Subtract the known number from the result: 269 - 153 = 116; check: 116 + 153 = 269.
Answer: The rudder
💡 The rudder is a board at the back of the ship under the water. When it is turned, the ship changes direction.
Answer: The anchor
💡 The anchor is a heavy piece tied to a rope or chain. It digs into the seabed and stops the ship from drifting.
Answer: 378
💡 Area of a rectangle = length × width = 27 × 14 = 378 square centimeters.
Answer: 23
💡 Khalid is older than Saud, so we add: 15 + 8 = 23 years.
Answer: The sail
💡 The sail is strong cloth stretched on the ship's pole. When the wind blows, it fills up and moves the ship.
Answer: The wind
💡 The sail catches the wind and gets pushed, carrying the ship along with it. That is why a sailing ship doesn't need fuel.
Answer: 1020
💡 Each hour has 60 minutes, so we multiply: 17 × 60 = 1020 minutes.
Answer: 84
💡 Add step by step: 21 + 19 = 40, then 40 + 44 = 84.
Answer: 740
💡 The ones digit in 735 is 5, and at 5 or more we round up to the next ten: 740.
Answer: 969, then 829, then 299, then 57
💡 We compare the hundreds place first: 9 hundreds, then 8 hundreds, then 2 hundreds. 57 has no hundreds, so it is the smallest.
Answer: 32
💡 256 ÷ 8 = 32, because 8 × 32 = 256.
Answer: True ✔
💡 True. Despite its huge size, the elephant is a skilled swimmer, and it raises its trunk above the water to breathe while swimming.
Answer: True ✔
💡 True. The koala is an Australian animal that lives in eucalyptus trees and eats their leaves, and it sleeps for many hours every day.
Answer: 4
💡 A regular car has 4 wheels: two in the front and two in the back.
Answer: 18
💡 54 ÷ 3 = 18, because 3 × 18 = 54.
Answer: Water
💡 Fish live in water, in seas, rivers, and lakes, and they breathe with gills.
Answer: Mulberry leaves
💡 The silkworm feeds on mulberry leaves, then wraps itself in a cocoon made of silk thread.
Answer: True ✔
💡 True. The camel is a herbivore; it eats desert plants, even thorny ones.