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John is now two fifth of his older brother's age and two years from now he will be half of his older brother's age.
Two years ago, John was only one-fourth the age of his older brother age at that time.

How old is John now?

Asked by Jeff on 18 Aug 2026


In a certain country ½ of 5 = 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10?

Asked by john on 17 Aug 2026

Find the value of "a" by solving the maths equation in the picture below:

Tactical Math Riddle

Asked by Sachin on 04 Jul 2026


There is one four-digit whole number n, such that the last four digits of n2 are the original number n

Asked by Ronit on 20 Jun 2026

In a school, 280 students studied chemistry, 254 students studied physics and 280 students studied biology.

97 students studied chemistry as well as physics, 138 students studied physics as well as biology and 152 students studied chemistry as well as biology.

73 students studied all the three branches.

Can you find out the total number of students?

Asked by Andrew on 17 Jun 2026

The Puzzle: Here is a famous prize problem that Sam Loyd issued in 1882, offering $1000 as a prize for the best answer showing how to arrange the seven figures and the eight 'dots' .4.5.6.7.8.9.0. which would add up to 82

Asked by Patrik on 03 Jun 2026


I guess 76.8% of readers will like this riddle.

What's the least number of people should read this post?

Asked by Neha on 28 May 2026

We know that the number 7 is the prime followed by a cube. Which next number is also a prime followed by a cube?

Asked by Ronit on 05 Apr 2026

We have arranged an array of numbers below. What you have to do is use any kind of mathematical symbol you know excluding any symbol that contains a number like cube root. You can use any amount of symbols but you have to come up with a valid equation for all of them.

0 0 0 = 6
1 1 1 = 6
2 + 2 + 2 = 6
3 3 3 = 6
4 4 4 = 6
5 5 5 = 6
6 6 6 = 6
7 7 7 = 6
8 8 8 = 6
9 9 9 = 6

Asked by Aparna on 04 Apr 2026


John was gifted a new Hayabusa. He drove x miles at 55mph. Then he drove x+20 miles at 40mps. He drove his bike for 100 minutes. How much distance did he travel?

Asked by Parikh on 31 Mar 2026

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