Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Seconds or Hours, which is greater puzzle

'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?




Show Solution

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?




Show Solution

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?




Show Solution

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.




Show Solution

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?




Show Solution

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?




Show Solution

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?




Show Solution

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, ?, ?, ?


Show Solution

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?




Show Solution

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?



Show Solution

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?




Show Solution

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?


Show Solution

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Divide 30 by 1/2 and add ten Tricky Math Puzzle

Divide 30 by 1/2 and add ten. What is the answer?


Show Solution

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?


Show Solution

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?


Show Solution

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?


Show Solution

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?

Show Solution

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)