Originally Posted by: earthman buck>Eighteen<
Correct.........
Okay, here are a few from MindTrap:
1.) Which number is next in this series, and why?: 10, 4, 3, 11, 15
.........a) 14
.........b) 1
.........c) 17
.........d) 12
2.) There is a certain club which is for men only. There are 600 men who belong to this club and 5% of these men wear one earring. Of the other 95% membership, half wear two earrings and the other half wear none. How many earrings are being worn in this club?
3.) Mr. and Mrs. Clatter have five children. Half of them are boys. How is this possible?
4.) A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How long did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
5.) If you divide thirty by a half and add ten, what do you get?
6.) Six glasses are in a row. The first three are filled with juice, and the last three are empty. By moving only one glass, how can you arrange them so the glasses alternate between full and empty?
7.) What is the product of the following series?:
.........(X-A)x(X-B)x(X-C)x(X-D).....(X-Z)
8.) What is the next letter in the following sequence?:
.........O T T F F S S
9.) How many cubic meters of dirt are in a hole 6 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 1 meter deep?
10.) Which of the following words does not belong with the others, and why?:
.........Father
.........Aunt
.........Sister
.........Cousin
.........Mother
.........Uncle
11.) Picture a ship at anchor. Over the side there hangs a rope ladder with half meter rungs. The tide rises a half meter per hour. At the end of five hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water assuming that nine rungs were above the water when the tide began to rise?
12.) A man and a boy who are walking together step out with their right feet. The boy walks three paces while the man walks two. On what step will they both put their left feet forward together?
1) 1------- 15-1= 14
2) 600 .....it equals out
3) each have 5 children
4) 9 years
5) 70....... 30 div~ .5 = 60 + 10 = 70
6) pour juice from 2nd glass into 5th glass
7) 0
8) E........... 1st letter in Eight
9) 0 .......... it's a hole
10) cousin........ all others state gender
11) all of it........... the boat will rise with tide
12) the next step???????
