A number of children are standing in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 7th child is directly opposite the 18th child. How many children are there altogether?
Answer:- 22; in half of the circle there are 11 children because 18-7=11. Multiply 11x2=22!
On a 12-hour digital clock, what is the smallest interval between two times that are palindromic (can be read forwards and backwards as the same number)?
Answer:- The interval is two minutes, between the times of 9:59 and 10:01.
The local historical society has leased a castle to use it as a museum. The original lease was 99 years. I asked the curator how much time was left on the lease. His answer was as follows: two-thirds of the time past is equal to four-fifths of the time to come. How much time was left on the lease?
Answer:- 45 years.
Let X equal the time left on the lease (which makes "time past" equal to 99-X). Set up the equation:
2/3 * (99-X) = 4/5 * X
Find the next number in the sequence:
2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 24, 27, ?
Answer:- 54, 58
(x*2, +1, *2, +2, *2, +3, *2, +4)
In a taxi there is...
A pregnant lady~25 years old
A construction worker~39 years old
A random man~52 years old
Driver~76 years old
•Who is the youngest?
Answer:- The pregnant lady’s baby
19, 20, 21, ?, ?, 26, 28, 32, 33, 40
Which two numbers should replace the question marks?
Answer:- 22 and 24: there are two interwoven sequences.
Starting at 19, alternate numbers progress +2, +3, +4, +5.
Starting at 20, alternate numbers progress +2, +4, +6, +8.
An adult is babysitting 7 children half of them are girls?
Answer:- out of seven children, half of them are girls, implies that the other half will remain the same. That woman has all seven girls.
A woman has 7 daughters riddle answer
Answer:- out of seven children, half of them are girls, implies that the other half will remain the same. That woman has all seven girls.
What kind of room has no doors or windows
Answer:- A mushroom
What gets broken without being held?
Answer:- A promise
How to spell mississippi joke
Answer:- Redneck: Which one? The river or the state?
Riddle: Where does today come before yesterday
Answer:- A dictionary
Riddle: What gets bigger when more is taken away
Answer:- Correct answer is a hole.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer:- A Sponge