#221 - Friday Riddle
The equation shown below is not correct:
26-63=1
Can you make the equation correct by moving just one symbol?
Move the 6 up just a little bit.
2pow(6) -63 =1
#222 - Unsolvable Riddle
In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 123 people participate in the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 43 people have guessed none of the fruits correctly, 39 people have guessed one fruit correctly, and 31 people have guessed two fruits correctly.
How many people have guessed three fruits correctly, and how many people have guessed four fruits correctly
It is not possible to guess only three fruits correctly: the fourth fruit is then correct too! So nobody has guessed three fruits correctly and 123-43-39-31 = 10 people have guessed four fruits correctly.
#224 - January Series Puzzle
Find The Next Number In Series ?
100 365 24 60 ?
*Hint : Timing is everything
60. 100 years in a century, 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, & 60 seconds in a minute.
#226 - Cipher Age Puzzle
If Susan is 10, Arabella is 20, and Jim and Neal are both 5, but Richard is 10, how much is Jennifer by the same system?
Jennifer is fifteen, in a system that awards five for each syllable.
#228 - Oldest Direction Riddle
An electric train is traveling southwest at 95 miles per hour, and the wind is blowing north east at 95 miles per hour. In which direction does the smoke blow?
There is no smoke with an electric train.
