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11 "Shooting match today" said Lord Bigbore fussily. "Seven points for a rhino, three points for a giraffe, two points for a wapiti." Three of his guests competed. Each totalled 30 points, and each bagged the same number of beasts; but in no two cases was the total of 30 points made up in the same way. What did the "bag" consist of ?
12 Jones has three children. The sum of their ages in years is 20. The product of their ages is 280. What will be the corresponding product in twelve months' time ?
13 Alfred bought a motor bike, which he sold to Basil at a profit of 25 percent. Basil sold it to Conrad at a loss of 10 percent. Conrad next sold it to Dick at a profit of 33 and a third percent. Dick sold it back to alfred at a loss of 20 percent. Alfred paid Dick £480 for the motor bike. What did it cost him originally ?
14 "Two-thirds of the balls in this bag," said the Professor,"are black. The remainder are white." He drew four balls from the bag at random. All were black. "Dear dear" said the Professor. "The odds are now six to four that the next ball drawn will be another black one." How many balls in the bag originally ?
15 If the digits of a certain number are reversed, and the number thus obtained added to the first one, their sum is equal to eleven times their difference. Find the two numbers.
16 What number is greater by one than the number of ways in which it can be divided into three numbers, all of which are different ? (5 point question)
17 A number of three digits is the square of a prime number, and if its digits are reversed the number so formed is also the square of a prime number. What two numbers are these ?
18 The Patriarch of Neverland, Nitwit XXXVII, decreed that the digits 2, 4 and 8 were unlucky, and ordered them to be expunged from the Neverland scale of reckoning. If the next ten Patriarchs after Nitwit XXXVII all took the same appellation (="Nitwit"), what was the full title of the tenth one in the line ?
19 The Walrus and the Carpenter shared a dozen dozen oysters. If the number consumed by the Walrus had been fifty percent greater, the number which fell to the Carpenter's share would have been 25 percent less. How many oysters did they respectively account for ?
20 Messrs Black, White, Pink and Green took their wives to a dance. Each had the first dance with his own wife and, for the next three dances, was partnered by each of the other three ladies in sequence. Pink's partner in the second dance was Coral and, in the fourth dance, Ruby. In the second dance Ruby had taken the floor with White. In the third dance Green's partner was Violet; in the last dance Black "skipped the light fandango" with Primrose. What are the four ladies' respective surnames ?
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12 Jones has three children. The sum of their ages in years is 20. The product of their ages is 280. What will be the corresponding product in twelve months' time ?
13 Alfred bought a motor bike, which he sold to Basil at a profit of 25 percent. Basil sold it to Conrad at a loss of 10 percent. Conrad next sold it to Dick at a profit of 33 and a third percent. Dick sold it back to alfred at a loss of 20 percent. Alfred paid Dick £480 for the motor bike. What did it cost him originally ?
14 "Two-thirds of the balls in this bag," said the Professor,"are black. The remainder are white." He drew four balls from the bag at random. All were black. "Dear dear" said the Professor. "The odds are now six to four that the next ball drawn will be another black one." How many balls in the bag originally ?
15 If the digits of a certain number are reversed, and the number thus obtained added to the first one, their sum is equal to eleven times their difference. Find the two numbers.
16 What number is greater by one than the number of ways in which it can be divided into three numbers, all of which are different ? (5 point question)
17 A number of three digits is the square of a prime number, and if its digits are reversed the number so formed is also the square of a prime number. What two numbers are these ?
18 The Patriarch of Neverland, Nitwit XXXVII, decreed that the digits 2, 4 and 8 were unlucky, and ordered them to be expunged from the Neverland scale of reckoning. If the next ten Patriarchs after Nitwit XXXVII all took the same appellation (="Nitwit"), what was the full title of the tenth one in the line ?
19 The Walrus and the Carpenter shared a dozen dozen oysters. If the number consumed by the Walrus had been fifty percent greater, the number which fell to the Carpenter's share would have been 25 percent less. How many oysters did they respectively account for ?
20 Messrs Black, White, Pink and Green took their wives to a dance. Each had the first dance with his own wife and, for the next three dances, was partnered by each of the other three ladies in sequence. Pink's partner in the second dance was Coral and, in the fourth dance, Ruby. In the second dance Ruby had taken the floor with White. In the third dance Green's partner was Violet; in the last dance Black "skipped the light fandango" with Primrose. What are the four ladies' respective surnames ?
Rating : medium difficulty so points are awarded at quizmeister's discretion. Good Luck !
