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
A beggar’s brother went out to sea and drowned.
The beggar was his sister.
The beggar was his sister.
Lighter than what
An Iceberg.
The part of the bird
What is it?
The bird’s shadow.
What is the only self-enumerating number in English?
Four. The number four has four letters, making it self-enumerating. Interestingly, there are no self-enumerating numbers in French.
Four. The number four has four letters, making it self-enumerating. Interestingly, there are no self-enumerating numbers in French.
What question can you never honestly answer yes to?
Are you asleep? (or dead, or conscious, or being silent).
Are you asleep? (or dead, or conscious, or being silent).
The person who makes it, sells it.
What is it?
A coffin.
A word with horizontal symmetry is one whose letters are a mirror image of themselves. If you drew a horizontal line across the word and folded it over, it would overlap on itself. For example, EXCEEDED and ICEBOX have horizontal symmetry, but VERTICAL and SIMPLE do not.
What is the longest word with horizontal symmetry?
CHECKBOOK.
At a party of thirty-five people there are twice as many women as children and twice as many children as men. How many of each are there?
20 women, 10 children and 5 men.
To figure it out, let m be the number of men and you get this equation:
4m + 2m + m = 35
20 women, 10 children and 5 men.
To figure it out, let m be the number of men and you get this equation:
4m + 2m + m = 35
I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?
A frog. The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning “tail-less”) and usually makes noises at night during its mating season.
A frog. The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning “tail-less”) and usually makes noises at night during its mating season.