What word when pronounced wrong is right but when pronounced right is wrong?
The answer is the word “wrong”. When it’s pronounced “wrong” (rhyming with song) that’s the correct pronunciation. However, if you were to pronounce the word as “right” (rhyming with night) that would be an incorrect pronunciation and be wrong.
The answer is the word “wrong”. When it’s pronounced “wrong” (rhyming with song) that’s the correct pronunciation. However, if you were to pronounce the word as “right” (rhyming with night) that would be an incorrect pronunciation and be wrong.
Never resting, never still,
What am I?
Sunlight (or sunshine).
What does this represent?
| R | E | A | D | I | N | G |
Reading between the lines
Reading between the lines
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase. They go up and down, but you’re the one moving.
A staircase. They go up and down, but you’re the one moving.
All about, but cannot be seen,
Sounds / noises. Wind also works.
Sounds / noises. Wind also works.
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 number comes next in this series?
2 3 6 7 1 9 4 5 ___
8. The numbers are in reverse alphabetical order.
Two, three, six, seven, one, nine, four, five, eight.
8. The numbers are in reverse alphabetical order.
Two, three, six, seven, one, nine, four, five, eight.
What two-digit number is the square of one number and the cube of another?
64
82 = 643 = 64
What letter comes next?
O T T F F S S
E (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven e ight)
E (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven e ight)
Which two numbers are missing and where do they go in the sequence?
8, 11, 5, 14, 1, 7, 6, 10, 13, 3, 12, 2
The missing numbers are 4 and 9. The list is sorted alphabetically by the English spelling of the numbers, so four belongs after five and nine comes after fourteen.
The missing numbers are 4 and 9. The list is sorted alphabetically by the English spelling of the numbers, so four belongs after five and nine comes after fourteen.