The puzzle of a purchase in the local market
A farmer bought 100 cows, sheep and chickens at Rs.1000. Cost of cows Rs.50 each, sheep Rs.10 each, and chickens 50 paise each. How many of each purchased?
A farmer bought 100 cows, sheep and chickens at Rs.1000. Cost of cows Rs.50 each, sheep Rs.10 each, and chickens 50 paise each. How many of each purchased?
In five barrels a mouse lay hidden. The dog hinted to the cat that the mouse is hiding in the 1000th barrel by a special way of counting. Read on...
In an archery match between three, target had scoring areas as 16, 17, 23, 24, 39 and 40 for the bull's eye hit only once. Total scores were...Read on...
If tail of a fish weighs 125gms, head as much as tail and half the body, and the body as much as the head and tail together, what is the weight of the fish?
A man paid one half money in a shop. Coming out he discovered that he had just as many paise as he had rupees before he went in and half as many..read on...
A ship carpenter has a problem of plugging a 12in square hole by cutting a single 9in x 16in wood block into two pieces to join the two. Is it possible?
How can two friends with different walking and cycling speeds cover 20 miles sharing just one bicycle between them and reach the destination at same time?
Change money math puzzle: Find three money amounts all made up of same three digits and sum of two amounts equal to the third amount. Time to solve 15 mins.
If I deal some cards among four, three cards remain. If I deal among three, two remain and if I deal among five, two cards remain. How many cards are there?
In a city of known number of residents find the minimum number of heads with same number of hairs when maximum number of hairs is also known. Read on...