Saturday, April 29, 2017

Common Thread


What do the following words have in common?
  • dust
  • seed
  • left
  • resign
  • weather
  • sanction
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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Marking a Ruler


A 13-inch ruler only needs four markings on it so that it can be used to measure any whole number of inches from 1 to 13. At what positions should the four markings be? (Do not include the two ends, which are understood to be markings 0 and 13.) Click below to see the answer.



Saturday, April 15, 2017

Move One Digit


The following equation is incorrect. Can you make the equation balanced by moving only a single digit?

101 - 102 = 1

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Saturday, April 8, 2017

What is the next number in the sequence?


Without Googling it, can you tell me the next number in the following sequence?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
1113213211

That should be enough to see the pattern, but this sequence goes on infinitely. Click below to see the answer.


Saturday, April 1, 2017

Beer Run


A man runs n laps around a circular track with a radius of t miles. He says he will drink s quarts of beer for every mile he runs. How many quarts will he drink? Click below for the answer.