My local bus company has recently expanded and no longer has enough room for all of its buses. Twelve of their buses have to be stored outside. If they decide to increase their garage space by 40%, this will give them enough room for all of their current buses, plus enough room to store another […]
A dairy farmer had 54 litres of milk in three churns. He wanted to make sure each churn contained 18 litres.First, he poured 1/4 of the first churn into the second churn. Then he poured 1/2 of the second churn into the third churn. Finally, he poured 1/3 of the third churn into the first
When Skid Mark walked into a shop, he bought a bottle of mineral water, 2 sandwiches and a bag of crisps. This cost him 761QEM.Later on, Exclamation Mark goes into the same shop and buys a sandwich and a bottle of fizzy juice. This cost him 408QEM.Later, Birth Mark goes into the same shop and
Mom bakes a cake. Dad ate 1/6 of the cake. Brother ate 1/5 of what was left. Then sister had 1/4 of the remaining cake. After that the dog ate 1/3 of the remaining cake, and finally another kid ate 1/2 of what was left after the dog had finished. What fraction of the whole
A shop sells apples at $1 each. Each of these apples is wrapped in a special wrapper. You can trade 3 of these wrappers for 1 apple.If you have $15, how many apples can you get altogether? Answer22 apples.Firstly, you can get 15 apples.Trade the wrappers to get 5 more apples.Trade again and you’ll have
Fred had just started work in Hotel Plush and was dealing with a demanding but important guest. “Pour my coffee, boy! I want exactly 200ml coffee to which you will add enough full cream milk to make it 20% milk. Do it correctly and you may go about your other duties; if you get it
Dave, the janitor of an apartment block, notices that the boiler pressure is rising, and will shortly explode.He phones two of the residents, tells them the news, asks them to do the same and phone just two more people, and then get out of the building.Assume that each of the residents is in, and answers
Felipe’s school is hosting a Maths competition against other schools in the same district. Each school can only allow 10 students to compete. Felipe and his classmates are taking tests to determine the 10 best Maths students to send. Felipe did well, but tied with John Roy for the last spot. His teacher decided to
Recently Mr. And Mrs. Crazy have heard the news about the petrol shortage. The king has introduced to the villagers petrol rationing according to the following system, based on the 3-digit number of each number-plate (000 to 999) of the cars in the village.People could only buy petrol on certain days as follows:Sunday: if each
Your assignment is to make a delivery from the depot to your base camp, 1600 miles away. The trip begins normally, but unfortunately, halfway to base camp, your supply truck breaks down. You have no way to call for help. Luckily, in addition to medical supplies, the truck is carrying a Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV)
A rich old Arab has three sons. When he died, he willed his 17 camels to the sons, to be divided as follows: First Son to get 1/2 of the camels,Second Son to get 1/3rd of the camels,Third Son to get 1/9th of the camels. The sons are sitting there trying to figure out how
Your objective is to buy exactly 100 farm animals with exactly 100 dollars. You must buy at least 1 of each animal. You may need some paper!The Costs:Cows: $10 eachPigs: $ 3 eachChickens: $0.50 each Answer5 cows=$501 pig=$394 chickens=$47100 animals=100 dollars
Fill the eight spaces below with numbers from 1 to 8. No number that comes before or after any other number should be placed in an adjacent space, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally.(For Example, 2 should not be next to the number 1 or the number 3)The arrangement of the space is _ _ *
The hare and the tortoise had to take a make-up class in Maths over summer, a two-month, self-paced course with a test at the end of each of 12 chapters. The course requires a 70% grade to pass. In the first month, they both had difficulties with the concepts. The hare averaged 60% on his
Assume the ladder is NOT an extension ladder.A 25 ft ladder is placed with its foot 7 ft away from a building. If the top of the ladder slips down 4 ft, how many feet will the bottom slide out? Answer8 ftFirst triangle: 7 squared + 24 squared = 25 squared, so the top of