#1131 - Find The Word Puzzle
Begin with a word, five letters to my name,
Remove the first and last but I am the same
Take out my middle and still I remain.
What word am I?
Empty. (mpt, emty or mt depending on your interpretation)
#1132 - Classic Hens Eggs Puzzle
A chicken farmer has figured out that a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half. How many hens does the farmer need to produce one dozen eggs in six days?
the farmer needs 3 hens to produce 12 eggs in 6 days
This is a classic problem that many people get wrong because they reason that half of a hen cannot lay an egg, and a hen cannot lay half an egg. However, we can get a satisfactory solution by treating this as a purely mathematical problem where the numbers represent averages.
To solve the problem, we first need to find the rate at which the hens lay eggs. The problem can be represented by the following equation, where RATE is the number of eggs produced per hen·day:
1½ hens × 1½ days × RATE = 1½ eggs
We convert this to fractions thus:
3/2 hens × 3/2 days × RATE = 3/2 eggs
Multiplying both sides of the equation by 2/3, we get:
1 hen × 3/2 days × RATE = 1 egg
Multiplying both sides of the equation again by 2/3 and solving for RATE, we get:
RATE = 2/3 eggs per hen·day
Now that we know the rate at which hens lay eggs, we can calculate how many hens (H) can produce 12 eggs in six days using the following equation:
H hens × 6 days × 2/3 eggs per hen·day = 12 eggs
Solving for H, we get:
H = 12 eggs /(6 days × 2/3 eggs per hen·day) = 12/4 = 3 hens
Therefore, the farmer needs 3 hens to produce 12 eggs in 6 days.
#1133 - Half Full Or Half Empty Riddle
There is a barrel with no lid and some wine in it. 'This barrel of wine is more than half full,' said Curly. 'No it's not,' says Mo. 'It's less than half full.' Without any measuring implements and without removing any wine from the barrel, how can they easily determine who is correct?
Tilt the barrel until the wine barely touches the lip of the barrel. If the bottom of the barrel is visible then it is less than half full. If the barrel bottom is still completly coverd by the wine, then it is more than half full.
#1134 - Joke Riddle
Why did the boy throw the butter out of the window?
Because he wanted to see the butter fly (butterfly)
#1135 - Tricky Question
One day, Lavesh and his friends were playing around. Tarun hit something with a Pin and it popped. Lavesh's dad came in the room that very moment, but he wasn't mad. In fact, he was smiling. What did Mark hit?
A Balloon , It was Lavesh Birthday.
#1136 - Identify The 4 Numbers
Using the clues below, what four numbers am I thinking of?
The sum of all the numbers is 31.
One number is odd.
The highest number minus the lowest number is 7.
If you subtract the middle two numbers, it equals two.
There are no duplicate numbers.
The digits are 12, 5, 6, and 8
#1137 - Who is the oldest Puzzle
Kareena is older than Bipasha. Bipasha is younger than Karishma and younger than Katrina. Katrina is older than Kareena and Alonso, who are older than Karishma.If Alonso and Kareena are twins, who's oldest?
Katrina
#1138 - What Are We
We can be boring,
Or interesting.
We can be long,
Or short.
We can have pictures,
Or just words.
Many love us,
But many also hate us.
What are we?
Books
#1139 - Next Number In The Series Hardest
What is the next number in this series?
6, 14, 36, 98, 276, ?
794
The nth term in the series is given by the sum of x^n for x in the range 1 to 3, i.e. 1^n + 2^n + 3^n.
Thus the first term is 1^1 + 2^1 + 3^1 = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6,
the second term is 1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 = 1 + 4 + 9 = 14,
and so on.
The sixth term is then 1^6 + 2^6 + 3^6 = 1 + 64 + 729 = 794.
#1140 - A Counting Puzzle
If you wrote all of the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper, how many times would you have written the number 3?
120