A Choice to Make

Last Problem:

Sally is babysitting 5 kids. She has 5 apples, but they are different sizes and she knows the kids will fight over them. How can she divide the apples equally so everyone is satisfied?

Answer

She made applesauce (or apple pie).

Today’s Problem:

A poor but honest knight wishes to marry a beautiful princess, who is also in love with him. The king isn’t as thrilled about it, but offers the knight a choice. He will draw one of two slips of paper from a golden box – one slip says “Marriage” and the other “Death.” The princess knows that both slips actually read “Death” and whispers this to the knight. But the knight is allowed to marry the princess. How?

What Should Frank Do?

Last Problem:

These letters have are unique from the rest of the alphabet – how? C D I L M V X

Answer:

All these letters are also Roman Numerals.” C=100, X=10, V=5, I=1 etc.

Today’s Problem:

Frank is babysitting 5 kids. She has 5 apples, but they are different sizes and she knows the kids will fight over them. How can she divide the apples equally so everyone is satisfied?

What is Unique?

Last Problem:

What two numbers (X) come next in the following sequence? 1 6 2 7 3 8 X X

Answer:

“4,9” – the pattern is +5 -4 or if you look at every other number, you can see two different patterns going on, 1,2,3,_ and 6,7,8,_ – so the next number of each sequence is a 4 and 9

Today’s Problem:

These letters have are unique from the rest of the alphabet – how? C D I L M V X

What is the Pattern?

Yesterday’s Problem:

The San Antonio Zoo has animals with 2 heads and three legs, and animals with two heads and two legs. All counted, there are 102 heads and 134 legs. How many of each kind of animal are there?

Answer:

32 3-legged animals, 19 2-legged animals

Today’s Problem:

What two numbers (X) come next in the following sequence? 1 6 2 7 3 8 X X

How Many of Each?

Last Question:

If Pam and her daughter’s ages are combined and equal thirty-one, and Pam is exactly thirty years older, how old are Pam and her daughter?

Answer:

The daughter is 6 months old, and Pam is 30 1/2.

Today’s Problem:

The San Antonio Zoo has animals with 2 heads and three legs, and animals with two heads and two legs. All counted, there are 102 heads and 134 legs. How many of each kind of animal are there?

How Old?

Yesterday’s Problem:

What is the 3 letter word that can be placed in front of the following words, that will make 4 new words?

bled, row, gin, tin

Answer:

“mar” – making the words marbled, marrow, margin, martin

Today’s Question:

If Pam and her daughter’s ages are combined and equal thirty-one, and Pam is exactly thirty years older, how old are Pam and her daughter?