An unemployed man walks into a shipping warehouse on the wharf. He goes to the foreman and asks for a job. The foreman says he’ll give him a job if he can figure out a problem with 10 bushels of apples. Nine of the bushels are full of apples weighing 1 pound each, but one […]
The security manager for a large company, Mr Hugh Jintellect, was giving a presentation to the board regarding the new security arrangements for the building. “There will be a panel on each doorway with buttons numbered 1 to 5. To gain entry a person will have to enter a code consisting of 5 different digits
I have 18 gallons of water shared unequally between three buckets. Then I: Pour three quarters of the water in bucket 1 into bucket 2. Pour half of the water now in bucket 2 into bucket 3.3.Pour a third of the water now in bucket 3 into bucket 1.Now, all of the buckets contain equal
Courtney and Megan rode the train from the station at the beginning of the line all the way to the terminal at the end of the line. When they got off the train in the city, 70 people got off along with them. Even though it was an express route, the train made 4 stops.
Elisa has always wanted a horse, and now she has fallen in love with a buckskin quarter horse gelding named Canyon Sunshine. The horse is priced at $3,000. Elisa’s stepfather decides to give her an interest-free loan for the total price of Canyon Sunshine. While paying off this loan, Elisa will also be responsible for
A school has 200 students. All of the students are very special. Some of them always speak the truth, and the rest of them, never speak the truth. Among the subject areas of Maths, Science, and Social Studies, each student has one favourite. A survey was conducted; each student was asked three yes-or-no questions. The
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have three children, all under the age of 20, but none with the same age.Last year, the product of the three ages was 224.This year the product of the three ages is 360What are the children’s ages now? Answer5, 8 and 9The prime factorization of 224 is 2^57. Using this, the
John is riding his bicycle along a circular track. It takes him 2 minutes and 13 seconds to complete one lap. Without any calculations and in less than 15 seconds, you should be able to tell me how long it takes John to complete 60 laps. Answer2 hours 13 minutes
Robert took a test of 20 questions. The test was graded by giving 10 points for each correct answer and deducting 5 points for each incorrect answer. Robert answered all 20 questions and received a score of 125. How many wrong answers did he have? AnswerHe had 5 wrong answers. If he had answered all
A burglar had just robbed a bank and was running away with all the money he stole. Suddenly, a guard appeared and refused to let the burglar pass. The burglar had to give up half of the money he had, as well as an extra $2000, so he could escape. Not too long afterwards, he
The DogHound book company is shipping a load of books to a library in Minnesota. If each student takes 4 books from the load, there will be 20 books left. If 3 students don’t take books, and all the other students take 5 books each, then there won’t be any books left. How many books
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,