A farmer dies leaving a will dividing his flock of nineteen sheep with the following ratios:
Half to his oldest son, a quarter to the middle son and one fifth to his youngest son.
Without cutting any sheep up, how did the executor of the will fulfill the farmer’s wishes?
The executor went to the neighbouring farm and asked to borrow a sheep for a few minutes. Then he returned to the sons and said, “Half of the (now) twenty sheep is 10. A quarter of the twenty sheep is 5. A fifth of the twenty sheep is 4. 10 + 5 + 4 = 19. Then the executor took the borrowed 20th sheep back to the neighbour.
Thanks to Annette for sending this in.
The executor went to the neighbouring farm and asked to borrow a sheep for a few minutes. Then he returned to the sons and said, “Half of the (now) twenty sheep is 10. A quarter of the twenty sheep is 5. A fifth of the twenty sheep is 4. 10 + 5 + 4 = 19. Then the executor took the borrowed 20th sheep back to the neighbour.
Thanks to Annette for sending this in.
The largest crowd at the flea market came looking for bargains.
Find the three mammals in these statements.
1. Camel (CAME Looking)
1. Camel (CAME Looking)
Three brothers share a family sport:
The hands on a clock (hour, minute, second).
The hands on a clock (hour, minute, second).
A train is a half mile long and is about to enter a 10 mile tunnel. If the train is traveling at 35mph, how long will it take for the entire train to make it through the tunnel, from the front of the train entering to the end of the train leaving the tunnel?
18 minutes.
Length of the train: 0.5 miles
Time = 10.5 miles / 35 mph = 0.3 hours = 18 minutes
18 minutes.
Length of the train: 0.5 miles
Time = 10.5 miles / 35 mph = 0.3 hours = 18 minutes
How can the numbers 6, 1, 7 and 9 be arranged to make 24?
91 – 67 = 24
91 – 67 = 24
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Footsteps or footprints.
Tear one off and scratch my head. What once was red is black instead. What am I?
A match.
This is a duplicate of red black instead , but I’m leaving them both to avoid broken links.
A match.
This is a duplicate of red black instead , but I’m leaving them both to avoid broken links.
Here are five rolls of dice, with their score.
Roll #1 – Score: 6
Roll #2 – Score: 4
Roll #3 – Score: 4
Roll #4 – Score: 8
Roll #5: 0
This is what you know:
1. The name of this game is significant (Petals Around the Rose)
How is the score determined?
The solution is to count the dots (petals) surrounding the center dot (the rose).
Only odd numbers have a center dot, so even numbers (2, 4 and 6) are worth zero.
1 doesn’t have any surrounding dots, so it too is worth zero.
The three has two dots surrounding the center, so it’s worth two.
A five has four petals around the rose making it worth four.
The solution is to count the dots (petals) surrounding the center dot (the rose).
Only odd numbers have a center dot, so even numbers (2, 4 and 6) are worth zero.
1 doesn’t have any surrounding dots, so it too is worth zero.
The three has two dots surrounding the center, so it’s worth two.
A five has four petals around the rose making it worth four.
Fill in the blanks with the same 4 letters to make 5 different words.
A ____ old woman on ____ bent, picked up her ____ and away she went. “____ my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to ____ today?”
A vile old woman on evil bent, picked up her veil and away she went. “Levi my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to live today?”
A vile old woman on evil bent, picked up her veil and away she went. “Levi my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to live today?”
What goes in place of the question mark?
1 3 5
(It’s not 6)
R. It’s a representation of a stick shift, where 1-5 are gears and R represents reverse.
R. It’s a representation of a stick shift, where 1-5 are gears and R represents reverse.
