1.
HOW DID HE KNOW?
A
man was waiting at an airport for a plane to arrive. Suddenly, he heard someone
call his name. Looking up, he saw an old friend of his hurrying toward him.
Hey,
Bill!" called his friend. "How are you? I haven't seen you in
years!"
How
are you?" exclaimed Bill. "Wow, you look great!"
I
am married now,to somebody you don't know," said the other."This is
my daughter."
Bill
smiled down at the little girl. "Hi, young lady. What's your name?"
It's
the same as my mama's," said the girl."Is that so," said Bill,
winking at his friend.
“Then
your name must be Cindy!"
How
could he possibly know this?
2.
HUNGRY HORSES
If
five horses can eat five bags of oats in five minutes, how long will it take a
hundred horses to eat a hundred bags of oats?
3.
THE STRANGE SISTERS
It
was the first day of school. The teacher had several children in her class. She
asked
all
the new children to write down their names and their date of birth for her.
The
first two names she looked at were those of girls. She saw that they both had
the same last name.
They
also had the same birthday---June 9, 1973.
"Will
Jane and June campbell please stand?" asked the teacher. Two girls stood
up, and the teacher saw that they were just alike. "Oh, you're
twins," she said.
One
of the girls shook her head. "No," she said. "We're sisters, but
we're not twins.”
How
could they be sisters and be the same age, but not twins?
4.
A CUTTING PROBLEM
You
have a long stick of wood that you want to cut into ten pieces, all the same
length. It takes one minute to make each cut. How many minutes will it take to
cut the stick on till ten pieces?
5.
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING FISH
Two
fathers and two sons went fishing. Each caught one fish. However, only three
fish were caught.
How
was this possible?
6.
THE TENNIS PLAYER
Once
there was a player
In
the tennis game.
She
played very well.
And
won great fame.
Jane
was her first name,
What
was her last name.
Q:
Find Jane's last name
Answers...........
ReplyDelete1. HOW DID HE KNOW
Bill knew the little girl's name because it was the same as his friend's name. His old friend,
to whom he was talking, was named Cindy, and she was the little girl's mother.
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2. HUNGRY HORSES
If five horses can eat five bags in five minutes, then it takes each horse five minutes to eat a bag of oats. Therefore, it will take only five minutes for 100 horses to eat 100 bags of oats.
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3. THE STRANGE SISTERS
They were two of a set of triplets. The other triplet, Jackie, was sick that day.
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4. A CUTTING PROBLEM
It will take you 9 minutes to cut the stick into 10 pieces, because you need to make only 9 cuts. The ninth cut turns the last section of wood into 2 pieces --- the ninth and tenth pieces.
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5. THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING FISH
The two fathers and two sons who went fishing were actually only three people --- a grandfather, his son, and his grandson.
The grandfather was his son's father, and of course the son was his grandson's father.
That makes two fathers. The grandfather's son was one son, and his son was the other.
So, if each of them caught one fish, only three fish were caught.
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6. THE TENNIS PLAYER
The first and last names are given in the last two lines of the poem. Jane was her first name, What was her last name.
The two lines make one complete sentence. And there is a full-stop at the end of the
sentence, not a question mark. So the sentence doesn't ask a question. It tells you
that Jane was the first name and that What was her last name.
Her name was Jane What.
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