A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?

Consider all the numbers between 1 and 1 million. Among all these numbers, there is something very special about the number 8 and the number 2202. What is it?

A bank customer had $100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:

Withdrawals Balance left
$50 $50
$25 $25
$10 $15
$8 $7
$5 $2
$2 $0
----- -----
$100 $99

Why are the Totals not tallying?

If Japan and Panama decided to merge into a single country, probably people will name it Japanama.

Can you think of two more such country's unions that could produce similar names like Japanama by overlapping their three letters?

I can be made.
I can be cracked.
I can be told.
I can be played.

Who am I?

What is harder to catch the faster you run?

What number comes next in this sequence:
7 8 5 5 3 4 4 _

Can you find the missing number in the third row?
35 20 14
27 12 18
5 2 ?

Can you find a pattern and the missing number in the series given below?

100, 155, 258,? , 584, 819.

How many times do a clock's hands overlap in a day ?