A river should be crossed by a father, a mother and their two sons and two daughters.
There are some rules that should be followed while crossing the river. There can be only two people in the raft while crossing. The daughters cannot be with their father unless there is the presence of the mother. The sons cannot be with their mothers unless the father is present. Unless the guard is on the board, the criminals cannot be with any of the family members. Only the adults like the father, the guard, and the mother knows to use the raft.
How will they cross the river?
While house hunting in London, I came across a very good leasehold property Discussing the lease the landlady told me:
'The property was originally on a 99 years lease and two-thirds of the time passed is equal to four-fifths of the time to come. Now work it out for yourself and see how many years are to go!
A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he
is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs
plus one-half of an egg.
He walks a little further and meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg.
After proceeding further he meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point, he
has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg.
How many eggs did the man have to start with?
Replace the question mark with the correct number below.
Out of three Friends John, Jacob and Jonny one of them is a king, one is a bureaucrat, and one is a Spy.
The king always tells the truth, the bureaucrat always lies, and the Spy can either lie or tell the truth.
John says: Jonny is a bureaucrat
Jacob says: John is a king
Jonny says: I am a Spy
Tell me, Who is the king, who is the bureaucrat, and who is the Spy?
Below the four parts have been reorganised. The four partitions are exactly the same in both arrangements. Why is there a hole?
A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages, but pages 24 and 41 are missing.
Which other pages won't be there?
What famous saying does this rebus mean?
COME SERVED <---
COME SERVED
COME SERVED
COME SERVED
COME SERVED
In the addition below, all digits have been replaced by letters. Equal letters represent equal digits and different letters represent different digits.
ABCABA
BBDCAA
ABEABB
ABDBAA
------- +
AAFGBDH
What does the complete addition look like in digits?
2 ladies and 2 girls need to cross a river in a boat big enough for 1 LADY or 2 girls. How do they do it?
Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?
In Canada, a mathematical puzzle must be solved in order to win the lottery to classify it as a “game of skill” not gambling.
