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?
Something for the Chickens
A simple mathematical logic says -
odd + odd = even
odd + even = odd
even + odd = odd
even + even = even
Now since you know this have a look at the small riddle below -
A friend of mine runs a small poultry farm in Bangalore. She took me round to see the place. I counted the number of chickens. There were 27 of them. And there were 4 enclosures. I noticed that in each enclosure there were an odd number of chickens.
Can you tell how many there were in each enclosure?
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
Eureka Puzzle
An electrician’s brother died and left 10 lakh rupees to his only brother. The money was paid out but the electrician did not receive a single rupee. How is this possible?
Extra Baggage
When I met Arati, Bharati and Chitra, their respective ages (in years) were in the ratio 5 : 2 : 1 . Their ages in years now are in the ratio of 10 : 7 : 6 . The sum of the ages is 90 years more than the sum of the ages when I first met them. How old are the three women now?
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Recent Comments
watchman was paid for awaking not for sleeping so that he can see dreams.. – 05Feb12
as a night watchman he shouldnt have slept at night to get that dream... – 04Feb12
Can u plz give me clarity in ur solution Kaush sir..... – 04Feb12
thanks for these tricks. Are these from the book "quicker maths by m.tyra" ? – 03Feb12
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