CRITICAL THINKING
What is the next number in the sequence? 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ___
What is 42
A man is looking at a picture of someone. His friend asks, "Who is it?" He replies, "Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the picture?
Who is his son?
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
What is $0.05? (If the ball costs $0.05, then the bat costs $1.05, totaling $1.10.)
Which ethnic group introduced curried food, roti, and turbans to the Caribbean?
Who are the Indians?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What are footsteps?
If CAT = 3120 and DOG = 4157, what does BAT equal?
What is 2140
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many sheep does he have left?
What is 9
A father is 30 years older than his son. In 5 years, he will be four times his son's age. How old is the son now?
What is 10 years old?
(Let son's age be x, then father’s age is x + 30. In 5 years, father’s age is x + 35, and son’s age is x + 5.
Equation: x + 35 = 4(x + 5) → x + 35 = 4x + 20 → 35 - 20 = 4x - x → 15 = 3x → x = 10.)
Who was the first national hero of Jamaica?
Who is Marcus Garvey?
I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go outside. What am I?
What is a keyboard?
If a doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour, how long will they last?
What is 1 hour? (You take one immediately, one in 30 minutes, and one at the 1-hour mark.)
What comes next in the sequence? O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ___
What is E
A man is twice as old as his daughter. Six years ago, he was four times as old as she was then. How old is the daughter now?
What is 12 years old
Which Caribbean country was the first to gain independence?
What is Haiti? (1804)
The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it, never uses it. The person who uses it, never knows. What is it?
What is a coffin?
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
What are lunch and dinner?
A father and son were in a car accident. The father died instantly, and the son was rushed to the hospital. The doctor said, “I can’t operate on him, he’s my son.” Who is the doctor?
Who is the boy’s mother?
The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 10. If the digits are reversed, the new number is 36 more than the original. What is the number?
What is 37?
Which European country was the first to colonize Jamaica?
What is Spain?
I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
What is a cloud?
A rooster lays an egg on top of a slanted roof. Which way does it roll?
It doesn’t—roosters don’t lay eggs!
A farmer has chickens and cows. There are 30 heads and 100 legs in total. How many chickens are there?
What is 20 chickens?
If 20% of a number is 60, what is the number?
What is 300?
Which Caribbean country is the only one still under direct U.S. control?
What is Puerto Rico?
A farmer has two haystacks in one field and three haystacks in another. How many haystacks does he have if he combines them all?
What is one haystack? (Because he combined them into one stack!)