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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Brain Teasers...



1. A haulage contractor did not have room in his garage for 8 of his trucks. He therefore increased the size of his garage by 50 percent, which gave him room for 8 more trucks than he owned altogether. How many trucks did he own?

2. My local greengrocer is a would-be mathematician. He likes to arrange his apples in nice rows. However, when he lays his apples in rows of 3 he has one left over. When he lays them in rows of 5 he also has one left over. Remarkably he also has one left over when he arranges them in rows of 7 and 9. 11 seems to be the magic number, for, in rows of 11 there are no apples left over. How many apples does the greengrocer have?

3. What is represented by these letters?
T T T
U I U
L P L
I T I
P O P
S E S

2 comments:

  1. 1. 40 (The garage capacity was 32, expanded to 48)

    2. 946

    3. Tiptoe through the tulips

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  2. Spot on in all three. Well done my man!

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