In order to win a free laptop computer, students had to guess the exact numbers of gumballs in a jar. The students guessed 45, 41, 55, 50 and 43, but none won. The guesses were off by 3, 7, 5, 7 and 2 (given in no particular order). From this information, can you determine the […]

Two Maths students, Al and Cal, each picked a number and then performed five Arithmetic operations.Al took his number and performed the following operations: (i) subtracted 3(ii) then multiplied by 4(iii) then added 5(iv) then took the square root(v) then divided by 3 Cal did just the opposite of his Maths buddy. He took his

Several contestants are in a chocolate-bunny eating contest. After 20 minutes of stuffing their faces, all of the bunnies have been eaten.One of the contestants remarks, “Isn’t it interesting that there were 7 times as many bunnies as contestants, but each of us ate a different number of bunnies?”Another contestant replies, “That certainly is interesting.

A child in the remote mountain village of Pliluk has fallen ill. Dotan, his brother Forak, and his sister Loti must get their father, the village healer, who is gathering herbs on the other side of the mountain. To make sure they get him as quickly as possible, they decide to split up. Forak will

Kurt was 1 year old when the family dog Jake was born. When Kurt was 8, he was twice as old as his little sister Katie. Their second dog, Kirby, was born when Katie was 2 years old. Now Katie is 2/3 the age of Kurt, and Kirby is 3 times as old as their

Your name is Cedrick; you’re a Ukrainian farmer with 15 pigs. Being a poor farmer in this country, you are given strange laws to abide by. You must have exactly 4 pens. You must have an odd number of pigs in each pen.How do you do it? AnswerPlace 5 pigs in each of three pens.

Henry had his head buried deep in his hands, fully frustrated by his Maths homework for the evening. Gretchen walked in to ask what was wrong, but before she got her question out, Henry launched into a tirade.“It’s completely unfair! How in the world could Mr. Simkin know what Fibonacci would have intended for the

While walking along the river, you come upon a countess. The countess looks very sad, so you ask what is wrong. It seems that the countess has lost some numbers and needs to find them. She says they are special numbers because: They are all between 300 and 600. The middle digit is odd and

Nina and her mom helped organize the auction fundraiser in order to pay for the 8th grade musical. Seven local stores each donated a gift certificate to be redeemed for merchandise. The gift certificates will be auctioned off at the big event.The Athlete’s Alley, Bay State Basement, CD Corner, Don’s Deli, Elk’s Software, Fancy Footwear

Zee’s Ice Cream Shop is famous the world over for making new and inventive ice cream flavours from scratch. They’ve made great profits on their Marshmallow Mustang and Cinnebago flavours, but their Purple Pinto is just not turning a profit!Scott, Zee’s President, says that customers just don’t want to eat purple ice cream. He thinks

An apple farmer goes to the nursery to buy 10 apple trees. The owner says that he can have the trees for free if he can plant the 10 trees in 5 rows of 4. How does the farmer do it? AnswerHe places the trees in the shape of a 5-pointed star.

If one small rabbit can dig a warren in nine hours, a medium rabbit can dig a warren in 6 hours and a large rabbit can dig a warren in four and a half hours, how long will it take one small, one medium and one large rabbit to dig a warren if they all

A man leaves his office daily at 5pm, gets on a local train to his town, and arrives at the station at 6pm. His wife reaches there at exactly 6pm in a car, to pick him up. This is a daily routine.On a certain day, he left the office at 4pm and forgot to inform

Achmed and Ali were camel-drivers and one day they decided to quit their job. They wanted to become shepherds. So they went to the market and sold all their camels. The amount of money (dinars) they received for each camel was the same as the total number of camels they owned. With that money they

Once an old man died, and in his will he stated that all the pearls he kept in a little bag were to be distributed among his daughters. To make things fair, the distribution must be done in the following way:The older girl should receive one pearl, and a seventh of the remaining pearls in