#91 - What The Code Puzzle

A man desired to get into his work building, however he had forgotten his code.
However, he did recollect five pieces of information
* Fifth number + Third number = 14
* The fourth number is one more than the second number.
* The first number is one less than twice the second number.
* The second number and the third number equals 10.
* The sum of all five numbers is 30.

What is the code ?

74658

* 8 + 6 =14
* 5 = 4 + 1
* 7 = 2*4 - 1
* 4 + 6 = 10
* 7+4+6+5+8 = 30

#92 - Find Ages Riddle

Priyanka and Rubina are having a conversation.

Priyanka: I am definitely not over 30.
Rubina: I am 28 and you are surely 5 years older to me at least.
Priyanka: No, you are at least 29.

You are told that both of them are lying throughout in the conversation. Can you find their respective ages?

We know that both of them were lying in all their statements. Thus we can assume the opposite of what they said:

Priyanka: I am definitely over 30.
Rubina: I am not 28 and you are at most 4 years older to me.
Priyanka: You are at most 28.

Now we can conclude from the first statement that Priyanka is 31 years old at least. From the second and third statement, we can conclude that Rubina is at most 28 years old. Therefore, the possible ages of Priyanka and Rubina can be:

Priyanka: 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36...
Rubina: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27...

If we look at the second statement again, we know the difference between their ages is a maximum of 4 years.
Therefore, Priyanka age is 31 years while Rubina age is 27.

#93 - Split Money Pizza Maths Puzzle

Rihana, Peeta, and Logan order a pizza for $10. Out of the three, Rihana and Peeta were quite hungry and ate 6 slices a piece, while Logan had just 2 slices.

Now, they want to split the cost among them fairly but due to the lack of change, they decide to round of the cost to the nearest possible dollar.

Can you find out the fair way which should be used to split the money?

What if the pizza was worth $11?

If we assume that Rihana and Peeta pay the same amount, they can decide with "rock, paper, scissor" to determine who will pay the extra dollar. Any other method may be used as well. Suppose that Rihana pays $1 extra.

In this manner, Rihana pays $5, Peeta pays $4 and Logan pays $2.

If the pizza would have cost $11, this method will then prove to be great because both Rihana and Peeta will pay $5 each and Logan will pay $1. This will keep the offset same as previous. Rihana is paying 6% more, Peeta is paying 15% more and Logan is paying 27% more.

#94 - Calculate Sibling Family Riddle

In a family, there are many children. Every boy in the family has as many brothers as the sisters. However, each girl has twice number of brothers as that of sisters.

Can you calculate the number of siblings in the given family ?

Suppose that the number of boys be "b" and number of girls be "g".

Now, each boy has equal number of brothers and sisters:
(b - 1) = g
=> (b - g) = 1 ------ (1)

In addition, each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters:
2 (g-1) = b
=> (2g - b) = 2 ------- (2)

From (1) and (2)
g = 3 and b = 4

Therefore, there are 4 boys and 3 girls in the family.

#95 - Drive Time Maths Puzzle

Alpha and Beta have same amount of petrol in their respective cars. Alpha can drive for 4 hours whereas Beta can drive for 5 hours with the amount of petrol left.

Both of them start driving at the same time. After a few hours, they find out that the amount of petrol remaining in one of the cars is four times the other car.

Can you calculate for how long did they drive the cars?

3 3/4 hours

Assume that the initial amount of petrol in each of the petrol tanks be P.
Now, let us assume that they drove for H hours.

In that case, the amount of petrol used by one car in H hours will be = P*H /4
The amount of petrol used by the other car will be = P*H/5

Therefore, the petrol left in one car = P - P*H / 4
Petrol left in the other car = P - P*H / 5

Now, according to the question,
P - P*H / 5 = 4 (P - P*H / 4)
=> H = 15 / 4 = 3 3/4 hours.

#96 - How Many Burgers Maths Problem

If one and a half boys, eat one and a half burgers in one and a half hours.

How many burgers can 9 boys eat in 3 hours ?

18

More hours => more burgers.
More boys => more burgers.

The time become twice (3 hours / 1.5 hours).
Boys become six times (9 / 1.5).

Number of burgers = 2 * 6 * Original(1.5)
= 18

#97 - Compare Quantity Puzzle

Suppose "s" represents the number of seconds in a day and "h" represents the number of hours in ten years (which will also include two leap years), can you calculate which quantity is greater from the two variables?

S = 60 * 60 * 24 seconds = 86, 400 seconds.
H = (8 * 365 *24) + (2 * 366 *24) hours = 87, 648 hours

Clearly, H is greater than S even though not by much.

#98 - Trivia Number Riddle

A special integer exists in mathematics that shows a special property. If you subtract any number from that integer, the result will always be divisible by the successor of that number completely.

Do you know what that integer is ?

The required integer is -1.

For an example, let us subtract 7 from -1.

-1 - 7 = -8

Now the successor of 7 is 8 and (-8) is exactly divisible by 8.

You can try that for any number and it will hold true.

#99 - Cost Pen Cap Puzzle

A pen along with its cap costs Rs. 5.50. If the cost of pen is Rs. 5, more than the cap, can you calculate the cost of the cap ?

Let the cost of cap = c
Cost of pen = (5 + c)

As per the condition

5.50 = 5 + c + c
2c = 0.5
C = 0.25

Thus the cost of the cap is 25 Paise

#100 - Trick Time Riddle

Doctor advised his patient to take a tablet after every fifteen minutes. He gave him five tablets in total.

How much time will he take to have all the five tablets ?

60

The patient will be able to take all the tablets in an hour. This is because the first tablet will start the time.
1st tablet = 0 min
2nd tablet = 15 min
3rd tablet = 30 min
4th tablet = 45 min
5th tablet = 60 min