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Age Rage

At a recent birthday party for a friend of mine, I pointed out the following to my friend: Eighty-seven years after you were one-third as old as you were one year ago, you will be four times as old as you were five years after you were one-fourth as old as you will be eight [...]

ABCD

Consider a four digit number, with each digit represented by the letters A, B, C and D.  With this number, the following is true:

ABCD
 __x    4_
DCBA

Which numbers are represented by A, B, C and D?

Aviva’s Trip

Aviva was planning to take a trip around the world. She liked names that were similar to hers, so she made a list of places she would like to visit.

However, one of these places doesn’t belong. Which one is it?

Arrawarra, Australia
Caraparac, Peru
Daba Qabad, Somalia
Krape Park, United States
Nagubugan, Philippines
Oktahatko, Florida
Ilokano, Polynesia

King, Ring, Wing

Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: a monarch, type of circle, flight helper would be: king, ring, wing.

1a) an Old Norse poem
1b) a wheel spoke
1c) an unusually small animal

2a) to give way
2b) a pasture
2c) to [...]

It’s a Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood

What was Mister Rogers middle name?

A2B

Last week, it took me three days to go from A to B, but then four days to go from B to A. What are A and B?

Pick Next

Which letter comes next in the series?

S, M, H, D, W, M, ?

Pick from:

L
V
Y
T
D

 

Who broke the vase?

Three friends Jim, Sam and Tom were playing in the garden and one of them broke a vase. While enquiring about it the three friends answered as follows:

Jim: I haven’t broken the vase.

Sam: I haven’t broken the vase.

Tom: Sam has broken the vase.

If only one of them is speaking the truth, then who broke the [...]

Missing Digits

Find the missing number, and explain why.

25         49            121

5            7               ?

15          13            9

20         20             20

 

Jim’s Dad

Jim’s teacher asked him his father’s name. He replied that his father’s name has 5 letters in it. His name starts and ends with 500. Additionally, the name has 5 in the middle. The second letter of the name is the first alphabet. And lastly, the name also contains the first number. What is John’s [...]