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Express 100 in three ways with five 5s. You can use brackets, parentheses and these signs +,-,X,/.
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John walked into a hardware store and asked the price of some items. The salesman said: One costs $1, Eight costs $1, Seventeen cost $2, One hundred four costs $3 and One thousand seventy two costs $4. What was John buying ?
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What is the next 3 letters in this riddle? o t t f f s s _ _ _
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The word FACETIOUSLY contains the six vowels, A-E-I-O-U and Y, in their alphabetical order.
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How many dogs are in a small room if in each of the four corners a dog is sitting, and opposite each dog there sit three dogs, and a each dog’s tail another is sitting ?
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Draw four rectangles on a piece of paper. Put nine x’s in the four rectangles so that there is an uneven number of x’s in each rectangle. Explain it.
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A man has three sick children. he has a 24-ounce bottle of medicine and needs to give each child eight ounces of the medicine. he is unable to get to the store and has only three clean containers, which measure 5, 11 and 13 ounces. The electricity is out and he has no way of heating water to wash the containers and doesn’t want to spread germs. How can he divide the medicine to give each child an equal portion without having any two children drink from the same container?
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Two cyclists began a run, one starting from Delhi and the other starting from Agra. When the riders were 180 miles apart, a fly took an interest. Starting on one cyclists shoulder, the fly flew ahead to meet the other cyclist. After reaching him the fly then turned around and yet back.
The restless fly continued to shuttle back and fourth until the pair met; then settled on the nose of one rider. The flys speed was 30 mph. Each cyclist speed was 15 mph.
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