Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2007 22:49:25 GMT
Here we go again..............
1 Which is the larger sum: 1+2+3+4 etc up to 20; or 2+4+6+8 etc up to 30 ?
2 Two years ago, a boy was three times as old as his brother. Next year, he will be twice as old as him. How old is he now ?
3 In a single-innings game of cricket, if all the players of one team score six runs, and in the other team each player has a score equal to the number batsman that he is, which team wins ?
4 What sum of money is such that 66% of it is 88% of £27 ?
5 How many minutes is it until 6 o'clock if 50 minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past 3 o'clock ?
6 A farmer's wife had a basket of eggs. She sold half her eggs plus half an egg. She then had six left. How many did she have to start with ?
7 What is the difference in the area between two square miles and 2 miles square ?
8 How many cubic inches are half of a 2-inch cube ?
9 If a man has a square mile of land he wishes to turn into allotments, how many can he form of 1 square furlong ? (Clue: a furlong is 220 yards and there are 1760 yards in a mile).
10 A man starts to cycle at 1 o'clock at 15mph. Half an hour later a motorist starts from the same point and travels at 30mph along the same road. At what time does the motorist overtake the cyclist ?
11 How many numbers between 1 and 99 are exactly divisible by 15 ?
12 Ten men were tested for appointments at a large company. The best scored 180 points and the worst 90, and the others were equally spaced between them. If the best five were selected, how many points did the man score who just scraped through ?
13 If a plane flying 2.5 miles up drops a bomb on a submarine 60 fathoms from the surface of the ocean, how far in feet will the bomb travel ?
14 What is twelve twenty-sixths of a baker's dozen ?
Good luck..........My brain hurts this week so do my quiz and yours can too ! 2pts each correct answer.
1 Which is the larger sum: 1+2+3+4 etc up to 20; or 2+4+6+8 etc up to 30 ?
2 Two years ago, a boy was three times as old as his brother. Next year, he will be twice as old as him. How old is he now ?
3 In a single-innings game of cricket, if all the players of one team score six runs, and in the other team each player has a score equal to the number batsman that he is, which team wins ?
4 What sum of money is such that 66% of it is 88% of £27 ?
5 How many minutes is it until 6 o'clock if 50 minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past 3 o'clock ?
6 A farmer's wife had a basket of eggs. She sold half her eggs plus half an egg. She then had six left. How many did she have to start with ?
7 What is the difference in the area between two square miles and 2 miles square ?
8 How many cubic inches are half of a 2-inch cube ?
9 If a man has a square mile of land he wishes to turn into allotments, how many can he form of 1 square furlong ? (Clue: a furlong is 220 yards and there are 1760 yards in a mile).
10 A man starts to cycle at 1 o'clock at 15mph. Half an hour later a motorist starts from the same point and travels at 30mph along the same road. At what time does the motorist overtake the cyclist ?
11 How many numbers between 1 and 99 are exactly divisible by 15 ?
12 Ten men were tested for appointments at a large company. The best scored 180 points and the worst 90, and the others were equally spaced between them. If the best five were selected, how many points did the man score who just scraped through ?
13 If a plane flying 2.5 miles up drops a bomb on a submarine 60 fathoms from the surface of the ocean, how far in feet will the bomb travel ?
14 What is twelve twenty-sixths of a baker's dozen ?
Good luck..........My brain hurts this week so do my quiz and yours can too ! 2pts each correct answer.
