Two years ago, a problem surfaced at the Romankachi Pharmaceuticals Ltd. – one of the many companies belonging to the huge Romankachi conglomerate.We were devising a three digit id (non-zero first digit) for the employees such that no two employees can have id’s that are identical when written in the reverse order. For example, 123 […]
Fred took a ball that has a 13-inch diameter and drilled a circular hole through the centre of it. The hole was 5 inches wide, but how deep is it? Answer12 inches.To solve this one, we can use the work of Pythagoras. If we draw the ball and hole from the side, they look like
A frog fell into a well that was 12 feet deep. It could jump three feet, but every time it did, it would fall back two feet. How many times did the frog have to jump before it got out of the well? Answer10… on the 10th jump it reached 12 feet and was out.
In the legendary country of MADADIA there was an unscrupulous factory owner called “Nastee O’Baskit”. He paid his workers only £2 a day, but would fine them £3 a day if he caught them sitting down. After 30 working days (not including weekends) one of his workers received his wage packet, which was empty. When
A collector of antique lamps bought two lamps, and then, discovering she was short of money, immediately had to sell them again. She sold each lamp for $600. On one of the lamps she made 20% and on the other one she lost 20%. Did she make or lose money on the whole deal? How
In each of the problems below, you need to determine what stamp denominations you need to provide postage from 1 cent up to the given amount, using no more than three stamps per letter.For example: which two different stamps are needed to provide postage from 1 to 7 cents using no more than three stamps
The 10″ pizza sells for $3.99 at my favourite pizza store. The store claims they have a great deal on the large 12″ pizza, which is specially priced at $ 4.31. What is the per cent discount the store is offering? Answer25The small pizza has a diameter of 10″ and therefore, an area proportional to
My bath has two taps and a plug hole. The cold tap on its own fills the bath in 15 minutes, the hot one in 6 minutes. The plug hole can drain the bath in 30 minutes with the taps off. How long will the bath take to fill if I leave both taps on
Mad Ade rides the bus to the local Hardware Store. While there he buys a fishing pole that’s 5 feet long. As Mad Ade goes to get on the bus to go home, he is stopped by the bus driver. The bus driver tells him he can’t board the bus with anything over 4 feet
Keith opened the door, hopped into the car and revved his engine. He was going to the small town exhibition.He arrived at the exhibition not long after, and began wandering over to look at the different things.At the gift shop he spent 50% of his overall money.He then went on the Dodgems and spent 20%
Suppose you are given a birthday cake which is round in shape (like a perfect circle) and you are asked to make eight equal pieces out of it by using a knife only three times. How would you proceed? AnswerUse the knife a first time to cut it across one of its diameters. Then use
King Tutankhamen died 120 years after King Eros was born. Their combined ages when they died was 100 years. King Eros died in the year 40B.C. In what year was King Tutankhamen born? AnswerHe was born 20 B.C. There were 120 years between the birth of King Eros and the death of King Tutankhamen, but
Mr and Mrs Tan have three sons. Each of their sons has two sisters. Each sister has three cousins. Each cousin has a great-grandparent.How many people are there? Answer11 people.Mr Tan, Mrs Tan, 1st son, 2nd son, 3rd son, 1st daughter, 2nd daughter. 1st cousin, 2nd cousin, 3rd cousin, and finally, the great-grandparent.
Pete Wheels is a used car salesman. He sold half his cars plus one more to his first customer of the day. To the second customer, he sold half of the remaining plus one more. To the third customer, he sold half the remainder plus one more; and to the fourth customer, he sold half
I need to get a new watch. The one I have loses exactly 20 minutes every hour. It now shows 4:00am and I know that it was correct at midnight, when I last set it. I happen to know that the watch stopped 4 hours ago, so what is the correct time now? Answer10:00am.