Math
Word Play
Problem Solving
Bonus
100
How much dirt is in a hole 6 and a half feet wide, 8 feet deep, and 5 feet long?
None, there can't be any dirt in a hole.
100
What is broken every time it's spoken?
Silence
100
Fill the missing number in the following series: 101 99 102 98 103 97 ??
104 96 There are two series in one. One starts at 101 and counts up; the other starts at 99 and counts down.
100
Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaw. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all. What am I?
Shears or scissors
200
The following number is the only one of its kind. Can you figure out what is so special about it? 8,549,176,320
All the digits are in alphabetical order.
200
What is the beginning of the end, the end of time, the middle of yesterday, and nowhere in tomorrow?
The letter E
200
A mother and father have six sons and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?
9
200
Della left on a trip the day after the day before yesterday and will be back the eve of the day after tomorrow. How many days is she away?
Three days.
300
You are right next to a river and have a 5 gallon container and a 3 gallon container. You need to measure out 1 gallon of water. How do you do it?
Fill the 3 gallon first then pour it in the 5 gallon. Refill the 3 gallon container and pour it again into the 5 gallon. This fills the 5 gallon container leaving 1 gallon in the 3 gallon container.
300
A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract just one and twelve is what remains. What is the word?
Dozens
300
If 3 salesmen can sell three stoves in 7 minutes. How many stoves can 6 salesmen sell in seventy minutes?
60 stoves
300
I've got teeth, but I can't bite. I am the guardian of your house. You wont leave home, or come home, without me. I'm not loyal. Leave me behind and I'll let the next man enter. What am I?
A Key
400
Divide 110 into two parts so that one will be 150% of the other. What are the two numbers?
44 and 66
400
How many seconds are there in a year?
12 seconds (January 2nd, February 2nd....)
400
Why are 1990 dollar bills worth more than 1989 dollar bills?
Because there is one more
400
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp
500
If you have two hourglasses- a 4 minute timer and a 7 minute timer. How can you measure 9 minutes?
Flip both over. When the 4 minute one runs out, turn it back over to start again. When the 7 minute timer runs out, flip it over again. When the 4 minute timer runs out a second time, the 7 minute timer was only turned over a minute ago so when its flipped over again it will 9 minutes when it runs out.
500
What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
A pack of cards
500
When the two met, one was half the others age plus seven years. Ten years later, when they married, the bride was thirty but this time one was nine tenths the age of the other. How old was the groom?
The bride was 30 years old so the groom was 27
500
How many squares are in a chessboard?
204 squares total 64 1x1 squares 49 2x2 squares 36 3x3 squares 25 4x4 squares 16 5x5 squares 9 6x6 squares 4 7x7 squares 1 8x8 squares
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