The following question it puts forth you:
25 - 55 + (85 + 65) = ?
Then, you are told that even though you might think it's wrong, the correct answer is actually 5!
Whats your reaction to it? How can this be true?
Two boys were admitted to a school. When the headmaster asks them about their parents, they tell him that they have same parents (father and mother). On further inquiry, it turns out that they both share the same date for their birthday.
"Are you twins," ask the headmaster.
"No," replies the boys.
Is it possible?
A bomb goes off.
Carnage.
One person, only a few feet away, survives! How can this be?
A boy and a girl are sitting on the porch.
"I'm a boy," says the child with black hair.
"I'm a girl," says the child with red hair.
If at least one of them is lying, who is which?
There was an aeroplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?
"That Restaurant always remains crowded. This is the reason why nobody goes there".
Can you find a flaw in this statement?
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Can you circle exactly four of these numbers such that the total is twelve?
1 6 1
6 1 6
1 6 1
6 1 6
There was a blind man. He had four socks in his drawer either black or white. He opened it and took out two socks. Now the probability that it was a pair of white socks is 1/2.
Can you find out the probability that he had taken out a pair of black socks ?
How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
In Canada, a mathematical puzzle must be solved in order to win the lottery to classify it as a “game of skill” not gambling.