In a basket of apples,
when counted in twos, there was one extra
when counted in threes, there were two extra when counted in fours, there were three extra
when counted in fives, there were four extra
when counted in sixes, there was five extra.
However, if the apples were counted in sevens, no extra apple was left. Can you calculate the minimum number of apples that were present in the basket?
Below is the sum of symbols in each row and column in the figure. Analyzing the figure, can you find out the value of the symbols?
A man has eighty-one cows ( numbered 1,2,3...81 as such). The beauty is that cow no. 1 gives 1ltr of milk, cow no. 2 gives 2ltrs of milk and so on. The man wants to equally distribute the cows among his nine sons so that each one of them gets the same quantity of milk.
Decode below three cipher riddles:
26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M
A high school has a strange principal. On the first day, he has his students perform an odd opening day ceremony:
There are one thousand lockers and one thousand students in the school. The principal asks the first student to go to every locker and open it. Then he has the second student go to every second locker and close it. The third goes to every third locker and, if it is closed, he opens it, and if it is open, he closes it. The fourth student does this to every fourth locker, and so on. After the process is completed with the thousandth student, how many lockers are open?
I know a nine-letter word having only one vowel.
Do you ?
A journalist was investigating a sacred cult in the jungles of Africa when he was caught by one of the person. He was confined in a cave till the leader arrived. The leader told him that he need to tell him a statement. If he thinks the statement is true, then the journalist head will be chopped off. If he thinks that the statement is false, his head will be smashed with a hammer.
What statement did the journalist make to survive?
You need to pick one entry from pot A and one from pot B to have a perfect match. Can you do it?
If 1+9+8=1, what is 2+8+9?
An office is divided into 8 cubicles. How many of the cubicles are painted if only 1/8 of the cubicles are painted?
Can you find a five letter word that is left with only two letters if one is removed?
In the 1920s, people feared that crossword puzzles would contribute to illiteracy.