Quicker Maths
22Sep/095

Samir and the Real Estate Agent

Samir purchased a house for Rs. 155965. He wants to sell it for a profit of exactly 15%. However, he does not want to sell it himself. He wants a Real Estate Agent to sell it for him. The Agent must make a commission of exactly 5.6% (in addition to Samir's 15% profit). How much must the Agent sell the house for? Give your answer to the nearest Rs.?

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22Sep/095

Bags of Dollars

Divide $547 (in whole $ increments) into a number of bags so that I can ask for any amount between $1 and $547, and you can give me the proper amount by giving me a certain number of these bags without opening them. What is the minimum number of bags you will require?

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22Sep/095

The Snail on the Wall

A snail creeps 6 ft up a wall during the daytime. After all the labor it does throughout the day, it stops to rest a while but falls asleep!! The next morning it wakes up and discovers that it has slipped down 3 ft while sleeping.

If this happens every day, how many days will the snail take to reach the top of a wall 18 ft in height?

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11Sep/092

Grandpa’s Age

Grandpa:

"My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 120 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"

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7Sep/092

A van containing pigeons on perches

A van containing pigeons on perches is being weighed on a scale. Something scares the pigeons and they all begin flying around inside the van. Does the total weight of the van and pigeons change?

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7Sep/093

A van with all the windows

A van with all the windows closed contains some helium-filled balloons floating in it. When it starts accelerating what happens to the balloons?

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20Aug/093

Two fathers and two sons went fishing

Two fathers and two sons went fishing. Each caught exactly one fish and yet there were only three fishes caught. Why?

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20Aug/093

A drawer contains 10 black and 10 brown socks

A drawer contains 10 black and 10 brown socks that are all mixed up. What is the fewest number of socks you can take from the drawer without looking and be sure to get a pair of the same color?

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7Aug/092

Broken Cake

You are given a cake. One of its corner is broken. How will u cut the rest into two equal parts?

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7Aug/096

Landscape Designer

You are a landscape designer and your boss asked u to design a landscape such that you should place 4 trees equidistance from each other (Distance from each tree to the other must be same). How will your do that?

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