What do you fill with empty hands?
Gloves.
Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word.
BSAINXLEATNTEARS
The familiar English word that remains is BANANA after removing the phrase “SIX LETTERS”.
The familiar English word that remains is BANANA after removing the phrase “SIX LETTERS”.
What has four legs and flies?
A horse with bugs or two pairs of trousers. The four legs should be obvious and the flies are the zippers.
A horse with bugs or two pairs of trousers. The four legs should be obvious and the flies are the zippers.
A green glass door admits only certain objects. Apples and balls are allowed, but pears and bats aren’t. What determines whether an item can enter?
All words with a repeated letter are allowed. Gree n glass doo r, app le and ball .
All words with a repeated letter are allowed. Gree n glass doo r, app le and ball .
Replace the letters with numbers to make this a valid mathematical equation.
COPS
CLOSE
CELLAR
CORPSE
CASE
+ COLLAR
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RECTOR
2730
29704
249918
278304
2104
+ 279918
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842678
2730
29704
249918
278304
2104
+ 279918
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842678
Tom’s mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?
Tom
When pronounced, it sounds nothing like the word.
A sentence.
By Sef Daystrom
A sentence.
By Sef Daystrom
Alfred is at the bank to cash his $200 check. He tells the cashier he would like some one dollar bills, ten times as many two dollar bills and the rest in fives.
How many of each denomination does the cashier need to give Alfred?
Five $1 bills, 50 $2 bills and 19 $5 bills.
We know that in order to give the rest of the amount in fives, the sum of the one and two dollar bills needs to be divisible by five (i.e. end in 0 or 5).
If we start with a single one dollar bill, we’d need ten two dollar bills to satisfy the request, making $21. But we need a sum that is divisible by 5. So we keep going up, like so:
$1 + $2 * 10 = $21
So the only option that works is 5 $1 bills and 50 $2 bills, leaving $95 (95 / 5 = 19) to be paid out in 19 fives.
Alfred is one tough customer.
Five $1 bills, 50 $2 bills and 19 $5 bills.
We know that in order to give the rest of the amount in fives, the sum of the one and two dollar bills needs to be divisible by five (i.e. end in 0 or 5).
If we start with a single one dollar bill, we’d need ten two dollar bills to satisfy the request, making $21. But we need a sum that is divisible by 5. So we keep going up, like so:
$1 + $2 * 10 = $21
So the only option that works is 5 $1 bills and 50 $2 bills, leaving $95 (95 / 5 = 19) to be paid out in 19 fives.
Alfred is one tough customer.
I am whole but incomplete. I have no eyes, yet I see. You can see, and see right through me. My largest part is one fourth of what I once was.
What am I?
A skeleton.
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.