If there are 12 one-cent stamps in a dozen, how many two-cent stamps
are there in a dozen?
Mary had nine apples and ate all but five. How many apples were
left?
There are five apples in a basket. How can you divide them among
five girls so that each girl gets an apple but one apple remains in the
basket?
I am the brother of the blind fiddler, but brothers I have none. How
can this be?
Read and Think Carefully!!
The following questions have reasonable and consistent answers. Read
them carefully!
How many marbles can you put in an empty bag?
Do you know how long cows should be milked?
In what month do Americans eat the least?
The butcher is six foot, four inches tall and wears size 14 shoes.
What does he weigh?
How long will a seven-day grandfather clock run without winding?
Ten barrels are filled with golf balls that look identical. All but
one of the barrels are filled with normal golf balls that weight one
ounce; but the balls in one barrel all weight two ounces. With one
weighing on a scale that gives weight in ounces, how can you determine
which barrel has the heavy golf balls?
Three boxes are labeled APPLES, ORANGES, and APPLES AND ORANGES.
Each label is incorrect. By selecting one fruit from one box can you
determine the correct labels? Explain.
The following dialogue takes place between four people who are
planning to go to a costume ball, each dressed as one of the others. Who
will be dressed as whom?
Napoleon: I think it would not be proper for anyone to go dressed
as himself or herself.
Marie Antoinette: Nor would it be suitable for two to dress in the
same costume.
Napoleon: No offense attended, madame, but I could not go dressed
as a lady.
George Washington: It matters not to me what costume I wear, but I
will insist upon wearing a wig.
Mozart: If you would all permit me, I would be pleased to wear a
military uniform.
Marie Antoinette: Of course it would be unsuitable for me to go as
a colonist.
Napoleon: Neither could I.
The House Puzzle.
There are five houses in a row, each of a different color, each
inhabited by people of different nationalities with different pets,
drinks and sports.
The American lives in the red house.
The Spaniard owns a dog.
Coffee is drunk in the green house.
The Ukrainian drinks tea.
The green house is immediately to the right of the white house.
The soccer player owns snails.
The polo player lives in the yellow house.
Milk is drunk in the middle house.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The person who skis lives next to the person with the fox.
The polo player lives in the house next to the house where the horse
is kept.
The hiker drinks orange juice.
The Japanese surfs.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
QUESTIONS: Who drinks water? Who owns the zebra?
Several photographers leave their camp looking a for a bear. They
walk 15 miles due south, then 15 miles due west, and then they sight a
bear. They walk another 15 miles to return to their camp. What color is
the bear?
In a particular scout troop, 70% of the scouts have a compass, 75%
have matches, 85% have a knife and 85% have a watch. What percentage of
the scouts (at least) have all four items: a compass, matches, a knife
and a watch?
Suppose you are traveling with a fox, a goose and a mouse when you
come to a large river. The only way to cross the river is with a raft
that holds at most you and one animal. Furthermore, if left unattended
by you, the fox will eat the goose and the goose will eat the mouse. How
many trips in the raft will it take to get you and your three pets
across the river (alive)?