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: 2/3 + 3/4 + n = 6
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: 2/3 + 3/4 + n = 6
Solve for n = 55/12, or 4 7/12.
I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
Sands in an hourglass.
What number is twice the sum of it’s digits?
18.
1 + 8 = 9 2 × 9 = 18
This problem can be solved by preschool children in five to ten minutes, by programmers in an hour and by people with higher education…well, check it yourself.
8809 = 6 7111 = 0 2172 = 0 6666 = 4 1111 = 0 3213 = 0 7662 = 2 9313 = 1 0000 = 4 2222 = 0 3333 = 0 5555 = 0 8193 = 3 8096 = 5 1012 = 1 7777 = 0 9999 = 4 7756 = 1 6855 = 3 9881 = 5 5531 = 0 2581 = ?
What is the missing number and why?
Two. The number is how many closed circles there are in the 4 digits. 0, 6 and 9 each have one, 8 has 2.
Two. The number is how many closed circles there are in the 4 digits. 0, 6 and 9 each have one, 8 has 2.
A woman gave a man a list of things she needed to buy at the store. The man gave the list back to the woman and she turned red with embarrassment. Why?
The man was a checkout clerk at the grocery store. The list was for items to get at a lingerie store.
The man was a checkout clerk at the grocery store. The list was for items to get at a lingerie store.
What do horses, sleep and dreams have in common?
Nightmares.
If every letter of the alphabet is worth its numerical value (A=1, B=2, C=3), what’s a common 11-letter word whose letter values total only 52?
Abracadabra
Kneel in the kayak grasping the boat, but don’t wrench the bullion or scowl at the chart. Behind the taped and sealed planter is a benevolent collier. The foxglove is in the bath.
Name the 19 creatures in the above sentence.
1. Eel 2. Yak 3. Asp 4. Boa 5. Wren 6. Bull 7. Lion 8. Cow 9. Owl 10. Hart 11. Hind 12. Ape 13. Seal 14. Ant 15. Vole 16. Collie 17. Fox 18. Ox 19. Bat
1. Eel 2. Yak 3. Asp 4. Boa 5. Wren 6. Bull 7. Lion 8. Cow 9. Owl 10. Hart 11. Hind 12. Ape 13. Seal 14. Ant 15. Vole 16. Collie 17. Fox 18. Ox 19. Bat
What do the following numerals represent?
11111121113122223222
The number of syllables in the numbers from one to twenty.
The number of syllables in the numbers from one to twenty.
Everyone needs this, it’s great with an ‘r’ on the end but you’re sad when the first letter goes away.
What is it?
Love, lover, over