Each of two apple women had 30 apples for sale. The first sold hers at the rate of 2 for a nickel, the second at the rate of 3 for a nickel. At the end of the day their respective receipts were 75 cents and 50 cents, or $1.25 in all.
Mathematical Puzzle for competitive examinations
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Mathematics Age Puzzle
At a census there [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There is a very interesting concept called Cyclic Number.
Cyclic Numbers can be defined as a number with n digits, which, when multiplied by 1, 2, 3, …, n produces the same digits in a different order.
There are few very famous cyclic numbers. We have given a puzzle question below, if you could answer the puzzle [...]
The Man at St. Ives
This is one of the oldest riddles in history. According to few this riddle has been included in the Guiness Book of Records. Though we are not sure about that. But anyways try giving the answer to this ancient riddle!!
How many were going to St. Ives?
“As I was going to St. [...]
Teasing Brain Teaser!!
I met Sweety first time in a marriage party in Kolkata. We exchanged our phone numbers and decided to meet each other soon. When she rang up and invited me to her house, she decided to tease me.
This is how she gave me the number of her house on a particular street:
“I live [...]
The Lily Pond Riddle
In India water lilies grow extremely rapidly. In one pond a lily grew so fast that each day it covered a surface double that which it covered the day before. At the end of the 30th day it entirely covered the pond, in which it grew. But how long would it take [...]