#1141 - Joke Riddle
Why did the boy throw the butter out of the window?
Because he wanted to see the butter fly (butterfly)
#1142 - Tricky Question
One day, Lavesh and his friends were playing around. Tarun hit something with a Pin and it popped. Lavesh's dad came in the room that very moment, but he wasn't mad. In fact, he was smiling. What did Mark hit?
A Balloon , It was Lavesh Birthday.
#1143 - Identify The 4 Numbers
Using the clues below, what four numbers am I thinking of?
The sum of all the numbers is 31.
One number is odd.
The highest number minus the lowest number is 7.
If you subtract the middle two numbers, it equals two.
There are no duplicate numbers.
The digits are 12, 5, 6, and 8
#1144 - Who is the oldest Puzzle
Kareena is older than Bipasha. Bipasha is younger than Karishma and younger than Katrina. Katrina is older than Kareena and Alonso, who are older than Karishma.If Alonso and Kareena are twins, who's oldest?
Katrina
#1145 - What Are We
We can be boring,
Or interesting.
We can be long,
Or short.
We can have pictures,
Or just words.
Many love us,
But many also hate us.
What are we?
Books
#1146 - Next Number In The Series Hardest
What is the next number in this series?
6, 14, 36, 98, 276, ?
794
The nth term in the series is given by the sum of x^n for x in the range 1 to 3, i.e. 1^n + 2^n + 3^n.
Thus the first term is 1^1 + 2^1 + 3^1 = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6,
the second term is 1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 = 1 + 4 + 9 = 14,
and so on.
The sixth term is then 1^6 + 2^6 + 3^6 = 1 + 64 + 729 = 794.
#1147 - A Counting Puzzle
If you wrote all of the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper, how many times would you have written the number 3?
120
#1148 - Murder Mystery Puzzle
A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped he had everything delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Thursday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening he could see the man's body lying in a pool of dried blood. When a police officer arrived he surveyed the scene. On the porch were two bottles of warm milk, Monday's newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail. The police officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why?
The police officer suspects the newspaper delivery person. The absence of Tuesday's and Wednesday's newspaper indicates that the delivery person knew there was no one there to read it.
#1150 - Mathematical Puzzle
Suppose I am a grandfather. My grandson is about as old in days as my son is in weeks. He is also as many months old as I am in years. Together, the three of us are 140 years old. How old am I?
As noted, all three are 140 years old. Thus, a+b+c=140, where a is grandfather, b is son, and c is grandson. Additionally, grandson being about as many days old as son is in weeks gives 365c=52b. Finally, the grandson being as many months as I am in years gives 12c=a. Thus, the following are known.
a+b+c=140
365c=52b or b=365c/52
12c=a
By calculation and substitution we have as follows.
12c + 365c/52 +c = 140
624c + 365c + 52c = 7280
1041c = 7280
c = 6.99, or 7 (teaser said 'about')
so, as 12c = a, then a = 84.
I am 84 years old.
As an aside, my son is 49