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Five 1s to One Hundred

Using five 1s and only ONE arithmetic sign, can you get one hundred? What arithmetic sign it should be?

Calculate the Weight

The 3D piece has been produced from a regular cube made of steel. How much does the piece weigh if the cube weighed 250 grams? All 6 openings on the sides are through holes.

Two Fathers, Two Sons

Two fathers and two sons on their way to Bombay found 3 silver rupees. They swiftly split the coins without any quarreling - each one received a whole coin. It happened due to the fact one of the travelers was...

What's in the Top Crate?

Draw a pictogram which should go in the top crate in order to complete the overall sequence.

How Many Brothers and Sisters? Part 2

A boy has as many sisters as brothers, but each sister has only half as many sisters as brothers. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?

Grandpa and Lollypops

Before allowing his grandchildren eat the lollypops he just bought, the grandpa posed a challenge to divide the lollypops into 2 parts, so that the smaller part, multiplied by 4, would be equal to the larger part, divided by 3. What are the parts?

Seven Pets

An animal lover has seven pets. Some are cats, the rest are dogs. Each dog eats five biscuits and each cat four biscuits. 32 biscuits in all are eaten. How many dogs and how many cats are there?

How Many Brothers and Sisters?

In a family, each sibling has at least one brother and one sister. What is the smallest possible number of children in such a family?

A Herd of Cows

A mathematician counted 70 cows in the pasture. “What part of the whole herd are these cows?” - the mathematician asked the shepherd. “I brought in two-thirds of the third of the whole herd to graze,” - replied the shepherd. How many cows are there in the whole herd?

Brothers and Sisters, I Have None

Brothers and sisters, I have none; but that man's father is my father's son, - said a man pointing to the picture on the wall. Who is on the picture?

Farmer & Apples

Jim the Farmer came to the market to sell apples. The 1st buyer bought half of all the apples and another half an apple. The 2nd buyer bought half of what was left and also half an apple. The 3rd buyer bought only one apple. After that Jim run out of all the apples. How many apples had Jim brought to the market?

Apples in a Box

Three kinds of apples are mixed in a box. How many apples should you take to be sure among the drawn apples are... A) ...at least 2 apples of one kind? B) ...at least 3 apples of one kind?