What building has the most stories?
The library.
A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract just one and twelve remains.
Dozens, dozen.
What is the similarity between “2 + 2 = 5” and your left hand?
Neither is right. Two plus two equals five isn’t right, or correct and your left hand is not your right hand.
Neither is right. Two plus two equals five isn’t right, or correct and your left hand is not your right hand.
A farmer dies leaving a will dividing his flock of nineteen sheep with the following ratios:
Half to his oldest son, a quarter to the middle son and one fifth to his youngest son.
Without cutting any sheep up, how did the executor of the will fulfill the farmer’s wishes?
The executor went to the neighbouring farm and asked to borrow a sheep for a few minutes. Then he returned to the sons and said, “Half of the (now) twenty sheep is 10. A quarter of the twenty sheep is 5. A fifth of the twenty sheep is 4. 10 + 5 + 4 = 19. Then the executor took the borrowed 20th sheep back to the neighbour.
Thanks to Annette for sending this in.
The executor went to the neighbouring farm and asked to borrow a sheep for a few minutes. Then he returned to the sons and said, “Half of the (now) twenty sheep is 10. A quarter of the twenty sheep is 5. A fifth of the twenty sheep is 4. 10 + 5 + 4 = 19. Then the executor took the borrowed 20th sheep back to the neighbour.
Thanks to Annette for sending this in.
What do the following words have in common?
far
Each of these words becomes a new word when the letter ‘e’ is placed after the first letter.
far = fear
Each of these words becomes a new word when the letter ‘e’ is placed after the first letter.
far = fear
Ralph goes to the hardware store to buy something for his house. He asks the clerk how much one will cost and the clerk looks it up and tells him it will be $3. He asks about buying twelve and is told it will be $6. Two hundred will cost $9.
What is Ralph buying?
Door numbers at $3 each.
A door, a body, and a knot can be this.
Double. Double doors, a stunt double (for an actor) and a double knot. And there’s also the double rainbow :)
By Sef Daystrom
Double. Double doors, a stunt double (for an actor) and a double knot. And there’s also the double rainbow :)
By Sef Daystrom
A flock of birds are trapped in a delivery truck. When would the truck weigh the most?
a) When the birds are resting on the floor
c – The weight doesn’t change since it’s a closed system.
c – The weight doesn’t change since it’s a closed system.
How do you share 15 apples evenly with 16 people?
Make applesauce.
Debbie starts driving her dragster from rest and constantly accelerates to 60 mph in 10 seconds. How far does she travel in those 10 seconds?
1/12 mile
Ten seconds is 1/6 of a minute and 1 minute is 1/60 of an hour, so 10 seconds is 1/360 of an hour.
If you graph her trip with the speed on the y-axis and the time on the x-axis, you get a triangle with height of 60 mph and width of 1/360 of an hour. To calculate the area of the triangle, you multiply 1/2 × 1/360 × 60 = 1/12.
1/12 mile
Ten seconds is 1/6 of a minute and 1 minute is 1/60 of an hour, so 10 seconds is 1/360 of an hour.
If you graph her trip with the speed on the y-axis and the time on the x-axis, you get a triangle with height of 60 mph and width of 1/360 of an hour. To calculate the area of the triangle, you multiply 1/2 × 1/360 × 60 = 1/12.