What is three-eighths tortoise, two-fifths onion and two-sixths tomato?
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
There are three numbers. The first two are 2/3 and 3/4.
What does the third number have to be to make the average of all three be 2?
4 7/12
In order for the average of three numbers to be 2, they must all add up to 6. That gives you this equation:
Solve for n = 55/12, or 4 7/12.
4 7/12
In order for the average of three numbers to be 2, they must all add up to 6. That gives you this equation:
Solve for n = 55/12, or 4 7/12.
Fill in the missing numbers in this number series.
16, 26, ?, 43, 50, ?, 61, 65, ?, 70, 71
The method to create the series is start by adding 10, then decrease the addend by 1 for each new number in the sequence. That gives us:
16 + 10 = 2635 56 68
The method to create the series is start by adding 10, then decrease the addend by 1 for each new number in the sequence. That gives us:
16 + 10 = 2635 56 68
Moving to and fro,
What am I?
A door.
She awakes. I touch her and she moves her legs. We are both nervous but I continue. Finally the white liquid comes.
What happened?
Milking a cow.
Fill in the blanks to make three common, English words (no plurals). The answers are a person, a place and a thing, in that order.
1. _ _ L F B A _ _
1. HALFBACK
1. HALFBACK
Most of you have two eyes. I only have one.
What am I?
The eye of a tornado or hurricane. Could also be the eye of a needle.
The eye of a tornado or hurricane. Could also be the eye of a needle.
You’ll have this six-letter word at night and if you remove the first letter it denotes the top, such as on a train. What is the word?
Supper (upper).
What does this rebus represent?
I Feel the Earth Move
One evening a man is walking home from work and an insect flies into his ear. He tries to pry it out but it doesn’t work. Shaking his head isn’t successful either. Finally he managed to get it out. How did he do it?
As soon as he got home, he shined a flashlight close to his ear and the insect, attracted by the light, flew toward it.
As soon as he got home, he shined a flashlight close to his ear and the insect, attracted by the light, flew toward it.
