Stands
What does this represent?
No one understands.
I am worthless, yet when added to others I add worth.
What am I?
0 (Zero).
Zero is nothing, yet when you add zeroes to a number like 1, it becomes 10, 100 or 1,000.
The ancient Greeks did not have a name for zero and did not use a placeholder. They seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number, philosophizing about how nothing could be something. Once zero was added, it allowed for more mathematical understanding.
0 (Zero).
Zero is nothing, yet when you add zeroes to a number like 1, it becomes 10, 100 or 1,000.
The ancient Greeks did not have a name for zero and did not use a placeholder. They seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number, philosophizing about how nothing could be something. Once zero was added, it allowed for more mathematical understanding.
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
She took a photo of him and developed it in the dark room.
She took a photo of him and developed it in the dark room.
I wear you down, yet you will mourn me once I fly.
Time.
(found in The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare)
Time.
(found in The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare)
When pronounced, it sounds nothing like the word.
A sentence.
By Sef Daystrom
A sentence.
By Sef Daystrom
Twice four and twenty blackbirds sitting in the rain.
After shooting a quarter of the birds, the rest would fly off, so the remaining birds, brutally shot by you, would be:
(2 × (4 + 20)) / 4 = 12
After shooting a quarter of the birds, the rest would fly off, so the remaining birds, brutally shot by you, would be:
(2 × (4 + 20)) / 4 = 12
What’s special about the word “strengths”?
It has a record nine letters but only one vowel, and it’s one of the longest one-syllable words in English.
It has a record nine letters but only one vowel, and it’s one of the longest one-syllable words in English.
In the day I stand tall in a white petticoat. By evening I’m in my short black dress. What am I?
The wick of a candle.
What does this represent?
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Reading between the lines
Reading between the lines
How can you express the number 100 using the same digit six times?
99 + 99/99 = 100