How many people must be gathered together in a room, before you can be certain that there is a greater than 50/50 chance that at least two of them have the same birthday?
Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
Below toothpicks/matchsticks indicate the group of fishes moving from west to east direction. Can you make them move from east to west by just moving three toothpicks/matchsticks?
You have four chains. Each chain has three links in it. Although it is difficult to cut the links, you wish to make a single loop with all 12 links. What is the fewest number of cuts you must make to accomplish this task?
There is one thing that goes round the house and also inside the house but never even share a brief touch. What is it?
Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Three men in a cafe order a meal the total cost of which is $15. They each contribute $5. The waiter takes the money to the chef who recognises the three as friends and asks the waiter to return $5 to the men.
The waiter is not only poor at mathematics but dishonest and instead of going to the trouble of splitting the $5 between the three he simply gives them $1 each and pockets the remaining $2 for himself.
Now, each of the men effectively paid $4, the total paid is therefore $12. Add the $2 in the waiters pocket and this comes to $14. Where has the other $1 gone from the original $15?
Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be ?
How can a man go eight days without sleep?
Why is the Hole below a Lock?
Replace the question mark with the correct number in below Picture:
In the 1920s, people feared that crossword puzzles would contribute to illiteracy.