Car 1 started from Point A towards point B. At the same time, Car 2 started from point B towards A. They crossed each other at point C. After which, Car 1 reached point B in another 9 hr, and Car 2 reached point A in another 4 hr. If both the cars maintained a […]
There is a 10-foot long rope that is tied between a hook on the ceiling and a hook on the floor. There is no slack in the rope. Jake wants to tie up his dog, so he can do a little shopping. He detaches the rope from the floor hook and attaches the free end
I have always had the correct number of candles on each of my birthday cakes. I have had exactly one birthday cake for each year of my life. If I have blown out a total of 861 candles thus far, how old am I?Can you find the answer without just adding up numbers until you
Lester has a number of oranges that he has to put into a box. He finds that when he puts them 2 at a time, 1 remains; when he puts them 3 at a time, 2 remain; when he puts them 4 at a time, 3 remain; when he puts them 5 at a time,
FRANK’S FAST FOOD EATERYHamburger with toppings $2.25Fries $0.95Cola $0.50Coffee $0.75 Frank’s Fast Food Eatery offers a Saturday Soccer Team Special. When student sports teams come in wearing their uniforms and accompanied by their coaches, each can get 1 hamburger free for every 5 they purchase.The entire Meadowland team wore their uniforms and went to Frank’s
There are 6 places set at each table for the big outdoor party. All the tables and the chairs have 4 legs each, and altogether the tables and the chairs have a total of 196 legs.If there is one place set for each person who will attend, how many people are expected to come to
A numismatist decides to divide his coin collection among his children. The oldest gets 1/2 of the collection, the next gets 1/4, the next gets 1/5, and the youngest gets the remaining 49 coins. How many coins are there in the collection? AnswerThere are 980 coins in the collection.490 + 245 + 196 + 49
In the small country of Zog, each person owns one and only one car. Every licence plate of the car is different and each one contains only one letter and one one-digit number including zero. How many people live in the land of Zog, assuming every licence plate is used? Answer52026 (letters of the alphabet)
The Snapsville Town Council decided to have some fun with numbering the houses in Snaps Road which was in a new residential development in the town. For reasons known only to the Council, they elected not to use house numbers that contained the digit 3 (eg. 13, 32, etc.) or numbers that were multiples of
Alex, my very mathematical but forgetful friend, made an elaborate code to remember the 10-digit combination to his bicycle lock. He came up with:A – K – B – J – C – H – D – G – E – Fwhere each letter stands for a different digit (0-9).Sometimes a scatterbrain, he wanted to
Waldo ate a total of 100 peanuts in 5 days. Each day, he ate 6 more peanuts than he did the day before. So, how many peanuts did Waldo start with on the first day? AnswerWaldo ate 8 peanuts on day 1. He had 14 peanuts on day 2 and added 6 peanuts each day
Bob and Jean really like chocolate. When they heard the local cafe come up with a challenge to get a free chocolate sundae with each meal, they jumped at the chance. Their challenge was this. From the following menu, if you choose a complete meal that costs exactly $5.00 before tax, you get a free
Abe Drivers has to drive 200 km once a week to pick up his deliveries from the post office. He then quickly drives home to open them up. One week, he left off and, expecting something, drove at 110 km/h. When he reached the post office, there was nothing, so he drove home at the
I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have? Answer4 birds and 3 cagesSolution:let x = the number of canaries
When Nora and Corman stopped by the school to whisk Monette off to lunch, the poor principal was hemmed in by two tall, annoyed Maths students.“My answer is right, and I want my three points!” the blond cried.“But it’s not the answer Mr. Collins left on the key!”“He’s wrong,” the other one insisted, “My answer