X likes to buy and sell cars. For two weeks he bought 5 cars every 12 hours. Then, on June 2nd, he decided to start selling. Every day, he would sell 6 cars, then buy 2. But every third day, he would sell 5 cars and buy 3. X decided that he would shut down […]
Little Johnny was pestering his big brother for some candy. He knew that his brother had several pieces and wanted some.His brother had Quick Quackers, Tangy Toffees, Fizzy Booms, Apple Chewies, Purple Plops, Zounds!, Sour Screams and Buzzy Bites.Little Johnny’s favourites were Tangy Toffee and Quick Quackers. His brother said he’d give him all of
Chanelle has won 429 games and lost 431 games of her favourite computer card game.If she wins 3 out of every 4 games she plays from now on, how many more games must she play to bring her total winning percentage up to 55%? AnswerChanelle must play 220 more games. In these 220 games, she
Five years ago, Anthony was three times as old as his sister. Now he is only twice as old. How old are Anthony and his sister? AnswerAnthony is 20 and his sister is 10. Five years ago he was 15 and she was 5.
A postman delivered letters every day. On the first day, he delivered one letter; on the second day he delivered three letters; on the third day, he delivered five letters, and so on. Each day from the second on he delivered two letters more than the preceding day.The day he retired, he noticed that he
A medieval king needed to work out how he could recruit fighting men for the battle ahead. However, there were so many distractions around the castle; his thinking became confused. So in order to change his daze into knights, he asked for a secluded walk to be made so that he might ponder in peace.
At a recent visit to the reptile house at the local zoo, I counted a total of 27 heads and 70 feet. I was counting snakes, lizards and people. I know that there were exactly twice as many lizards as people. How many snakes did I count? Answer6 snakes, 7 people and 14 lizards.
Five stacks of bricks are piled outside the Winter Street School waiting to be used to create a path. They are in their shipping stacks, which are 9 bricks high, 9 bricks across, and 4 bricks deep. Twelve bricks will cover an area of 16 inches x 24 inches.If the path is to be 4
The following equation involving Roman numerals is formed using matchsticks. The given equation is wrong. Can you correct it by moving just one matchstick? See if you can do it three times; the equation can be corrected in three different ways. Each solution must be an equation, i.e. it must contain one equal sign.Note:I(1) and
The teacher has finished grading the Maths papers at West High School. The class size is under 30. One-third of the class got a B, one fourth got a B- and one-sixth got a C. One-eighth of the class flunked and the remainder of the class received an A.How many students in the class received
After visiting my Great Aunt Bernie, I travelled home in my old jalopy. The car was so old and battered that I was stuck in the second gear. This meant that I could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hour and managed a paltry 20 miles per gallon of petrol. At the
“I’m telling you, Kurt,” Rod said to his best friend, “these Rnkfurers are the greatest thing since whatever was before sliced bread! They’re low-calorie, high-protein, fortified with vitamins B-1, B-36, and F-22, and come with three months of basic cable!”Kurt finally gave in, and agreed to go in with Rod on a minimum special order
Suppose there is a river that has no current. A man gets into a canoe and paddles upstream from his dock to the river’s bend 5 kilometres away, and then turns around and returns to the dock. The entire trip takes 40 minutes. Now suppose that the river has a current of 2 kilometres per
Once there were 9 children, all of which were in the same family. They were all born 18 months apart. The oldest one (George) was 5 times older than the youngest one (Michael).How old was Michael? Answer3 yrs. old.If each child was born 18 months apart, then there has to be a 12-year gap between