It was going to be another really hot day, but Ted needed a new pair of cool sunnies* before he could hit the surf. He needed another $52 to buy the ones he wanted.Ted decided to sell home-made smoothies at his gate: $2 each, or three for $4. He had the $52 after selling 32 […]
While Christmas was shopping, I chose a gold ring set with stones for my mother.A ring set with 2 rubies and a diamond would have cost £3,000. One set with 4 amethysts and a diamond would come to £2,000. And 3 emeralds, 1 amethyst and a diamond would be £1,400.Being a thoughtful son, I chose
If 125207 is “Hi”, and 031993121212 is “Dude”, then 125207031993121212 is “Hi Dude”.Then what is799717777010909230151693122001983? AnswerIt’s “You Are Great”.Separate the numbers into groups of three, and then add up the three numbers. The total amount will point to a certain letter, and if you continue doing it until all numbers are used, it’ll form the
A firefighter stood on the middle rung of a ladder, spraying water on a burning house. He then climbed up 6 rungs before the heat of the flames caused him to come down 10 rungs. After some minutes he was able to climb 18 rungs to the very top of the ladder. How many rungs
A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of
Gary began peeling a pile of 44 potatoes at the rate of 3 per minute. Four minutes later, Christen joined him, and peeled at the rate of 5 potatoes per minute. When they were finished, how many potatoes had each peeled? AnswerGary:24Christen:20
A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about them. One day, his wife asked, “How many gold coins do we have?”After pausing a moment, he replied, “Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then 32 times the difference between the two numbers equals the
A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code. However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.The fourth number is one more than the second number.The first number is one less than twice the second number.The second
This morning I asked my Maths class to find the areas of two right-angled triangles. Lottie-Lu’s hand shot up immediately, so I asked her the first one.“24,” she announced.She was right (for a change!) and I made the mistake of asking her how she did it.“Easy. Just add all the sides together.”I was about to
A number of children are standing in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 7th child is directly opposite the 18th child. How many children are there altogether? Answer22; in half of the circle there are 11 children because 18-7=11. Multiply 11×2=22!
Suppose you’re in a hallway lined with 100 closed lockers.You begin by opening every locker. Then you close every second locker. Then you go to every third locker and open it (if it’s closed) or close it (if it’s open). Let’s call this action toggling a locker. Continue toggling every nth locker on pass number
We are brave sailors always riding the seaWe are less than one hundred but as tough as can beWe sleep in three bunkers on top of each otherOur numbers double from one bunker to anotherWe dance in joy all through the nightIn groups of fives under the moonlightLast night twelve of us were swallowed by
When I went to the store, I purchased four items. The following shows the cost of three of the items:$1.50$3.00$4.00The line to the checkout was pretty long, so to quench my boredom I started playing with my pocket calculator while waiting.I found out, to my surprise, that the four prices of the four items I
You have a piece of paper, 10cm by 10cm. Area = 100cm2. For some reason, you need a square piece of paper with an area of 50cm2. Using the paper you have, what’s an easy way of getting the new square? AnswerFold the four corners of the square into the centre. This doubles the thickness
On a 12-hour digital clock, what is the smallest interval between two times that are palindromic (can be read forwards and backwards as the same number)? AnswerThe interval is two minutes, between the times of 9:59 and 10:01.