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A woman had two girls who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?
They were two of a set of triplets.
A girl found that she had a 56 cms strip of ribbon. She could cut a cm off every second. How long would it take for her to cut 56 pieces? She can not fold the strip and also, can not stack two or more strips and cut them together.
To get 56 pieces, the girl will have to put only 55 cuts.
Vinod had twenty-one hens, all but eleven died, how many hens is Vinod left with?
eleven
If the day after tomorrow is two days before Thursday, what day is today?
Sunday
If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What is the number?
0
If a person walks 5 km north, 5 km east, 5 km south, and then 5 km west, where will he be?
at the starting point
Rearrange the letters “EINOS” to form a word.
noise
What comes next in the pattern?
2, 5, 10, 17, ___?
26
There are 10 apples in a basket. You take away 4 apples. How many do you have?
4
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
What comes next in the sequence?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ___?
E (The sequence represents the first letter of each number)
I have cities, but no houses. I have forests, but no trees. I have rivers, but no water. What am I?
a map
A woman is 36 years old. Her daughter is half her age. How old will the daughter be when the woman is 60?
42
A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How long will the pills last?
1 hour
A man has 6 eggs. He breaks 2, fries 2, and eats 2. How many eggs are left?
4