500 people attended a high school basketball game and raised $500 for the school.
The prices were as follows:
More mothers than fathers turned up. How many children were there?
375 children (70 mothers and 55 fathers)
375 children (70 mothers and 55 fathers)
I cannot speak but I have great knowledge,
What am I?
A book.
A merchant has 21 sacks of grain: 7 full, 7 half-full and 7 empty. He wants to divide them equally among his three sons. How can he do this, without transferring any grain between sacks, so each son has the same quantity of grain and number of sacks?
We know each son must end up with 7 sacks and 3.5 sacks of grain, since (7 sacks + 7 half sacks) / 3 = 3.5 sacks each.
Solution 1
Solution 2
We know each son must end up with 7 sacks and 3.5 sacks of grain, since (7 sacks + 7 half sacks) / 3 = 3.5 sacks each.
Solution 1
Solution 2
What can be swallowed, But can also swallow you?
Pride.
I am flora, not fauna,
What am I?
A bush.
I drive men mad
Gold.
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 jump when I walk, can’t go backward and sit when I stand. What am I?
A kangaroo.
Where do you find that 100 is less than 99?
On a microwave. Most microwaves will run for a minute if you enter 100, but will run for a minute and 39 seconds if you enter 99.
100 is also less than 99 in an ordered ranking, where 1 is first, and 100th is a lower rank than 99th place.
On a microwave. Most microwaves will run for a minute if you enter 100, but will run for a minute and 39 seconds if you enter 99.
100 is also less than 99 in an ordered ranking, where 1 is first, and 100th is a lower rank than 99th place.
If a man made it, it has an eye.
What is it?
A needle.
By Sef Daystrom