#1071 - Math Teaser
Find three whole, positive numbers that have the same answer when multiplied together as when added together.
1,2, & 3
1 x 2 x 3 = 6 and 1 + 2 + 3 = 6
#1072 - Monday Cipher Puzzle
Can you decipher the following common phrase?
T M C
A U O
H S M
W T E
What goes up must come down.
#1073 - IQ PUZZLE
You have two strings whose only known property is that when you light one end of either string it takes exactly one hour to burn. The rate at which the strings will burn is completely random and each string is different.
How do you measure 45 minutes?
Light both the ends of the first string and one end of the second string. 30 minutes will have passed when the first string is fully burned, which means 30 minutes have burned off the second string. Light the end of the second string and when it is fully burned, 45 minutes will have passed.
#1074 - September Riddle
man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
1:45.
The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two
#1075 - Read Between Lines Puzzle
There's a land where there's mummies and daddies but no babies. Books but no libraries. Mirrors but no reflections. Kittens but no cats. Cattle but no cows. Lollipops but no candy and trees but no forests. It's the land of what?
Double Letters
#1076 - Simple Simple Google Interview Puzzle
The puzzle is if the shopkeeper can only place the weights in one side of the common balance. For example if shopkeeper has weights 1 and 3 then he can measure 1, 3 and 4 only. Now the question is how many minimum weights and names the weights you will need to measure all weights from 1 to 1000. This is a fairly simple problem and very easy to prove also. Answer for this puzzle is given below.
This is simply the numbers 2^0,2^1,2^2 ... that is 1,2,4,8,16... So for making 1000 kg we need up to 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, and 512
#1077 - Quick Thinking Riddle
Without looking at a calendar, within a minute name a boys name using 5 consecutive 1st letters of 5 consecutive months
JASON----July August September October November
#1078 - Toughest Series Puzzle
What is the next number in this series?
4,12,84,3612....
6526884. To get from 4 to 12, you use the following formula. 12 = (4 squared)/2 + 4.
Continue on with (X^2)/2 + X.
#1079 - What Word Am I
I am a seven letter word but if you remove four of my letters I will have one left? What word am I?
Someone
Remove Some
#1080 - Google Interview Riddle
How many times do a clock's hands overlap in a day ?
22 times
am
12:00
1:05
2:11
3:16
4:22
5:27
6:33
7:38
8:44
9:49
10:55
pm
12:00
1:05
2:11
3:16
4:22
5:27
6:33
7:38
8:44
9:49
10:55