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A hunter met two shepherds, one of whom had three loaves and the other, five loaves. All the loaves were the same size. The three men agreed to share the eight loaves equally between them. After they had eaten, the hunter gave the shepherds eight bronze coins as payment for his meal. How should the two shepherds fairly divide this money?
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If it is 1,800 kilometres to America, 1,200 kilometres to Japan, 2,400 kilometres to New Zealand, and 1,400 kilometres to Brazil-
How far is Morocco ?
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An eye in a blue face saw an eye in a green face. ‘That eye is like to this eye’ said the first eye, ‘But in low place not in high place’
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A boy presses a side of a blue pencil to a side of a yellow pencil, holding both pencils vertically. One inch of the pressed side of the blue pencil, measuring from its lower end, is smeared with paint. The yellow pencil is held steady while the boy slides the blue pencil down 1 inch, continuing to press it against the yellow one. He returns the blue pencil to its former position, then again it slides down 1 inch. He continues until he has lowered the blue pencil 5 times and raised it 5 times- 10 moves in all.
Supposed that during this time the paint neither dries nor diminishes in quantity. How many inches of each pencil will be snared with paint after the tenth move?
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I have ten or more sons. I have less than ten sons. I have at least one son. If only one of these statements is true, how many sons do I have ?
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John and Jacob have been the best friends ever since they were little kids. They are very competitive. Throughout the years they have challenged each other to do both physical and mental challenges. And they completed the challenge. But one day John thought of something to challenge Jacob to do – something he could start but never finish. The average man could do it and so could Mark and they were both the same sex and the same size. It is a physical challenge. Can you figure out what it was?
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A student zips on his scooter to ride to the train station to get to college. His home is close to two stops; the first one is a mile from home, and the second is two miles from home in the opposite direction. In the morning, he always gets on at the first stop and in the afternoon, he always gets off at the second one. Why?
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Rearrange all the letters in each of the sentences to form, in each case, a well known proverb.
1. I don’t admit women are faint.
2. It rocks. The broad flag of the free.
3. Strong lion’s share almost gone.
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I like onions but not turnips, I like indigo but not blue, I like forms but not shapes. According to the same rule, do I like tomatoes or avocados?
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Use the digits below once each only to compose two fractions which when added together equal 1.
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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