Fred brings home 100 pounds of potatoes, which (being purely mathematical potatoes) consist of 99 percent water. He then leaves them outside overnight so that they consist of 98 percent water. What is their new weight?
50 pounds.
100 lb of potatoes with 99% water weight means there’s 99 lb of water and 1 lb of solids, a 1:99 ratio.
If the water decreases to 98%, then the solids account for 2% of the weight. The 2:98 ratio reduces to 1:49. Since the solids still weigh 1 lb, the water must weigh 49 lb for a total of 50 lbs for the answer.
Read more at the Potato Paradox wikipedia page.
50 pounds.
100 lb of potatoes with 99% water weight means there’s 99 lb of water and 1 lb of solids, a 1:99 ratio.
If the water decreases to 98%, then the solids account for 2% of the weight. The 2:98 ratio reduces to 1:49. Since the solids still weigh 1 lb, the water must weigh 49 lb for a total of 50 lbs for the answer.
Read more at the Potato Paradox wikipedia page.
What word can be added before or after these words to make a new word or phrase?
Break, Light, May
Day. Daybreak, daylight, may day.
Day. Daybreak, daylight, may day.
Select the number that is midway between the lowest number and the highest number.
35 5 52 36 67
69 4 51 37 71
55 68 3 53 39
53.
37 is midway between 3 (the lowest number) and 71 (the highest number).
53.
37 is midway between 3 (the lowest number) and 71 (the highest number).
What number comes next?
6 1 3 1 4 _
5. The numbers are the alphabetical positions of the letters in the word FACADE.
F – 6th
5. The numbers are the alphabetical positions of the letters in the word FACADE.
F – 6th
What do these three letter combinations have in common?
DE
Hint: These combinations don’t have it in common.
AK
They are the only three US state abbreviations whose two letters are next to each other in the alphabet.
DE – Delaware
They are the only three US state abbreviations whose two letters are next to each other in the alphabet.
DE – Delaware
I am whole but incomplete. I have no eyes, yet I see. You can see, and see right through me. My largest part is one fourth of what I once was.
What am I?
A skeleton.
Alive without breath,
A fish.
I can generate fear and some say I come out of your ears. I’m quiet as a mouse but not welcomed in the house.
Smoke.
Why doesn’t a mountain covered with snow catch cold?
Because it has a snowcap. ;) I know, it was more joke than riddle, but I found it amusing.
Because it has a snowcap. ;) I know, it was more joke than riddle, but I found it amusing.
I wave my hands at you,
You’re always cool with me,
What am I?
An electric fan