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22Feb/1013

Mathematical Puzzle for Competitive Exams

Mathematical Puzzle for competitive examinations- Friends this is a maths puzzle. Solving this type of maths puzzle could be very useful for students taking competitive examinations like CAT, GMAT, etc. Please let me clarify the puzzle is complete and no information in missing. For more such puzzle keep checking back WWW.QUICKERMATHS.COM

Mathematics Age Puzzle

At a census there is the following dialog:

Field helper: number of children?

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21Feb/102

Windy Flight Paradox

A plane makes a trip from New York to Washington and back to New York. Call the distance between the two cities 200 miles and the speed of the plane 100 miles per hour. Then the time required for the round trip, ignoring stops, is 4 hours. Now suppose there is a strong wind which blows throughout the entire trip with the same speed and in the same direction-from New York directly toward Washington, say.

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20Feb/104

Puzzling Puzzle

Who should be the Boss?

A large business firm was once planning to open a new branch in a certain city, and advertised positions for three clerks. Out of a number of applicants the personnel manager selected three promising young men and addressed them in the following way : "Your salaries are to begin at the rate of $1000 per year, to be paid every half-year. If your work is satisfactory, and we keep you, your salaries will be raised.

Which would you prefer, a raise of $150 per year or a raise of $50 every half-year?"

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20Feb/103

Bearish Brain Teaser

Weird Brain Teaser...isn't it?

A certain sportsman, experienced in shooting small game, was out on his first bear hunt. Suddenly he spotted a huge bear about a hundred yards due east of him. Seized with panic, the hunter ran out directly away from the bear, but, in his confusion, due north. Having covered about a hundred yards, he regained his presence of mind, stopped, turned, and killed the bearwho had not moved from his original position-by shooting due south. Have you all the data clearly in mind?

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19Feb/100

How to Manage Stress During Exams?

This article is written by keeping in mind young visitors of QuickerMaths.com. The idea of this article is not to make you perform well, but to make the exam process less tiring and little more enjoyable, thus enhancing your performance.

How to Manage Stress before Examination?

  • Take a piece of paper and list down the main reasons of your stress and anxiety. Next to each problem, write possible solutions.  Take a break and discuss with your parents and (if possible) your teachers your fears and doubts

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2Feb/107

Weight Puzzles

Sample Puzzles

Find below couple of weights and balance scale related puzzle questions. We are also mentioning the difficult level as per our perception. Our opinion may differ from yours.

Weight Puzzle Number 1

Here is a puzzle question of average (2/5; 5/5 is most difficult) difficulty level -

Among 12 identical looking golf balls there is one that is defective in weight. It is either heavier or lighter than the standard one. You have a balance Scale. You can only weigh 3 times to find

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2Feb/104

Strange Examination!

Strange Puzzle - Strange Brainteaser

Once a professor was teaching mathematics in a college. He declared that, all the students who will score equal to more than the class average in his subject in the upcoming semester examination will be marked as PASS. Those who will score lesser than average will be marked as FAIL.

Actually the teacher was trying to infuse

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