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Thursday, 31 October 2013

Distance Puzzle

#146

Last week, one of my friend travelled from one place "A" to another place "B".
On the first day, he travelled 1st half of the distance.
On second day, he travelled one third of the remaining distance.
On third day, he travelled three quarters of the remaining distance.
Yesterday, he travelled one half of the remaining distance.
Yet, He has to travel 5 miles more to reach at "B".
What is the distance between the two places ?? 

  Difficulty Level - 3/5

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Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Maths Puzzle

#145
Maths Puzzle - Brainhub
Two numbers are created using all the digits from 1 to 9 
and all digits are used exactly once in creating these numbers.
You have to make the product of these two numbers as large as possible.
What are the two numbers which'll create the largest product? 

  Difficulty Level - 5/5

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Marbles Puzzle

#144

A naughty child had a vast number of marbles. When he was going to play with his friends, one of his friend asked him, how many marbles he has?

He replied : I can't count past 100 but I know that....
If you divide the number of marbles by 2 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 3 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 4 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 5 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 6 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 7 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 8 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 9 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 10 there will be one marble left.  
Finally. 
If you divide the number of marbles by 11 there will be NO MARBLES left!

How many marbles did the naughty child have? 

  Difficulty Level - 4/5

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Monday, 28 October 2013

Chocolates Puzzle

#143

Once upon a time in Mumbai, Imran Hashmi went to a shop to buy chocolates. The shopkeeper was selling the chocolates @ Rs. 5 each and the shopkeeper gave him an offer to exchange 3 wrappers for 1 chocolate. Imran had Rs 45 with him.
How many chocolates, he could buy ?? 
  Difficulty Level - 3/5


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Sunday, 27 October 2013

Onions Puzzle

#142

Due to rumors that there was a shortage of Onions, everyone was stocking up on Onions. By the time I'd got to the store, they had sold out!
Onions Puzzle - Brainhub
However, there were two people at the store, who had already bought 40 and 50 kilos of Onions respectively and they kindly offered to share their Onions with me.
After the sharing, we all had the same kilos of Onions and I paid them $90 for the Onions. 
How did they share the $90 between them? 

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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