See the given image carefully. What you have to do is move the blue checkers in the position of the black checkers and vice versa. You are only allowed to move the checker to an adjacent empty space. Do it in the least possible moves.

If a shopkeeper can only place the weights on one side of the common balance. For example, if he has weights 1 and 3 then he can measure 1, 3 and 4 only. Now the question is how many minimum weights and names of the weights you will need to measure all weights from 1 to 1000? This is a fairly simple problem and very easy to prove also.

Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

What's the next in the series?

H, Be, F, S, Mn, Kr, In, Gd, Tl, ?

You have a three-gallon and a five-gallon measuring device. You wish to measure out four gallons.

Replace the question mark with the correct number.

2 + 2= 4
3 + 3= 18
4 + 4= 48
5 + 5= ?

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

Can you count the number of blocks in the picture below?

In The 1st month of this year(the year 2013), I noticed that the date 13-1-13 (13 January 2013) is special.

This date is special as:

Date * Month = Year.

Can you figure out which year of this century has a maximum number of such dates?

What does the following represent?

N N N N N N N

A A A A A A A

C C C C C C C