Climbing Problem of Creepers
Another puzzle for you guys. I know there are lot of puzzle enthusiasts out there.
This is an interesting puzzle related to understanding of circular motion. You can solve the puzzle by logic or having some basic mathematical understanding of circular motion. Try it out!
Puzzle
Two creepers, one jasmine and the other rose, are both climbing up and round a cylindrical tree trunk. The jasmine twists clockwise and the rose anti-clockwise, and they both start at the same point on the ground. Before they reach the first branch on the tree the jasmine has made 5 complete twists and the rose 3 twists.
Not counting the bottom and the top, how many times do they cross?
A Problem of Gooseberries
When I was a little girl, one day my mother had left a bowl of gooseberries to be shared between my two sisters Lalitha, Vasantha and myself. I went home first. I ate what I thought was my share of gooseberries and left. Then Lalitha arrives. She thought she was the first one to arrive and ate the number of gooseberries, she thought was her share and left. Lastly Vasantha arrived. She again thought she was the first one to arrive and she took what she thought was her share and left 8 gooseberries in the bowl.
When we three sisters met in the evening we reliazed what had happened and my mother distributed the remaining 8 gooseberries in a fair share.
How did my mother do it?
Solving Problems
Romila appeared for a maths exam. She was given 100 problems to solve. She tried to solve all of them correctly but some of them went wrong. Any how she scored 85.
Her score was calculated by subtracting two times the number of wrong answers from the number of correct answers.
Can you tell how many problems she solved correctly?
A Problem of Gifts
It was Diwali day. A day to exchange gifts. Two fathers gave their sons some money. One father gave his son Rs. 150/- and the other Rs. 100/-. But when the two sons counted their money, they found that between them they had become richer by only Rs. 150/-.
How do you explain this?
A Combination Problem
Can you combine eight 8s with any other mathematical symbols except numbers so that they represent exactly one thousands?
You may use the plus, minus terms, and division signs as well as the factorial function and the Gamma function. You may also use the logarithms and the combinatorial symbol.
A Problem of Sari, Shoes and Handbag
When I walked into that shop in New Market I had altogether Rs 140/- in purse. When I walked out I didn’t have single paise, instead I had a sari, a pair of shoes and a handbag.
The sari cost Rs 90/- more than the handbag and the sari and the handbag cost together Rs 120/- more than the pair of shoes.
How much did I pay for each item?
An Election Problem
My club had a problem recently. They had to appoint a Secretary from among the men and a Joint Secretary from among the women.
We have a membership of 12 men and 10 women. In how many ways can the selection be made?
The Problem of the Music concert
Recently I was at a music concert in Calcutta. I was sitting only one hundred feet away from the musicians.
The performance was being broadcasted. My sister Vasantha who lives in Bangalore also heard the same concert on the radio. I am sure you know that Bangalore is over a thousand miles away from Calcutta, and also that sound travels at 1100 feet per second.
Solving Problems
Romila appeared for a maths exam. She was given 100 problems to solve. She tried to solve all of them correctly but some of them went wrong. Any how she scored 85.
Her score was calculated by subtracting two times the number of wrong answer from the number of correct answers.
A Problem of Ping Pong
There are 150 members in my club. We decided to have a ping pong tournament. All the members came forward to play in the game. Every time a member loses a game he is out of the tournament.
There are no ties.
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I am Vineet Patawari - PGDM (IIM Indore), ACA, B.Com(H). My passion for Mathematics, specially Vedic Maths encouraged me to start QuickerMaths
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