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  • Puzzle : Bridge Crossing Jim, Jeanne, Louis and Anne wants to cross the bridge at night. They have only one torch light with them. Only two can cross the bridge at a time. They need torch light to cross the bridge. Each of them walks at a different speed. Jim needs 1 minute, Jeanne needs 2 minutes, Louis needs 5 minutes and Anne needs 10 minutes. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower person. How these people can cross the bridge within 17 minutes?


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  • First Jim and Jeanne walks across the bridge, it takes 2 minutes Jim walks back with the torch light, which takes 1 minute Then Louis and Anne walk on the bridge, which takes 10 minutes Jeanne comes back with the torch light, it takes 2 minutes Finally Jim and Jeanne walks across the bridge, which takes 2 minutes Total = 2 + 1 + 10 + 2 + 2 = 17 minutes 


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    • 1. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 rats. Every cat killed an equal number of rats. Each cat killed more rats than there were cats. How many rats do you think that each cat killed ?

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    • A. 1009
    • B. 991
    • C. 2000
    • D. 1000
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    • 2. Riddle How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1,000? (only use addition)
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    • 3. Puzzle : Identical Balls There are 8 identical balls. In that one of the ball is overweight. There are only two chances to weigh in the weighing machine. How to find the overweight ball?
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    • 4. A cuboid shaped wooden block has 6 cm length, 4 cm breadth and 1 cm height. Two faces measuring 4 cm x 1 cm are coloured in black. Two faces measuring 6 cm x 1 cm are coloured in red. Two faces measuring 6 cm x 4 cm are coloured in green. The block is divided into 6 equal cubes of side 1 cm (from 6 cm side), 4 equal cubes of side 1 cm(from 4 cm side). How many cubes will have green colour on two sides and rest of the four sides having no colour ?

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    • A. 8
    • B. 24
    • C. 16
    • D. 4
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    • 5. Solve the following puzzle You are going to visit your grandmother on Mother's day. You want to give her two cakes. However, to get to her house you must cross seven bridges. At each bridge is a troll who demands ½ of all of your cakes as the price to pass. However, this troll, being a nice troll, feels bad and gives you back 1 of the cakes that he took. The puzzle to solve: How many cakes must you leave with to be able to give your grandmother 2 cakes
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    • 6. In a Certain Country 1/2 of 5 = 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10 ?

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    • A. 4
    • B. 6
    • C. 8
    • D. 10
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    • 7. Puzzle : Sequence of numbers Sequence of numbers are 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221. What will be the next one in the above sequence?
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    • 8. What 5 - digit number has the following features : If we put the numeral 1 at the beginning, we get a number three times smaller than if we put the numeral 1 at the end of the number?
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    • 9. Guess which number should be replaced by the "?" in the given series 0,10,1110,3110,132110,?
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    • 10. How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?

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    • A. 9 times
    • B. 10 times
    • C. 1 time
    • D. 0 times
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