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More Money

More Money

would you have more money with a million dollars today or a penny today and double your money every day for 31 days?

double your money every day for 31 days
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Canaries and cages

Canaries and cages

I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have?

I have 3 cages and 4 canaries
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Father and Son

Father and Son

The father’s age and his son’s age added together are 66. The father’s age flipped is the son’s age.

What is the age of the father and his son?

33
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How Many Siblings?

How Many Siblings?

Mary has six brothers and five sisters. Yet, together they are 12 siblings.  How so?

Including Mary, they are 12. Otheriwse, they are 11. 6 brothers + 5 sisters + 1 Mary = 12 siblings.
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Bus Driver

Bus Driver

Your driving a bus there are 25 people in the at the first stop 12 get off and 4 get on at the 2nd stop 10 get off and 14 get on 3rd stop 6 get off and 9 get on 4th stop 12 get off and 7 get on at the last stop 3 get on and 5get off. What is the bus drivers last name?

What ever your last name is cuase you were the bus driver
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A large truck is crossing a bridge

A large truck is crossing a bridge

A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse? Give a reason.

No it does not collapse. Because it has driven a half mile - you would subtract the gas used from the total weight of the truck.
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Blue, red, green

Blue, red, green

Use arithmetic logic to solve the following problem:

There are a mixture of red, green and blue balls in a bag. The total number of balls is 60.

There are four times as many red balls as green balls; and 6 more blue balls than green balls.

How many balls of each color are there?

Blue = 15
Rred = 36
Green = 9
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6 in roman

6 in roman

After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.

Draw an S in front of the IX and it spells SIX. No one said the line had to be straight :)
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Chocolate Machines

Chocolate Machines

There are ten chocolate machines numbering 1 through 10 and each producing chocolate bars that weigh 1kg. However, there is a faulty machine which is producing 0.1kg more per bar than it should be.

There is one scale in the room that can only be used once to weigh the chocolate bars although a number of combinations is allowed.

How can you identify which machine is faulty?

Put one bar from the first machine on the scale, take two from the second machine, take three from the thrid machine, take four from the fourth machine and so one until such time that you have taken 10 from the 10th machine and placed them on the scale. Depending on which machine is faulty will be determined by the number reflected in the decimal column of your scale. For example -- if the thrid machine is faulty the final number will show 55.3kg's; if the seventh machine is faulty the final number will show 55.7kg's.
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