Sunday, February 27, 2011

Brainteaser for February 27, 2011

Brainteaser for February 27, 2011

Question:
What can be seen by the naked eye has no weight at all and when put in a bucket can make the bucket lighter?

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Brainteaser for February 26, 2011

Brainteaser for February 26, 2011

Question:
What is the next number in the series?

6 6 7 9 8 6 ?

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Friday, February 25, 2011

Brainteaser for February 25, 2011

Brainteaser for February 25, 2011

Question:
My first is in silly but not in fool
My second in pupil but not in school
My third in read and also write
My fourth in glimpse and also light
My fifth in ten but not in three
My last in glad and also glee
My whole a season of the year T hat's clue enough to solve it here.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Brainteaser for February 24, 2011

Brainteaser for February 24, 2011

Question:
A father and two sons were stuck on an island from a plane crash. There was only one boat, and it could hold 200 pounds. The father weighed 200 lbs. The two sons each weighed 100 lbs.

How do the father and the two sons go back home?

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Brainteaser for February 23, 2011

Brainteaser for February 23, 2011

Question:
We all know that "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" but how long did it take him?
We know that together Peter and and Paul can pick a peck in 20 minutes, and that Paul and Patrick together can pick a peck in 30 minutes.
Peter and Patrick howe ver take 40 minutes to pick a peck together.

How long does it take Peter to pick a peck of pickled peppers by himself? "

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Brainteaser for February 22, 2011

Brainteaser for February 22, 2011

Question:
TWO * TWO = THREE Each letter in the above equation stands for one and only one digit. No digit is represented by more than one letter. Figure out what digits the letters stand for to make the equation correct.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Brainteaser for February 21, 2011

Brainteaser for February 21, 2011

Question:
My first is a number my second another and each I assure you will rhyme with the other.
My first you will find is one-fifth of my second and truly my whole a long period reckoned.
Yet my first and my second (nay think not I cozen) When added toget her will make but two dozen.

How many am I?

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Brainteaser for February 20, 2011

Brainteaser for February 20, 2011

Question:
Math Chain:

Start with:76
Triple It:??
Take 75 percent:??
Subtract 86:??
Take four fifths:??
Multiply by 3:??
Divide by 12:??
Multiply by 5:??
Double it:??
Take 60 percent:??

What is the answer at the end of the chain?

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Brainteaser for February 19, 2011

Brainteaser for February 19, 2011

Question:
In order to make French toast, Ricardo must fry both sides of a bread slice for 30 seconds. His frying pan can only hold two slices of bread at once.

How can he make three slices of French toast in only 1 and 1/2 minutes instead of two?

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Brainteaser for February 18, 2011

Brainteaser for February 18, 2011

Question:
At the end of a fun day of shopping you find that you have $9.60 in change in your pocket.
The money is made up of equal numbers of quarters dimes and nickels.

How many of each coin do you have?

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Brainteaser for February 17, 2011

Brainteaser for February 17, 2011

Question:
Two children were playing with pennies. Neither had very many.
If you squared the number of pennies Bailey had and added the number of Melissa's pennies you'd have 62.
If you squared Melissa's pennies and added Bailey's you'd have 176.

How man y pennies did each child have?

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Brainteaser for February 16, 2011

Brainteaser for February 16, 2011

Question:
We all know that there is a way to get a model ship in a bottle but how would you get a full sized pear into a bottle without damaging the pear or breaking or cutting the bottle?

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Brainteaser for February 15, 2011

Brainteaser for February 15, 2011

Question:
Math Chain:

Start with:169
Take the Square root:??
Triple It:??
Add 45:??
Take three sevenths:??
Take the Square root:??
Multiply by 12:??
Triple It:??
Take 25 percent:??
Halve it:??

What is the answer at the end of the chain?

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Brainteaser for February 14, 2011

Brainteaser for February 14, 2011

Question:
Joy's father brought a paper sack home from the supermarket. It contained a certain number of peaches. Joy took no peaches from the sack, and she left no peaches in the sack.

How many peaches were in the sack?

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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Brainteaser for February 12, 2011

Brainteaser for February 12, 2011

Question:
A medium sized jet has an wingspan of 120 feet. An albatross has a wingspan of 12 feet.

At what altitude would they have to fly to create shadows of equal size on the ground.

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Brainteaser for February 11, 2011

Brainteaser for February 11, 2011

Question:
Again Xanthius chose correctly and proceeded down the forest path until he came upon the third trial.
Here he was presented with three more paths. Again one leads to the next trial but the other two lead over two large hidden pits from which escape would be impossible.
Xanthius was told that one of the signs is false while the other two are true.

Sign A. Path B is the one to follow
Sign B. Path C is the one to follow unless it is path A.
Sign C. Neither A nor B is the correct path.

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Brainteaser for February 10, 2011

Brainteaser for February 10, 2011

Question:
Robert and David took a ride on a steam boat. One of the officers explained to them that the ship was able to go 20 miles an hour down stream but only 15 miles an hour back upstream. The trip back took 5 hours longer than the trip down.

How far was the trip downstream?

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Brainteaser for February 9, 2011

Brainteaser for February 9, 2011

Question:
Math Chain:

Start with:161
Subtract 119:??
Take three sevenths:??
Multiply by 4:??
Take five sixths:??
Triple it:??
Subtract 126:??
Divide by 9:??
Multiply by itself:??
Triple it:??

What is the answer at the end of the chain?

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Brainteaser for February 8, 2011

Brainteaser for February 8, 2011

Question:
A friend was looking at a photo when she said, "Brothers and sisters? I have one. And this man's father is my father's son."

Who was in the photo?"

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Monday, February 7, 2011

Brainteaser for February 7, 2011

Brainteaser for February 7, 2011

Question:
Place the digits 1 to 9 using each digit only once so that:

The 1 and the 2 and all the numbers between them add up to 12

The 2 and the 3 and all the numbers between them add up to 23

The 3 and the 4 and all the numbers between them add up to 34

The 4 and the 5 and all the numbers between them add up to 45 .

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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Brainteaser for February 6, 2011

Brainteaser for February 6, 2011

Question:
A variation on trackwords today. The trackwords square below is the letters of the alphabet excluding the letter Q. Starting with any letter how many words can you find moving just one letter in any direction up down sideways or diagonally. words must be at l east three letters long and you may not use the same letter twice. A B C D E
J I H G F
K L M O P
U T S R P
V W X Y Z

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Brainteaser for February 5, 2011

Brainteaser for February 5, 2011

Question:
Using six different single digits not including 0
make the following equation true:

A x B x C = D x E x F

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Brainteaser for February 3, 2011

Brainteaser for February 3, 2011

Question:
A survey agency reported their results in the local newspaper. The report states that exactly 100 local lawyers were interviewed. Of the 100, seventy-five lawyers own BMWs, ninety-five lawyers own Volvos, and fifty lawyers own both a BMW and a Volvo.

With in a short time, several lawyers argue that the survey results are incorrect. How can they tell?

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Brainteaser for February 1, 2011

Brainteaser for February 1, 2011

Question:
If some coffee is 97 percent caffeine-free, how many cups of it would one have to drink to get the amount of caffeine in a cup of regular coffee?

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