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
Kings and lords and christians raised them
A tower.
A beggar’s brother went out to sea and drowned.
The beggar was his sister.
The beggar was his sister.
I am big and mighty, and scared of sharp objects.
What am I?
A tree.
Barry is 67 years old. His daughter is 43. When was she 1/3 as old as him?
31 years ago.
Here’s one way to solve it.
Let x = how many years ago
We get this equation: 67 – x = 3 × (43 – x)
Solving for x gives us 31.
31 years ago.
Here’s one way to solve it.
Let x = how many years ago
We get this equation: 67 – x = 3 × (43 – x)
Solving for x gives us 31.
What is the secret to this?
A1
What comes next?
I2.
Each entry is a letter, in alphabetical order starting with A, followed by the number of occurrences of that letter in the phrase “What is the secret to this”.
There’s one ‘a’, thus we get A1. There are no ‘b’s so it doesn’t appear, then there’s one ‘c’, and so on.
I2.
Each entry is a letter, in alphabetical order starting with A, followed by the number of occurrences of that letter in the phrase “What is the secret to this”.
There’s one ‘a’, thus we get A1. There are no ‘b’s so it doesn’t appear, then there’s one ‘c’, and so on.
What do these words have in common?
1. Banana
If you move the first letter to the end of the word, it forms the same word backwards. Banana = ananab, dresser = resserd, and so on.
If you move the first letter to the end of the word, it forms the same word backwards. Banana = ananab, dresser = resserd, and so on.
If you’re given a number, subtract 1, then 2 from the result, then 3 from that result and so on until you reach 0 or a negative number.
For example, if you’re given 15:
15 – 1 = 14
Which of these numbers will finish exactly at zero?
102 103 104 105 106
105
105 – 1 = 104
105
105 – 1 = 104
What is in your body for free the first and the second time but the third time you have to buy yourself?
Your teeth. You get baby teeth and adult teeth as part of the life package, but once you lose those you get to pay for dentures (or scare small children with your sunken face).
Your teeth. You get baby teeth and adult teeth as part of the life package, but once you lose those you get to pay for dentures (or scare small children with your sunken face).
I’m in school without learning,
What am I?
A fish. They swim in schools and the fish in the middle of a school control the school. The fish on the outside are guided by those in the middle.
A fish. They swim in schools and the fish in the middle of a school control the school. The fish on the outside are guided by those in the middle.