'S' refers to the number of seconds in a day and
'H' refers to the number of hours in ten years.
Which quantity out of these two is greater?
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Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Sunday, 27 March 2016
Calculating smallest possible children in the family
Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
What is the smallest number of children the family might have?
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What is the smallest number of children the family might have?
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Apple juice and bottle distribution math puzzle
You are distributing apple juice. There are 21 bottles in total out of which 7 are full, 7 half empty and 7 empty. The juices has to be distributed among three people.
How will you distribute so that each person gets equal number of bottles and the same quantity of juice?
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How will you distribute so that each person gets equal number of bottles and the same quantity of juice?
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Monday, 21 March 2016
Maximum runs that can be scored by a batsman in one day cricket
How many maximum runs can a batsman score in a normal one day match?
Consider the fact that the conditions are ideal and there are no No Balls, no Wide Balls and no Extras in that match.
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Consider the fact that the conditions are ideal and there are no No Balls, no Wide Balls and no Extras in that match.
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Maximum distance travelled by scooter puzzle
There is one scooter which has 2 tyres and one stepney/spare (i.e. total 3 tyres). Each Tyre can run up to max 5 km.
How far can you ride the scooter?
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How far can you ride the scooter?
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Sunday, 20 March 2016
Scoring maximum run in Cricket puzzle
Puzzle for Cricket fans.
Two batsmen Sachin and Kohli are each on 94 runs.
Seven runs are needed to win in the last 3 balls.
What is the maximum run both can score individually?
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Two batsmen Sachin and Kohli are each on 94 runs.
Seven runs are needed to win in the last 3 balls.
What is the maximum run both can score individually?
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Dice numbering puzzle
James is having 2 dices.
Dice 1- is a normal dice numbered 1 to 6.
Dice 2- is also having 6 faces but with no numbers written on them .
He needs to mark numbers on that 2nd dice so that after throwing both dices simultaneously , all the numbers from 1 to 12 will have equal probability to occur.
How can he do it? and what will be the probability?
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Dice 1- is a normal dice numbered 1 to 6.
Dice 2- is also having 6 faces but with no numbers written on them .
He needs to mark numbers on that 2nd dice so that after throwing both dices simultaneously , all the numbers from 1 to 12 will have equal probability to occur.
How can he do it? and what will be the probability?
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Find the next number in the sequence
What are the next three numbers in this series?
4, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42, 60, 72, 102, 108, ?, ?, ?
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4, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42, 60, 72, 102, 108, ?, ?, ?
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Saturday, 19 March 2016
Which Pizza will you prefer
The 10" pizza sells for $ 5.99 at my domino's pizza.
Domino's claims they have a great deal on the large 12" pizza, which is specially priced at $ 6.90.
What is the per cent discount the store is offering? Which pizza will you buy?
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Domino's claims they have a great deal on the large 12" pizza, which is specially priced at $ 6.90.
What is the per cent discount the store is offering? Which pizza will you buy?
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Friday, 18 March 2016
How many squares would there be in total on chess board
If you were to construct a 8 x 8 checkered square (i.e., a 8 x 8 chess board).
How many squares would there be in total?
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How many squares would there be in total?
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Thursday, 17 March 2016
Teacher and chalkstick saving puzzle
Your teacher has a total of 36 chalks.
When a chalk reduces to 1/6 of its original size, it gets too small for her to hold for writing and hence she keeps it aside. But your teacher hates wasting things and so, when she realizes that she has enough of these small pieces to join and make another chalk of the same size, she joins them and uses the new chalk stick.
If she uses one chalk each day, how many days would the 36 chalks last?
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When a chalk reduces to 1/6 of its original size, it gets too small for her to hold for writing and hence she keeps it aside. But your teacher hates wasting things and so, when she realizes that she has enough of these small pieces to join and make another chalk of the same size, she joins them and uses the new chalk stick.
If she uses one chalk each day, how many days would the 36 chalks last?
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Vacation at cousin's place puzzle
It was vacation time, So I decided to visit my cousin's home. What a grand time we had! In the mornings, we both would go for a jog. The evenings were spent on the tennis court. Tiring as these activities were, we could manage only one per day, i.e., either we went for a jog or played tennis each day. There were days when we felt lazy and stayed home all day long. Now, there were 13 mornings when we did nothing, 16 evenings when we stayed at home, and a total of 11 days when we jogged or played tennis. For how many days did I stay at my cousin's place?
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Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Man life in fraction puzzle
Man Wrinkle spent one-fourth of his life as a boy, one-eighth as a youth, and one-half as an active man. If Man Wrinkle spent 11 years as an old man, Then how many years did he spend as an active man?
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Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Fortune Teller predition puzzle
There is a village that has five fortune tellers. The first fortune teller's prediction has 83% chance of being correct. The second has 63% chance of being correct, The third 44%, The fourth 33 %, and The fifth 5 %. If you were trying to get the best prediction of your future for selecting a one lucky draw coupon out of 2 Coupons, which fortune teller would you go to?
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Hare and tortoise meeting puzzle
Haretown and Tortoiseville are 55 miles apart. A hare travels at 8 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 3 miles per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown. If both set out at the same time, how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route?
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Monday, 14 March 2016
Fortune Teller predition puzzle
There is a village that has five fortune tellers. The first fortune teller's prediction has 83% chance of being correct. The second has 63% chance of being correct, The third 44%, The fourth 33 %, and The fifth 5 %. If you were trying to get the best prediction of your future for selecting a lucky draw coupon, which fortune teller would you go to?
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Probability of having boy puzzle
In a country where everyone wants a boy, each family continues having babies till they have a boy. After some time, what is the proportion of boys to girls in the country?
(Assuming probability of having a boy or a girl is the same)
Sunday, 13 March 2016
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