Look at the following riddles and try to answer just one of them. Remember not to answer one that is already answered (even if is incorrect), don't try to overthink the riddles as there are some that are simple and some that require a mental or mathematical process.
In 30 words give the answer to the riddle and a small explanation of how you got to that result. follow the next format:
Name of the problem: solution-explanation...(eg.Smith Family: XXXXX-xxxxxx....)
1. Smith Family.
In the Smith family, there are 7 sisters and each sister has 1 brother. If you
count Mr. Smith, how many males are there in the Smith family?
2. Fill in the blank.
2, 4, 6, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 52, 54, 56, 60,
62, 64, 66, ___?
3. Horse. A man
bought a horse for $60 and sold it for $70.
Then he bought it back for $80 and sold it for $90. How much did he make
or lose in the horse trading business?
4. Earth It is estimated
that the earth weighs 6 sextillion tons. How much more would the earth weigh if
1 sextillion tons of concrete and stone were used to build a wall?
5. Basketball. Our
basketball team won a game last week by the score of 73-49, and yet not even
one man on our team scored as much as a single point. How is that possible?
6. Pile. A child playing
on the beach has 6 sand piles in one area and 3 in another. If he put them all
together, how many sand piles would he have?
7. Dancing. Three couples
went together to a party. One woman was dressed in red, one in green, and one
in blue. Each man was wearing one of these colors. When all three couples were
dancing, the man in red was dancing with the woman in blue. "Isn't it
funny Christine, not one of us is dancing with a partner dressed in the same
color." Think about the man who is dancing with the woman in red. What
color is he wearing?
8. Widow. Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's
sister? Why or why not?
9. Married. A man
who lived in a small town in the United States married 20 different women of
the same town. All are still living and he never divorced any of them. In this
town polygamy is unlawful; yet he has broken no law. How is this possible?
10. Cabin. Erin stumbles across an abandoned cabin one
cold, dark and snowy night. Inside the
cabin is a kerosene lantern, a candle, and wood in a fireplace. She only has one match. What should she light first?
11. Dead. Whoever
makes it doesn't use it, whoever buys it doesn't want it and whoever uses it
doesn't know it?
12. Reading skill: Which
is the following reading skill. |r|e|a|d|i|n|g|
13. Invention. There is an ancient invention still used in parts of
the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
I chose the riddle "Fill in the blank" because I found it so easy to answered it.
ReplyDeleteI think that the numbers that complete the sequence are 70, 72, 74, 76 because if you look carefully you can notice that the sequence goes by 2 and the number 8 is omitted and also you can notice that after the number with 6 then it skips until the next ten.
4. Earth weigh: 6 sextillion tons , I think that the weight of the earth will not change because you will use the materials on the earth to build it but if you bring the material from out of earth the weight will change.
ReplyDelete1. Smith Family. In the Smith family, there are 7 sisters and each sister has 1 brother. If you count Mr. Smith, how many males are there in the Smith family?
ReplyDelete- A total of 8 men in the family, because if there are seven sisters and for each sister there is a brother the total is 7 brothers and Mr Smith
I choose this problem because its an easy one and you don´t need complicated maths to get the result and it was the shortest one.
I choose: 6. Pile. You would only have 1 pile because it doesn’t matter the number of piles you have if you put them all together you would only have 1 pile.
ReplyDelete3. Horse: He won $20. If this man wasted $60 the fist time and then he got $70, that shows that he has +$10 but when he bought it again for $80 and sold it for $90 that means he got +$10 at the end he made$20.
ReplyDeleteI used basic mathematics foe this riddle (:
10. cabin- I really don´t know the answer but I think she should light the kerosene lantern first because the falme will long and with the fire you could light the others options you have, if i were she i would do it.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don´t know if she can light the match, the riddle don´t mention if she could.
7. The man was dancing had the color blue because if the woman she deserves of the blue dress is dancing with the guy of red suit , the they exchange couples , ando the other ones are dancing with the color they need to be dancing.
ReplyDelete8-.Widow: Well a man can get married with his widow´s sister if she doesn´t have some boyfriend or a husband. But well also it is like bad seems because it is like you finished a relation, you go for a second plate of the same family so it is better to not go with there sisters because of the ethic to not go for the second plate
ReplyDelete13. Invention.... I found this one easy to answer. The ancient invention are windows. Windows allow us to see through walls with no technology. It's just a hole in the wall and nothing more. Genius creation, maybe we think it's not original or that it doesn't have any creativity, but before, it didn't existed. Someone had to create it.
ReplyDelete9. Married. I think that he was a kind of priest in his town, in that way he was able tu marry many girls on town and still continue being seen as a good guy.
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