Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2007 23:44:18 GMT
Only a couple more left of these..............
1 A man painting the walls and ceiling of a church suffered from "Michelangelo Back", so that for every square yard he paints on the ceiling he has to paint one of the walls. Does he finish the ceiling or the walls first if all the four walls are 50 yards long and 15 yards high ? (3pts, only first guess allowed)
2 40% of 30 is 20% more than 10% of what ?
3 Jane and John are twins. Jane as twice as many brothers as sisters, and John has the same number of brothers as sisters. How many children in the family ?
4 What is the missing number ? 150(78) 176
60( ?) 120
5 When the proper time is 12 o'clock, at midnight my clock says 1 o'clock, but my clock always goes at twice the normal speed. a) When was it last correct before that 12 o'clock; b) When will it next be right ?
6 A brick is 9"x 4.5"x 3". How many bricks are needed to make an 18-inch cube ?
7 Baron Harding died leaving his estate - twelve share certificates of equal value - to be divided between his three daughters according to their weights. Each ugly sister was 2.5 times as heavy as Cinderella. How many certificates did Cinders get ?
8 A lady said: 'my husband's age is represented by the figures of my own age reversed. He is my Senior and the difference between our ages is one eleventh of their sum". What were their respective ages ? (3pts)
9 Allowing that one foot equals 12 inches, how many inches are there in the hand ? (no rude answers please)
10 What fraction of 3 is a third part of four ?
11 A boy is three times as old as his brother - in four years time he will only be twice as old. How old is the younger brother ?
12 If I do two-thirds of my work in an hour, how long should it take me to finish it ?
13 Two bricklayers are building walls. Bill lays three rows of bricks to every two rows that Tom lays. If Tom has a start of four rows, how many rows must Bill lay to draw level with Tom ?
2pts per answer except where indicated otherwise. Good luck !
1 A man painting the walls and ceiling of a church suffered from "Michelangelo Back", so that for every square yard he paints on the ceiling he has to paint one of the walls. Does he finish the ceiling or the walls first if all the four walls are 50 yards long and 15 yards high ? (3pts, only first guess allowed)
2 40% of 30 is 20% more than 10% of what ?
3 Jane and John are twins. Jane as twice as many brothers as sisters, and John has the same number of brothers as sisters. How many children in the family ?
4 What is the missing number ? 150(78) 176
60( ?) 120
5 When the proper time is 12 o'clock, at midnight my clock says 1 o'clock, but my clock always goes at twice the normal speed. a) When was it last correct before that 12 o'clock; b) When will it next be right ?
6 A brick is 9"x 4.5"x 3". How many bricks are needed to make an 18-inch cube ?
7 Baron Harding died leaving his estate - twelve share certificates of equal value - to be divided between his three daughters according to their weights. Each ugly sister was 2.5 times as heavy as Cinderella. How many certificates did Cinders get ?
8 A lady said: 'my husband's age is represented by the figures of my own age reversed. He is my Senior and the difference between our ages is one eleventh of their sum". What were their respective ages ? (3pts)
9 Allowing that one foot equals 12 inches, how many inches are there in the hand ? (no rude answers please)
10 What fraction of 3 is a third part of four ?
11 A boy is three times as old as his brother - in four years time he will only be twice as old. How old is the younger brother ?
12 If I do two-thirds of my work in an hour, how long should it take me to finish it ?
13 Two bricklayers are building walls. Bill lays three rows of bricks to every two rows that Tom lays. If Tom has a start of four rows, how many rows must Bill lay to draw level with Tom ?
2pts per answer except where indicated otherwise. Good luck !
