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Word puzzle

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:35:13 +0000

Word Puzzle

Can you find a word that begins with the letter “A” , which is opposite in meaning to the given word?

1) VANISH 6) PRESENT

2) BELOW 7) IMAGINAR

3) FORFEIT 8)EXTEND

4) CONVICE 9) OPPRESSIVE

5) SWEETNESS 10) IMMATURE

Age Puzzle Game

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:28:32 +0000

Age Puzzle

If you are 12 years or over:

Write down your age.

Reverse the figures.

So, if your age is 13, reversing the figures gives 31.

Take away your age from the second number.

Divide by nine.

You may not believe it but we know there won’t be remainder. Try it with anyone’s age.

English puzzle

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:10:02 +0000

My friend asked me this question: “my grandmother’s age is a perfect square. Also, it is equal to the difference the square of my father’s age and the square of my mother’s age. My father is one year older than my mother. Can you tell me how old my mother is?”

Maths Puzzle

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:22:12 +0000

Which of the following words is the odd one out?

Capricious
Fickle
Unstable
Spurious
Inconstant

Top Puzzle

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:47:39 +0000

A frog at the bottom of a well climbs up 3 ft every day, but slips back 2 ft during the night. How long will it take to reach the top, if the well is 20 ft deep?

Grade Puzzle

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:16:58 +0000

Out of 100 people surveyed, 86 had an egg for breakfast, 75 had cornflakes, 62 had toast, and 82 had coffee. How many people, as least, must have had all four items?

Common Puzzle

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:21:08 +0000

Here are American phrases and isioms that have become common in our country. Do you know what they mean?

1. off the wall

2. greenbacks

3. a grand

4. street-smart

5. yuppie

6. nerd

7. high five

8. spaced out

9. over the top

10. push the envelope

11. double take

12. hype

Rupees Puzzle

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:04:53 +0000

Rupees Puzzle

A man left Rs. 4800 in his will, to be divided equally among his children who survived him. Sadly, some of his children predeceased him. As a result, each of the remaining children received Rs. 1120 more than they would have otherwise got. How many of their siblings had died?

Prefix Puzzle

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:16:55 +0000

Prefix Puzzle

Look at the words below. Can you think of a four letter word that could prefix all of them to make five new words?

. . . . DROP

. . . . FIRE

. . . . GROUND

. . . . HAND

. . . . LASH

Racket Puzzle

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:14:11 +0000

A word can be placed in the brackets tat has the same meaning as the words outside. What is it? Each dot represents a letter.

A TRIFLE ( . . . . . . . . . ) BALL GAME