How Many Kids?

Previous Problem:

Five people order lunch one after another. Their names, not in order, are Carol, Donald, Joey, Rachel and Sven. These are what they ordered, but not according to their names: cheeseburger, salad, chicken sandwich, hamburger and fish & chips. Each asks for an extra sauce – ketchup, mustard, barbecue sauce, mayonnaise and ranch dressing. Who got what lunch and in what order were they standing in line? Your clues are:

The first customer (not a girl) is not the one who ordered the salad.
The salad didn’t have barbecue sauce on it.
Carol ate chicken for lunch and was not the last one in line.
The person who asked for ketchup had a cheeseburger.
Joey didn’t eat the fish which was smothered with mustard.
Donald was in the very middle of the line.
Sven was in line after the salad-eater but before the mayonnaise lover.

Answer:

Joey was first in line, ordered cheeseburger with ketchup
Carol was 2nd, ordered chicken with BBQ sauce
Donald was 3rd, ordered salad with ranch dressing
Sven was 4th, ordered fish and chips with mustard
Rachel was last, ordered hamburger with mayonnaise

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?

Who Got What Lunch?

Last Problem:

You are given three jars that contain gumdrops, candy-coated chocolate drops, and the third jar has a combination of these. You are told that every label is wrong on the jars, and the jars are not transparent. What is the least number of candies you must test in order to re-label them correctly?

Answer:

ONE: take a candy from the jar labeled “Mix” – you know this jar with the wrong label is not mixed – so that is the jar filled with the sweets you pulled out – say gumdrops. Now you know the jar labeled “Gumdrops” (which isn’t gumdrops) could be “Mix” or “Chocolate” – but since the other jar is wrongly labeled “Gumdrops” then the “Gumdrop” jar must have the “Chocolates” (since the “Mix” jar has the gumdrops). Then the “Chocolate” jar must have the mix.

Today’s Problem:

Five people order lunch one after another. Their names, not in order, are Carol, Donald, Joey, Rachel and Sven. These are what they ordered, but not according to their names: cheeseburger, salad, chicken sandwich, hamburger and fish & chips. Each asks for an extra sauce – ketchup, mustard, barbecue sauce, mayonnaise and ranch dressing. Who got what lunch and in what order were they standing in line? Your clues are:

The first customer (not a girl) is not the one who ordered the salad.
The salad didn’t have barbecue sauce on it.
Carol ate chicken for lunch and was not the last one in line.
The person who asked for ketchup had a cheeseburger.
Joey didn’t eat the fish which was smothered with mustard.
Donald was in the very middle of the line.
Sven was in line after the salad-eater but before the mayonnaise lover.

Candies

Yesterday’s Problem:

What rule can you apply to each of the following words to make new words of them all?

adds, ants, inks, ohms, sheer, star

Answer:

Replace each letter with the next letter of the alphabet – adds becomes beet, ants becomes bout, etc.

Today’s Problem:

You are given three jars that contain gumdrops, candy-coated chocolate drops, and the third jar has a combination of these. You are told that every label is wrong on the jars, and the jars are not transparent. What is the least number of candies you must test in order to re-label them correctly?

What Rule?

Last Problem:

Two men climb two ladders, each at the same speed, but they are getting farther apart. How?

Answer:

The ladders are at exact opposite ends of the earth, so the men climb in two different directions, OR even if they are next to each other or further apart, due to the curvature of the earth, they are still going slightly away from each other, perhaps only a very small amount.

Today’s Problem:

What rule can you apply to each of the following words to make new words of them all?

adds, ants, inks, ohms, sheer, star

What is it?

Last Problem:

What is the common link between these words:

threshold, taciturn, signature, redress, misspelling, lambaste, hockey, decoration

Answer:

Each word is made up of two shorter words which are joined by a common letter. The second word starts on the same letter as the first word ends on. threshold => thresh and hold, taciturn => tacit and turn, etc.

Today’s Problem

A tiger, a snake, a moose , a bear, and a turtle have one. An eagle, a walleye, and an elephant have two. Humans don’t have any. What is it?