Last Problem:
Fill in the missing items:
? 15 30 40 ?
Answer:
love and game – These are tennis scores.
Today’s Problem:
A bottle and cork cost 21 pence and bottle costs 20 pence more than the cork. What does each cost?
Fill It In
Last Problem:
What is common about these words?
id, ill, shed, shell, wed, well, hell, were
Answer:
Insert an apostrophe into each word to make a new one” I’d, I’ll. she’d, she’ll, we’d, we’ll, he’ll, we’re
Today’s Problem:
Fill in the missing items:
? 15 30 40 ?
What is Common Here?
Yesterday’s Problem:
Mr. Rodgers began each day with a lightly boiled egg and a slice of toast – yet he never borrowed nor bought an egg, and he did not steal eggs or keep a chicken. How?
Answer:
He owned a duck – they were duck eggs.
Today’s Problem:
What is common about these words?
id, ill, shed, shell, wed, well, hell, were
How Can This Be?
Last Problem:
Tania has the same number of sisters as she has brothers. Her brother Ken has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many boys and how many girls are in this family?
Answer:
There are 4 girls and 3 boys.
Today’s Problem:
Mr. Rodgers began each day with a lightly boiled egg and a slice of toast – yet he never borrowed nor bought an egg, and he did not steal eggs or keep a chicken. How can this be?
How Many Boys and Girls?
Yesterday’s Problem:
How many odd pages are in a book that is 237 pages long?
Answer:
119. Take 1/2 of 237 which is 118.5 – there is one more odd page than even page – so odd is 119, even is 118
Today’s Problem:
Tania has the same number of sisters as she has brothers. Her brother Ken has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many boys and how many girls are in this family?
How Many Pages?
Last Problem:
How many letters are in the alphabet?
Answer:
11 – count up the letters in “the alphabet” – 3 plus 8 equals 11
Today’s Problem:
How many odd pages are in a book that is 237 pages long?
How Many Letters?
Last Problem:
How can 1/2 of 11 be 6?
Answer:
In Roman numerals, 11 is written as XI, so if you cut it in half horizontally through the middle, you get VI and in anverted VI – keep the VI half and VI in roman numerals is how to write a 6
Today’s Problem:
How many letters are in the alphabet?
How Can It Be?
Yesterday’s Problem:
What is the next symbol in this series? $ % ^ & * ?
Answer:
“(” These are the symbols above the numbers on the keyboard – the ‘(‘ is above the ‘9’ key – at least on most keyboards, which are standardized.
Today’s Problem:
How can 1/2 of 11 be 6?
What is Next?
Last Problem:
How can you divide 8 and get an answer of 3?
Answer:
Draw a vertical line down the middle, and you get a ‘3’ on the left, and an inverted ‘3’ on the right”
Today’s Problem:
What is the next symbol in this series? $ % ^ & * ?
How Do You Do It?
Last Problem:
What word, when you add more letters to it, becomes smaller?
Answer:
small
Today’s Problem:
How can you divide 8 and get an answer of 3?