Math Riddles
Math Riddle - 1
A 26" x 26" square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden board. The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there are 27 nails on each side of the square. Each nail is at the same distance from the neighboring nails. How many nails does the carpenter use?
What if the metal plate is in the shape of a regular polygon (e.g., pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, etc.)? Try generalizing the above result to the case of a regular polygon.
Math Riddle - 2
A painting job can be completed by 5 painters in 37 days. If 10 more painters join the team 7 days after starting work on the job, then how many more days are required to complete the job?
The number of days for the job is inversely proportional to the number of painters. So, is 'number of days × number of painters = constant'?
What assumptions were made to arrive at the solution?
Is something assumed about the output of the painters?
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?
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
Oldest Riddle in History
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. Ives
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?”
Friends, leave your answer below -
Interesting Riddle-Puzzle
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 to water lilies of the same size at the outset
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