St. Patrick's Day Puzzle

Guess the words, and match them with the A - G phrases.

A.  It will bring you GOOD LUCK if you find one with four petals

B.  National symbol of Ireland

C.  Late winter holidays

 D.  It is hidden at the end of the rainbow

E.  Colourful arc in the sky

F.  Little green man

G.  St. Patrick is a patron saint of that country

Sample:

The Irish holiday

Solution

How Many Vultures?

There were two vultures eating the carcass, then three times as many landed to join the feast.  A hunter came and shot one vulture.  

How many vultures left by the carcass?

Solution

Hearts And Roses Puzzle

Which heart belongs to which rose?

Solution

Dots To Squares Puzzle

Each dot shown below, can be a vertex (corner) of a square. 

How many squares can you draw?

Solution

Friends And Beads

You have eight beads and three friends.  You have to divide the beads so each person will get odd number.  How do you do it?

Solution

Cats And Mice

Ten cats catch ten mice in ten minutes.

How long would it take five cats to catch five mice?

Solution

Roman Numerals Crossword Puzzle#2

Roman Numerals Crossword Puzzle

Write each number as Roman Numeral:

DOWN:

1.   1,367

2.   2,036

3.   1,153

6.   3,711

ACROSS:

4.   700

5.   1,210

7.   723

8.   2,427

9.   452   

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Solution

What are Roman Numerals?

How Many Siblings?

A couple has five daughters and each of them have two brothers.

How many children in the family?

Solution

What Time Is It?

1.  Assume the time is few minutes past twelve o'clock.  If in 80 minutes it will be twice as many minutes past one o'clock, how many minutes is it past noon?

Easy?  Try this one.

2.  In 54 minutes it will be half as many minutes after one o'clock as it is now, and 96 minutes ago was three times as many minutes past 10 o'clock in the evening.  What time is it now?

Solutions

Chocolates And Lollipops

Joshua spent $3.25 on two chocolates and three lollipops. 

 

The cost of one lollipop is $1.00 less than the cost of one chocolate.  What is the cost of one lollipop?

Solution

Roman Numerals Crossword Puzzle#1

Roman Numerals Crossword Puzzle

Write each number as Roman Numeral:

DOWN:

1.   853

3.   888

4.   2,944

5.   114

ACROSS:

2.   1,596

6.   3,471

7.   976

8.   151

9.   68   

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Solution

What are Roman Numerals?

Water Lilies Puzzle

In the beginning, the pond had only one water lily.  The next day there were two lilies.  Each day, the area the lilies covered doubled in size.

On the last day of August the lilies covered the pond completely.

1. On which day, did the lilies cover at least half of the pond?
2. On which day, did the lilies cover at least a quarter of the the pond?

3. If in the beginning there were two water lilies, on which day did the lilies cover the pond completely?

How many days in August?

Solutions

Sons And Sports

Joshua's father wants his sons to be good in sports.

David plays soccer;

Tiger plays golf;

Jimmy plays tennis;

Wayne plays ice hockey;

Reggie plays baseball;

What is the name of the son who plays basketball?

If you are not sure, read again.

Still not sure?  Check the answer.

Three Plugs Puzzle

Guess which plug lights up the lamp.

You do not see the lamp, the lamp is hidden under a black box which does not allow neither light nor heat to go through.  The only things available are the three plugs and an electrical outlet.

You can plug in the plugs in any sequence you like, before you open the box.  But when you open the box you will have to guess which plug lights up the lamp.

How do you do that?

Hint

Solution

How Many Hugs?

Eight friends, whenever they meet to play, they greet each other with a friendly hug.

How many hugs will they give in total, with each person hugging another person only once?

Solution

Two Mothers And Two Daughters

When two mothers and two daughters went on vacation they saw a beautiful necklace. 

 

The shopkeeper said he had only three left.  They were very happy, since each of them bought one to remember the time they spent together.  

Two mothers, two daughters and three necklaces, each had one.  How is it possible?

Check the solution.

Body Parts

How well do you know body parts?

Can you list 10 body parts that are spelled with only three letters?

To check your answer click on the picture.

Measuring Liquid

How do you measure 1 liter of water when you only have 2L and 5L measuring cups without scale?

How about when you have 3L and 5L measuring cups and you need 4 liters of water?

To check the answers click the corresponding picture.

Memory Test

Read the paragraph below the picture only once.

Click on the picture to see the question. 

No cheating, no going back.

Just answer the question, then go back and check if you were correct.

You are a bus driver in a little town called Ludnow.

At the first stop three people boarded, one man and two women.

At the second stop one woman left, and two men entered.

At the third stop three women and one man entered, but another man left.

At the fourth stop two women left.

Click the picture now, to see the question.

Magic Square Of Order 3

What is a magic square?
A magic square is an arrangement of numbers in a square grid, when sums of numbers in each row, in each column and in both diagonals are equal.

A magic square of order 3 means that you will be arranging numbers 1 through 9 in a 3x3 grid.

Sum of each row, each column and each diagonal must equal 15.

Try it out:

How many different ways can you arrange the numbers and still have a magic square?

Would you like a bit of help on how to do it?

Check your answer.