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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Brainteasers are here!

See if you can answer the following questions! Well can you?

1- Martha's friend wanted to know how heavy a bucket was. Martha told her friend it was "18 pounds divided by half its own weight". How much did the bucket weigh?

2- If four factory workers can fill four boxes of chocolates in four minutes, how many workers would be needed to fill 100 boxes in 100 minutes?

3- Billy's father-in-law's only daughter's mother-in-law's Billy's?

a. Mom
b. Grandma
c. Sister
d. Cousin
e. Daughter

4- You have a four minute timer and a three minute timer. They are both of the hour glass variety where sand filtering from one chamber to another marks the time.

How would you accurately mark the passing of five minutes?

5- Below, in scrambled form, is a word which is commonly used in everyday language.See how long it takes you to unscramble it.

T L R C E I E O N A C A

6- A mural consists of a certain design of different colors arranged in a grid.The number of individual designs. The number of individual designs forms a perfect square. Originally there had been one fewer design in each row and column, but the artist was told he had more room to add up to 100 more designs. He added 99 more. What was the original number of designs and the new total?

7- The day before the day before yesterday is three days after Tuesday.What day is today?

8- A bucket filled with water weighs 50lbs.When one half of the water is poured out, the bucket and the remaining water weigh 27.25lbs. How much does the bucket weigh?

9- If a teacher can place her students four to a bench, there will be three students on the final bench. But if five children are placed on each bench, there will be four students on the final bench. What is the smallest number of children the class could have?

10- Two mints and three cookies cost 39 cents. But three mints and two cookies cost 36 cents. How much does one cookie cost?

Hope you enjoy! : D

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