#21 - How Many Handshakes
Once upon a time, a king called for his 7 wisest men to be assembled in a room, with no one but them. All 7 men came in and shook their hands once with each of them.
How many total handshakes were there?
21
#22 - So Many People
There were two grandmothers and their two granddaughters.
There were two husbands and their two wives.
There were two fathers and their two daughters.
There were two mothers and their two sons.
There were two maidens and their two mothers.
There were two sisters and their two brothers.
Yet there are only six, who are buried here,
All are born legitimate and relationships clear.
How can this happen?
if the two widows had a son each and if the two widows were married to the son of the other and with this relationship of marriage they had a daughter, all the relationships can be found.
#23 - Pun Delight
A bomb exploded in a room full of married couples and no one died.How ?
There was not a single person in it. (Get it, single/unmarried?) Haha.
#24 - Woody Problem
Riddle me this, Riddle me that,
What am I? I am made of wood, but you cant saw me down?
Sawdust
#25 - The Imported Chocolate
Rohit went to buy some expensive, foreign chocolates. He only had Rs 100 with him. When he reached the shop, he got to know that on those chocolates, there was a 15% import duty and 5% VAT.
How much worth chocolate should he buy so that he can accommodate it in Rs 100 ?
83.33
#27 - Logic Container Time Puzzle
A large container is kept in open under the rain. Every passing hour, the water collected inside the container becomes double it was.
In ten hours, the container is filled completely. Can you calculate how long would it have taken to be filled half?
The answer is 9 hours.
Since we know that the water becomes double in the quantity every passing hour and that it was filled completely in ten hours, we need to go back one-step. Take out one hour and divide the quantity by 2.
#28 - Solve Who Am I Riddle
I am a mother. However, I never give birth.
I am a father. However, I never nurse my children.
Wandering is not possible for me, but standing still happens occurs rarely.
Who am I?
Tree
#30 - How Many Chicken Maths Problem
A farmer sold a few chickens to four different customers on a particular day. It was such that each customer purchased half of the remaining chickens and a half chicken more.
Can you find out how many chicken were sold by the farmer on that day if we tell you that the fourth customer bought a single chicken ?
A total of 15 chickens were sold by the farmer.
We know that the fourth customer bought just one from the total chickens. Thus, we can form the equation:
Total - (Total / 2 + 1/2) = 1
If you solve it, you will find that the total is 3.
Now, we can keep working this method till we reach the first customer.
The 1st customer bought 15 / 2 + 1/2 = 8 (leaving 7)
The 2nd customer bought 7 / 2 + 1/2 = 4 (leaving 3)
The 3rd customer bought 3 / 2 + 1/2 = 2 (leaving 1)
The 4th customer bought 1 / 2 + 1/2 = 1
When we add the numbers, we get
8 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15.