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oltome
#21 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:28:08 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
Sally is 54 years old and her mother is 80, how many years ago was Sally’s mother three times her age?

41yrs ago, sally was 13 and the mother was 39
4lourBliss
#22 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:30:40 PM
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Mastermind wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?

888+88+8+8+8= 1000

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dunkang
#23 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:31:22 PM
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Mastermind wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?

888+88+8+8+8= 1000

This one i had no idea what was been asked, but the others are form 2 stuff.
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4lourBliss
#24 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:33:33 PM
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sumuni wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Sally is 54 years old and her mother is 80, how many years ago was Sally’s mother three times her age?

41 years ago.
Solution;
Let the no. of years ago when sally mother's age was 3 times hers be Y
Then
3(54-Y) = (80-Y)
162-3Y = 80 - Y
Putting like terms together,
162-80 = 3Y-Y
82 = 2Y
Hence,
Y = 41
We want more!!!


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yes, when sally was 13 and her mother was 39
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4lourBliss
#25 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:36:37 PM
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dunkang wrote:
Mastermind wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?

888+88+8+8+8= 1000

This one i had no idea what was been asked, but the others are form 2 stuff.



A ship anchored in a port has a ladder which hangs over the side. The length of the ladder is 200cm, the distance between each rung in 20cm and the bottom rung touches the water. The tide rises at a rate of 10cm an hour. When will the water reach the fifth rung?
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Mastermind
#26 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:37:38 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?

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kysse
#27 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:38:27 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
kysse wrote:
This thread reminds me of the BODMAS one.Laughing out loudly
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#28 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:43:26 PM
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Mastermind wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?

Empty

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4lourBliss
#29 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:46:22 PM
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Three brothers live in a farm. They agreed to buy new seeds: Adam and Ben would go and Charlie stayed to protect fields. Ben bought 75 sacks of wheat in the market whereas Adam bought 45 sacks. At home, they split the sacks equally. Charlie had paid 1400 shillings for the wheat. How much shillings did Ben and Adam get of the sum, considering equal split of the sacks?
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Adnan
#30 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:47:17 PM
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Let us see who will get this one....

What makes you young?
MY NAME IS ADNAN JANUZAJ
dunkang
#31 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:47:25 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
dunkang wrote:
Mastermind wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?

888+88+8+8+8= 1000

This one i had no idea what was been asked, but the others are form 2 stuff.



A ship anchored in a port has a ladder which hangs over the side. The length of the ladder is 200cm, the distance between each rung in 20cm and the bottom rung touches the water. The tide rises at a rate of 10cm an hour. When will the water reach the fifth rung?

As the tide rise, so does the ship with its ladder.
Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” ― Rashi

jaggernaut
#32 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:47:28 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
Mastermind wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?

Empty

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Haiya kumbe the answer is 'empty'? I thought he meant he was empty regarding that puzzle.smile
kysse
#33 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:47:46 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
dunkang wrote:
Mastermind wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?

888+88+8+8+8= 1000

This one i had no idea what was been asked, but the others are form 2 stuff.



A ship anchored in a port has a ladder which hangs over the side. The length of the ladder is 200cm, the distance between each rung in 20cm and the bottom rung touches the water. The tide rises at a rate of 10cm an hour. When will the water reach the fifth rung?


smh! stress name the thread 'mathematics riddles'.

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Siringi
#34 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:48:13 PM
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ISORAIT naona people are revising KCPEsmile Laughing out loudly smile Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

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kysse
#35 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:55:13 PM
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Adnan wrote:
Let us see who will get this one....

What makes you Young?


wazua investor section
sumuni
#36 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:56:37 PM
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For a non mathematical logical riddle;
In False land, all the inhabitants always lie. In True land, all the inhabitants always tell the truth. A stranger is trapped in a room that has two doors. One door leads to freedom, the other does not. The doors are guarded by a jailer from the False land and by another from the True land. To find the door to freedom, the stranger only can ask one question to one of the jailers, but he does not know which is from the True land. What question did he ask to save himself?
It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind, none is quite as curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion.
4lourBliss
#37 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 1:16:02 PM
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sumuni wrote:
For a non mathematical logical riddle;
In False land, all the inhabitants always lie. In True land, all the inhabitants always tell the truth. A stranger is trapped in a room that has two doors. One door leads to freedom, the other does not. The doors are guarded by a jailer from the False land and by another from the True land. To find the door to freedom, the stranger only can ask one question to one of the jailers, but he does not know which is from the True land. What question did he ask to save himself?


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mkenyan
#38 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 1:36:53 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
sumuni wrote:
For a non mathematical logical riddle;
In False land, all the inhabitants always lie. In True land, all the inhabitants always tell the truth. A stranger is trapped in a room that has two doors. One door leads to freedom, the other does not. The doors are guarded by a jailer from the False land and by another from the True land. To find the door to freedom, the stranger only can ask one question to one of the jailers, but he does not know which is from the True land. What question did he ask to save himself?


Think Think Think Think

'if i asked you which door the other jailer would tell me is the right one, which one will he point at?' no matter which of the two jailers he asks, they both will point at the wrong one. so, he should choose the opposite one.
Kratos
#39 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 5:02:12 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
sumuni wrote:
For a non mathematical logical riddle;
In False land, all the inhabitants always lie. In True land, all the inhabitants always tell the truth. A stranger is trapped in a room that has two doors. One door leads to freedom, the other does not. The doors are guarded by a jailer from the False land and by another from the True land. To find the door to freedom, the stranger only can ask one question to one of the jailers, but he does not know which is from the True land. What question did he ask to save himself?


Think Think Think Think



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digitek1
#40 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 5:06:39 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
in my farm, i keep chickens and goats, the total head count for both is 19 and the total number of their legs is 60. How many chickens and goats are there in farm?

19 is the right answer!!!
I may be wrong..but then I could be right
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