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
Get from the word THIN to BARN by changing one letter at a time and forming another English word in each step.
1. THIN
1. THIN
1. THIN
What is made of wood but can’t be sawed?
Sawdust. It’s still made up of wood, but a saw will be of no use.
Sawdust. It’s still made up of wood, but a saw will be of no use.
I can be long or short. I can be grown or bought. I can be painted or left bare. My tip can be round or square. What am I?
Fingernails.
What does this rebus represent?
Waterloo Sunset
I always run but never walk,
What am I?
A clock. It runs all the time, it “sings” for hourly chimes, cuckoos or alarms, it doesn’t have a head (but does have hands) and you look a clock in the face to tell the time.
A clock. It runs all the time, it “sings” for hourly chimes, cuckoos or alarms, it doesn’t have a head (but does have hands) and you look a clock in the face to tell the time.
Kevin brings his school supplies to the counter. The cashier rings up his purchase for a total of $1.70. Kevin is puzzled, and says, “I bought 2 pencils at 2 cents each, 5 pencils at 4 cents each and 8 notebooks and 12 sheets of colored paper. I don’t remember the prices of the latter two, but the total can’t be $1.70.”
How did Kevin know?
Because 4 cents, 20 cents, 8 notebooks and 12 sheets of colored paper are all divisible by 4, but 170 cents isn’t.
Because 4 cents, 20 cents, 8 notebooks and 12 sheets of colored paper are all divisible by 4, but 170 cents isn’t.
What is the highest regular counting number that is spelled without the use of the letter “N”? (No numbers like Googolplex or Graham’s number)
Eighty-eight. From then on, they all have the letter “N”.
Eighty-eight. From then on, they all have the letter “N”.
A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colors. There are eight of each color (including red).
59. The first 56 balls could all be non-red colors. If that happened, you’d have to choose from the 8 remaining balls, all of which would be red.
59. The first 56 balls could all be non-red colors. If that happened, you’d have to choose from the 8 remaining balls, all of which would be red.
