SIMPLE PUZZLES

PUZZLE 15

A two-digit number, read from left to right, is 4.5 times as large as the same number read from right to left. What is the number?

PUZZLE 16

Some ducks are marching across a path. There's a duck in front of two ducks, there's a duck behind two ducks, and there's a duck in the middle of two ducks.

What's the least number of ducks that there could have been?

SOLUTIONS

PUZZLE 15 : 18 and 81


PUZZLE 16 : 3 Ducks.

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CHOCOLATE PUZZLE

A shop sells chocolates @ Re.1 each. You can exchange 3 wrappers for 1 chocolate.


If you have Rs.15/- how many chocolates can you get totally????
 
 
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SOLUTION:
 
22 CHOCOLATES

 for  15 rupees you get 15 chocolates.
on returning 15 wrappers you get 5  chocolates.
on returning 3 wrappers  (keeping two wrappers in hand) you get 1 chocolate.
now this one  chocolate. wrapper and the twp wrapers you had will add on three.
atlast on returning 3 wrappers you get 1 chocolate.


i.e.,   15+5+1+1 = 22

SIMPLE MATH PUZZLES

PUZZLE 8

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

PUZZLE 9

The following multiplication example uses every digit from 0 to 9 once (not counting the intermediate steps). Fill in the missing numbers.

7 _ _  *   4 _  =  _ _ _ _ _

PUZZLE 10

Here's a simple multiplication problem in which each letter represents a different digit. Can you solve it?

IF * AT = FIAT

PUZZLE 11:

Write down the next number in this series:

18,46,94,63,52, ?

PUZZLE12:

Find the next letter in the series:

O,T,T,F,F,S,S,E,?

PUZZLE 13:

How many two-digit positive whole numbers are there?

PUZZLE 14:

Find four consecutive prime numbers that add up to 220.

SOLUTIONS

 
PUZZLE 8 : A Decimal Point. 5.9
 
PUZZLE 9 : 715 * 46 = 32890
 
PUZZLE 10 : IF = 41. AT = 35. FIAT = 1435.


PUZZLE 11 : 61. Each is a perfect square read from back to front


PUZZLE 12 : N –  The series is the first letter of the numbers 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8, ? .so the next letter is N the first letter of Nine.  1[One],2[Two], 3 [Three], … 8[Eight], 9 [Nine].


PUZZLE 13: 90


PUZZLE 14:  47,53,59,61.
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SIMPLE MATH PUZZLES

PUZZLE 1

Divide 110 into two parts so that one will be 150 percent of the other. What are the 2 numbers?

PUZZLE 2

The following number is the only one of its kind. Can you figure out what is so special about it? 8,549,176,320.

PUZZLE 3

Jennifer took a test that had 20 questions. The total grade was computed by awarding 10 points for each correct answer and deducting 5 points for each incorrect answer. Jennifer answered all 20 questions and received a score of 125. How many wrong answers did she have?

PUZZLE 4

When asked about his birthday, a man said:"The day before yesterday I was only 25 and next year I will turn 28."This is true only one day in a year - when was he born?

PUZZLE 5

The following equation is wrong: 101 - 102 = 1. Insert one mathematical operator to make it correct.

PUZZLE 6

NOTHING BUT ZEROS!
Use FIVE 0's and any math operators to get 120.

PUZZLE 7

What is the next number in the series? 01, 1011, 111021, 31101211, ?

SOLUTIONS

PUZZLE 1 : 44 and 66


PUZZLE 2 : It's the only number that contains all of the digits in alphabetical order.


PUZZLE 3 : 5. She had five wrong answers. If Jennifer had answered all 20 questions correctly, she would have scored 200. Since she only scored 125, she must have lost 75 points. Since each incorrect answer results in a total loss of 15 points (10 for not getting it correct and 5 for answering incorrectly) she must have missed 5 questions. 5 x 15 = 75, 200 - 75 = 125.


PUZZLE 4 : He was born on December 31st and spoke about it on January 1st.


PUZZLE 5 : 101-10^2 = 1


PUZZLE 6 : ( 0! + 0! + 0! + 0! + 0! )! = 120


PUZZLE 7 : 132110111221...... first its 01 (one 0, one 1) etc.... so its one 3 two 1 one 0 one 1 one 2 and two 1!!!!

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