Thursday, January 31, 2013

Brainteaser for January 31, 2013

Brainteaser for January 31, 2013

Question:
What is a four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second digit the third is the sum of the first and second and the last is three times the second?

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Brainteaser for January 30, 2013

Brainteaser for January 30, 2013

Question:
Jim and Joan had been friends a long time. Jim is six years older than Joan. One day they were commenting on the length of their friendship it has been 22 years since they first met and by coincidence their ages added together are exactly double what they were th en. This made them both feel old even though they are aren't really, not even 50 yet.

How old are they now?

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Brainteaser for January 29, 2013

Brainteaser for January 29, 2013

Question:
I am thinking of a five letter word. It becomes shorter when you ad 2 letters to it.

What is the word?

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Brainteaser for January 28, 2013

Brainteaser for January 28, 2013

Question:
One December morning after a particularly heavy snow storm the power fails. Fortunately you have propane camp stove with which you can prepare breakfast. However your mother-in-law insists on having her morning egg boiled for exactly nine minutes. You don't hav e your watch and all the clocks in the house are electric. You are able to find two hourglass egg timers that measure seven and four minutes respectively.

How can you time your mother-in-laws egg with the two hourglass timers?

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Brainteaser for January 27, 2013

Brainteaser for January 27, 2013

Question:
Below a simple common proverb has been translated to use many large multisyllabic words. Can you dress it back down to normal language?

A totality of numerous objects that coruscate or are refulgent are not necessarily composed entirely of auriferous su bstances.

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Brainteaser for January 26, 2013

Brainteaser for January 26, 2013

Question:
Find the four digit number in which the first digit is one fourth of the last digit the scond digit is 6 times the first digit and the third digit is the second digit plus 3.

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Brainteaser for January 25, 2013

Brainteaser for January 25, 2013

Question:
Three friends played golf together regularly all season. At the end of the season they compared scores to see who had done the best overall and heated discussion broke out. David pointed out that he had finished ahead of Robert more often than he had finished behi nd him. Robert countered that he had finished ahead of Bailey more often than he had finished behind him and that Bailey had finished ahead of David more often than he had finished behind him. All of the statements are true How could this be?

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Brainteaser for January 24, 2013

Brainteaser for January 24, 2013

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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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Brainteaser for January 23, 2013

Brainteaser for January 23, 2013

Question:
Insert any of the mathematical symbols + - X / or () anywhere between or in front of the numbers to make the equation correct.

1 2 3 4 5 = 3 0

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Brainteaser for January 22, 2013

Brainteaser for January 22, 2013

Question:
If the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one was harder than the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one was the puzzle you solved bef ore you solved this one harder than this one?

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Brainteaser for January 21, 2013

Brainteaser for January 21, 2013

Question:
My first is in father but not in dad
My second in lass and also lad
My third is in low but not in we
My last in live but not in be
If in my whole no one believes
For thirteen weeks I'll give you leaves.

What am I?

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Brainteaser for January 20, 2013

Brainteaser for January 20, 2013

Question:
A man has exactly $1000, all in dollar bills. He wants to divide the money into 10 bags but divided up in such a way that no what amount he may need he would be able to grab a number of bags but not have to open any.

How would this be possible?
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Brainteaser for January 19, 2013

Brainteaser for January 19, 2013

Question:
Math Chain:

Start with:75
Take one fifth:??
Multiply by 13:??
Halve it:??
Subtract 46.5:??
Multiply by 7:??
Subtract 132:??
Take the Square root:??
Multiply by 7:??
Divide by 3:??

What is the answer at the end of the chain?

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Friday, January 18, 2013

Brainteaser for January 18, 2013

Brainteaser for January 18, 2013

Question:
I am thinking of a three digit number. If you take away the first digit the remaining number is 1 fifth of the original three digit number. If you take away the next digit the remaining number is 1 fifth of the two digit number.

What was the original three digit number?

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Brainteaser for January 17, 2013

Brainteaser for January 17, 2013

Question:
Unscramble the word:

CRICKARFREE

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Brainteaser for January 16, 2013

Brainteaser for January 16, 2013

Question:
If 30 baseballs are needed for 9 pitchers over 2 days of practice, how many baseballs are needed for 11 pitchers over 3 days of practice?

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Brainteaser for January 15, 2013

Brainteaser for January 15, 2013

Question:
In art class, students are taught how to shape a 1 ounce bag of clay into a small statue. During this process, some clay remains unused(actually, it falls to the floor). For every five statues that are made, there is enough extra clay to make one more. Suppose a stud ent is present with 25 ounces of clay.

What is the maximum number of statues he can sculpt?

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Brainteaser for January 14, 2013

Brainteaser for January 14, 2013

Question:
A zookeeper has 27 snakes. He must divide them into 4 cages with an odd number in each cage. How can he do this?

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Brainteaser for January 12, 2013

Brainteaser for January 12, 2013

Question:
Punctuate the following sentence so that it makes sense: Jim where Bill had had had had had had had had had was right.

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Brainteaser for January 11, 2013

Brainteaser for January 11, 2013

Question:
Camp Pineveiw's cook, Margaret Johnson, was just about to begin preparing the picnic lunch for all the campers. She already knew she needed to fill 55 bowls of the same size and capacity with the same amount of food. When she was done, she decided to read the guideli nes for the picnic, just out of curiosity. The guidelines said:

1. Every camper gets their own bowl of soup.
2. Every two campers will get one bowl of spaghetti to share.
3. Every three campers will get one bowl of salad to share.
4. All campers are required to have their own helping of salad, spaghetti, and soup.

After some rapid calculations, Margaret was able to figure out how many campers were going to the picnic. Can you?

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Brainteaser for January 10, 2013

Brainteaser for January 10, 2013

Question:
It is not liquid, gas or solid. It is not animal, plant or mineral. It is transparent, but can be seen from a distance, is always in motion, has no gender, but reproduces itself. It can be a man's best friend or worst enemy.

What is it?

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Brainteaser for January 9, 2013

Brainteaser for January 9, 2013

Question:
My twin boys Robert and David were fighting more than usual one day. As punishment I made them both stand on the same sheet of yesterday's newspaper until they were ready to apologize to one another. It was done so that neither of them could touch the other.
How was this done?

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Brainteaser for January 8, 2013

Brainteaser for January 8, 2013

Question:
At the end of a soccer season, every player on a team scored a prime number of goals, and the average for the team as a whole was also a prime number. No player's tally was equal to another's, and no player's tally was the same as the average.

Given that nobody scored more than 45 goals, how many goals did each player score?

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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Brainteaser for January 6, 2013

Brainteaser for January 6, 2013

Question:
What is the next number in the series?

5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 ?

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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Brainteaser for January 5, 2013

Brainteaser for January 5, 2013

Question:
What word is missing?

begin inch chapel elastic ==?== cellar arisen end

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Brainteaser for January 4, 2013

Brainteaser for January 4, 2013

Question:
Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the ex amples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer?

There was once a blacksmith who used to make spears and shields. He came to Emperor Akbar's court and claimed - "Your Majesty, nobody can make shields and spears like mine. My shields are so strong that nothing can pierce them and my spears are so sharp that there is nothing they cannot pierce."

On hearing this statement, Birbal immediately said, "You lie and I can prove that you are lying."

What did he find wrong with the man's statement?

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Brainteaser for January 3, 2013

Brainteaser for January 3, 2013

Question:
David is throwing Robert a surprise birthday party but he has to stay within his budget. He spent half of his money plus $2.00 on the cake. Half of what he had left plus $2.00 was spent on balloons and streamers. Then he spent half of what he had left plus $1.00 o n candy.

Now he is out of money how much did he start with?

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Brainteaser for January 2, 2013

Brainteaser for January 2, 2013

Question:
Find two 10-digit numbers, each containing the digits from 0 to 9 once and once only, with the property that successive pairs of digits from left to right, are divisible in turn by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Brainteaser for January 1, 2013

Brainteaser for January 1, 2013

Question:
Smith has a number of children. Brown has a smaller number of children. Green has an even smaller number of children. Black has the smallest number of children. The total number of children is less than 18. The product of the numbers of children is 120, the sam e as the house number of Mr. Smith's House. I asked Mr. Smith "Is there more than 1 child in the Black family?" When he answered, since I knew the house number I also knew the number of children in each family.

How many children in each family?"

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