A new medical building containing 100 offices had just been completed. Mark was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Mark have to paint the number nine?
The correct answer is twenty (9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99(2) and so on).
There are three houses in a straight row. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. The red house is left of the middle. The blue house is right of the middle. Where's the white house?
In Washington D.C.
That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.
But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.
Who is lying?
Neither, the accountant was his sister.
Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?
SQRT(.2 ^ -2)
Take .2 and raise it to the power of -2 and then take the square root.
An explorer goes on an exposition in the jungle. He sets up camp in the middle of the jungle. The next morning he sees something with a head and a tail, but he is not afraid. What did he see in his bag?
A Coin
Find The Next Number
12 13 15 17 111 113 117 119 123 ?
129.
These are the first 10 prime numbers (2, 3, 5...) prefixed with a 1
What is the unique characteristic of the following words:
coughing, thirsty, defiant
Each word has 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet- couGHIng, thiRSTy, DEFiant
On your travels you come to an old man on the side of the road holding three cards from a standard deck face down. Trying to make conversation you ask him what the three cards are.
He tells you, 'To the left of the queen, are one or two jacks. To the right of the jack, are one or two jacks. To the right of the club, are one or two diamonds. To the left of the diamond, are one or two diamonds.' What are the three cards?
From left to right: the jack of clubs, jack of diamonds, and queen of diamonds.
OR: jack of diamonds, jack of clubs, queen of diamonds.
Fred can eat 27 chocolates in a hour, Alice can eat 2 chocolates in 10 minutes, and Kelly can eat 7 chocolates in 20 minutes. How long will it take them to share and eat a large box of 120 chocolates whilst watching a movie?
2 hours.
In one hour, Fred eats 27 chocolates, Alice eats 12, and Kelly eats 21. A total of 60 chocolates. Therefore 120 chocolates would take 120 ÷ 60 = 2 hours. QED.
What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?
A computer keyboard.