How to Cut the Cake

Yesterday’s Problem:

Which word is different from the others in this list: cigar, calmer, sorbet, wined, beeches

Answer:

“beeches” – the other words can be rearranged into known boy’s names: cigar=>Craig, calmer=>Marcel, sorbet=>Osbert, wined=>Edwin. Beeches doesn’t rearrange into a known boy’s name (though in these days, I’m sure there will be a new name invented that can take care of this – but it will take a long time to be a “known” name

Today’s Problem:

Two kids were arguing over a small cake – each wanting it. Their mom cleverly told them which one would cut the cake, and how to make sure the pieces were even and equal. How did she do this?

What is in Common?

Last Problem:

How many mistakes in these sentences? “This sentance contanes one misteak.” AND “Their are three misteaks in this sentence.”

Answer:

The first sentence has 3 mistakes in spelling (this sentence contains one mistake) but is false since there are more than one mistake – for a total of 4 mistakes, and the 2nd sentence has 2 spelling or grammatical mistakes (there are three mistakes in this sentence) which makes the sentence false, giving it then three, which then puts the sentence true, which then takes away the third mistake of being false – it’s a catch-22 answer.”

Today’s Problem:

What do the following words have in common?

salad, turkey, room

How Many Mistakes?

Yesterday’s Problem:

What comes next in this sequence: e, g, k, m, q, _ ?

Answer:

“s” – arrange prime numbers according to alphabet 1=a, 2=b, etc., but starting at 5 it’s 5(e), 7(g), 11(k), 13(m), 17(q), 19=s

Today’s Problem:

How many mistakes in these sentences? “This sentance contanes one misteak.” AND “Their are three misteaks in this sentence.”

What Comes Next?

Last Problem:

Two boys who were playing in the playground, slipped on some wet grass and landed partly in mud and partly in wet grass. When they got up, one boy’s face was all muddy; the other’s face was clean. Yet the one with the clean face is the one who went directly to wash his face. Why?

Answer:

The boy with clean face saw the boy with dirty face, and assumed his face was dirty, too. The dirty boy saw the clean boy and figured he was clean, as well. So the one who thought he was dirty went to get washed up.

Today’s Problem:

What comes next in this sequence: e, g, k, m, q, _ ?

Why?

Last Problem:

A hunter spotted a bear due east. Taken by surprise, he ran directly north, and then looked to see that the bear hadn’t moved. As he steadied and took aim at the bear, he aimed directly south. What color is the bear?

Answer:

The man must have shot the bear from the north pole, making it a polar bear, which would be white.

Today’s Problem:

Two boys who were playing in the playground, slipped on some wet grass and landed partly in mud and partly in wet grass. When they got up, one boy’s face was all muddy; the others face was clean. Yet the one with the clean face is the one who went directly to wash his face. Why?