#61 - Tricky Maths Riddle
I know a number which is spelled in an alphabetical order.
Do you ?
Forty
In a town, there are over 100 flats.
Flat-1 is named first flat.
Flat-2 is named second flat.
Flat-3 is named third flat.
A visitors 'Anmol' decides to walk through all the flats, he finds all the flats except flat-62.
Anmol later founds that the local of the town have given it another name.
What is the name of the Flat ?
One Minute flat
flat 62 => Sixty second flat => One minute flat
A sea diver is a real show off.
He showed everyone that he can hold his breath under water for 15 minutes.
I went to the diver and told him that i can be under water for double the time i.e 30 minutes.
He responded that he will give me 1000$, if i would be able to do it.
I won the 1000$.
what did i do ?
I filled a glass full of water and held it over my head for 30 minutes.
Today is admin birthday.
His five close friends Nell Edna harish hsirah and Ellen surprised him with party.
What is special with this list of these five names ?
If you read the names from last to start, it reads the same
A mathematician couple was having a Frappuccino in Starbucks sitting opposite to each other. Suddenly the guy noticed the text written on the paper in front of them and exclaimed that it was wrong. The girl denied and said it is appropriate. Both are correct. What is written on the paper ?
The text on the paper was X = XI + 1 which is inaccurate but when read from the girl’s side it becomes I + IX = X which is accurate.
A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match is out of the game).
(a) If 15 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 50 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?
(a) If you look at the question closely, it is a knockout tournament and the winner will be just one. Thus no. of players is equal to 15+1=16.
(b) The number of matches will always be one less than the number of players (in knockout tournaments). Thus the answer is 49.
James named his first son Alpha, second Beta, third gamma and fourth Delta. What is the fifth son’s name.
What
Bruce Banner was having a candle light dinner with his girlfriend. Suddenly a cold gush of wind entered through the open window and three of the ten candles were extinguished. Assuming that none of the other candles were extinguished.
How many candles are they left with in the end ?
Three.
The candles that were not extinguished will melt down completely eventually. Thus only three candles will remain in the end.