#291 - Question Riddle
If in a cycle race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?
6
#293 - Logical Thinking Puzzle
How many cubic feet of dirt are in a hole of one foot deep, three feet long, and two feet wide?
NONE, holes are empty
#294 - Logic Interview Question
The first box has two white balls. The second box has two black balls. The third box has a white and a black ball.
Boxes are labeled but all labels are wrong!
You are allowed to open one box, pick one ball at random, see its color and put it back into the box, without seeing the color of the other ball.
How many such operations are necessary to correctly label the boxes?
Just One!
Because we know all labels are wrong.
So the BW box must be either BB or WW. Selecting one ball from BW will let you know which.
And the other two boxes can then be worked out logically.
#296 - Tricky Maths Problem
I drive at an average speed of 30 miles per hour to the railroad station each morning and just catch my train. On a particular morning there was a lot of traffic and at the halfway point I found I had averaged only 15 miles per hour. How fast must I drive for the rest of the way to catch my train?
The train is just about to leave the station and there is no way I will be able to catch it this time.
#297 - Maths Word Problem
I am an odd number; take away an alphabet and I become even. What number am I?
7 (SEVEN-S=EVEN)
#298 - Riddle Problem
Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be ?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.
#299 - Trick Math Question
What is the largest number you can write with just 3 digits ?
9^9^9 (9 to the 9th power of 9).
Many People must have tough 999
#300 - Fun Math Puzzle
Baseball bat and ball cost $50. If the bat cost $49 more than the ball, what is the cost of each
bat $49.50, ball $0.50