Brain Teasers

careless25 · 2008-07-26 14:18:05

Great Job Janefairfax and Zhero you are right.
ZHero it would be nice to kno how u got his age.;)

careless25 · 2008-07-26 16:39:18

8)
Amongst RAM,SHAM and KRISHAN are doctor, a lawyer and a police officer. They are married to RADHA, GITA and SITA (not in order). Each of the wives have a proffesion to help augment the husband's earnings.
A.The day RAM and SHAM saw the film 'Sita and Gita', SITA and GITA saw 'Ram and Sham'.
B. KRISHAN's wife is an artist and regularly holds exhibitions at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
C. RAM and GITA are having an affair on the quiet.
D. The lawyer's wife teaches in St. Mary's Convent.
E. RADHA is married to the police officer.
F.SITA is an expert cook and one can find her lessons on 'Chinese Food' in every issue of 'Lady Luck' magazine.
Who's Who?

There are some funny names here as this was written by an indian author. Just Ignore.;)

ZHero · 2008-07-26 17:40:26

Here's my

is this answer right?

careless25 · 2008-07-26 17:50:48

correct.

careless25 · 2008-07-27 03:50:55

9)
if the day after tommorow was yesterday, Sunday would be what today was if the day before yesterday was the day after tomorrow.
What day is it Today?

ZHero · 2008-07-27 04:00:36

careless25 · 2008-07-27 04:10:42

no

ZHero · 2008-07-27 04:53:56

A LAST TRY for

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I give up if its wrong again this time...

careless25 · 2008-07-27 05:05:43

Yes!

ZHero · 2008-07-27 05:26:20

Hurrah!!
This however is a very annoying logic puzzle!!

ZHero · 2008-07-27 06:24:41

Right??

mamo · 2008-07-27 07:41:47

careless25 wrote:

1)
There are 70 clerks working with Messrs STEVE STEEVE StEAVE & Co, Chartered accountants, of which 30 are females. Also-
a)30 clerks are married;
b)24 clerks are above 25 years of age;
c)19 married clerks are above 25 years, of whch 7 are males;
d) 12 males are above 25 years of age; and
e) 15 males are married
How many bachelor girls are there and how many of these are above 25?
2) Can you write:
a) 1 by using all ten digits (each digit used once only)?
b) 100 with five identical digits?
c) 1000 with eight-
(i)8's?
(ii)4's?
(iii)5's?
(iv)7's?
(v) of any digit other than zero?

1). 15 and 5.
2) Can you write:
a)9-8-7+6-5+4+3-2+1+0=1
b)20+20+20+20+20=100?
c) 1000 with eight-
(i)(8x8x8-8)x(8+8)/2 -8
(ii)(4x4x4x4-4)x4-4-4
(iii)(5x5x5)x(5+(5+5+5)/5)
(iv)dunno..

Last edited by mamo (2008-07-27 07:45:08)

careless25 · 2008-07-27 09:09:53

careless25 · 2008-07-27 09:11:40

Good job! ZHero.

careless25 · 2008-07-27 10:29:06

Anyone try to solve my signature?
Prove that half of 8 = 3 and half of 9 = 4
or half of 12 = 7.
This is kind of a lateral thinking problem.

mathsyperson · 2008-07-27 10:44:45

Cutting 8 down the middle and taking the right-hand half gets you 3. Am I on the right track?

careless25 · 2008-07-27 10:50:55

great mathsy, but the 9 and 12 maybe a challenge.

Last edited by careless25 (2008-07-27 10:51:44)

JaneFairfax · 2008-07-27 11:27:28

careless25 · 2008-07-27 11:37:29

Last edited by careless25 (2008-07-27 11:43:50)

careless25 · 2008-07-27 11:45:18

Great Jane! The funny thing is it will work for most of the numbers.

careless25 · 2008-07-27 11:57:40

10)
Mr. Anyman left Anytown by car to attend a wedding at Anycity. He had been driving for exactly two hours when the car got punctured. It took his driver Anybody ten minutes to change the wheel. In order to play safe they covered the remaining distance at a speed of 30 mph. Consequently, Mr. Anyman was at the wedding half-an-hour behind schedule.
"Had the car got the puncture 30 miles later, I would have been only 15 minutes late" he told the driver.
How far is Anycity from Anytown?

ZHero · 2008-07-27 15:34:37

careless25 wrote:

How does this differ from MY SOLUTION above??

careless25 · 2008-07-27 15:51:14

ZHero wrote:

How does this differ from MY SOLUTION above??

i said a simple explanation, i didnt say ur answer was wrong or ur approach was wrong.

ZHero · 2008-07-27 16:02:39

careless25 wrote:

i said a simple explanation, i didnt say ur answer was wrong or ur approach was wrong.

You're getting it wrong.. I just wanted to say that Your approach and My approach are all the same! So there's no question of 'a simpler explanation' right?
Hope you got it..
See 'my approach' above...

careless25 · 2008-07-27 16:04:19

o nvm.

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