Last Question:
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answer:
A towel
Today’s Question:
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.
What did you eat?
What is it?
Yesterday’s Problem:
Formulate an equation that will equal 31 using the number three five times.
Answer:
There are many ways to make 31 from five 3’s. Here is just one way:
33-3+(3/3) = 31.
Today’s Question:
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Formulate a Formula
Last Problem:
Find the odd one out from the following set of numbers:
5,6,11,22,42,88,176
Answer:
42
Explanation: The digit subsequent to the first digit (if one exists) is either equal to or greater than the first digit. In the case of the number 42, the second digit is less than the first digit. The number 42 is thus the odd number in the set.
Today’s Problem:
Formulate an equation that will equal 31 using the number three five times.
What Doesn’t Belong?
Last Question:
If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it flash in ¾ of an hour?
Answer:
450 flashes
Explanation: If it flashes every 6 seconds, it means it would flash 10 times per minute and in 45 minutes, it would flash 450 times.
Today’s Problem:
Find the odd one out from the following set of numbers:
5,6,11,22,42,88,176
How Many Flashes?
Last Question:
Two planes take off at the same exact moment. They are flying across the Atlantic Ocean. One leaves New York and is flying to Paris at 600 miles per hour. The other leaves Paris and is flying to New York at only 525 miles per hour. Which one will be closer to Paris when they meet?
Answer:
They would be at same distance since the distance to Paris from their meeting point would be same for both planes. Did I get you on this on?
Today’s Question:
If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it flash in ¾ of an hour?
Which Plane is Closer to Paris?
Last Problem:
You are driving a 1984 Volvo Sedan. The license plate number of your car is Oregon KAZ-719. You depart at 10.26 AM from Portland and travel 289 miles to your sister’s home in California at a speed of 64 miles per hour. What is the date of birth of the driver?
Answer:
Since you are driving the car, the date of birth of the driver is your date of birth which is _____?
Today’s Question:
Two planes take off at the same exact moment. They are flying across the Atlantic Ocean. One leaves New York and is flying to Paris at 600 miles per hour. The other leaves Paris and is flying to New York at only 525 miles per hour. Which one will be closer to Paris when they meet?
Driver’s Date of Birth?
Yesterday’s Problem
A monkey climbs 3 yards in 1 hour and slips back 2 yards. How long does it take the monkey to climb 20 yards?
Answer:
18 Minutes
Today’s Problem:
You are driving a 1984 Volvo Sedan. The license plate number of your car is Oregon KAZ-719. You depart at 10.26 AM from Portland and travel 289 miles to your sister’s home in California at a speed of 64 miles per hour. What is the date of birth of the driver?
How Long Does the Monkey Take?
Last Problem:
What is next number in the following series of numbers
3, 4, 6, 9 ?
Answer:
13
The following number in the sequence is equal to the difference between the previous two numbers plus 1. So, 9-6 = 3 + 1 = 4. So, 9+4 = 13.
Today’s Mind Puzzle:
A monkey climbs 3 yards in 1 hour and slips back 2 yards. How long does it take the monkey to climb 20 yards?