01- Blow Hot Blow Cold
It is a matter of common knowledge that 0°C is the same as 32°F. It is also a known fact that 100°C equals 212°F. But there is a temperature that gives the same reading on both Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales. Can you find this temperature?
02 - The Llama Race
Recently. while I was in a holiday resort in Peru I watched a very interesting spectacle Two gentlemen by the name oi Sr. Guittierez and Sr. Ibane decided to have a Llama race over the mile course on the beach sands. They requested me and some, other friends whom I had met at the resort to act as the judges. We stationed ourselves at different points on the course, which was marked off in quarter mile sections
But. the two Llamas, being good friends decided not to part company, and ran together the whole way. However, we the judges, noted with interst the following results.
The Llamas ran the first three quarters in six and three quarters minutes. They took the same time to run the first half mile as the second half. And they ran the third quarter in exactly the same time as the last quarter.
From these results I became very much interested in finding out just how long it took those two Llamas to run the whole mile.
Can you find out the answer?
03 - The Shattered Clock
A clock with the hours round the face in Roman block numbers, as illustrated in the sketch fell down and the dial broke into four parts. The numerals in each part in every case summed to a total of 20.
Can you show how the four parts of the clock face was broken?
04 - The Painted Window
My room has a square window of 4 feet across and 4 feet down. I decided to get only half the area of the window painted. Even after the painting 1 found that the clear part of the window still remained a square and still measured 4 feet from top to bottom and 4 feet from side to side.
How is this possible?
05 - Animals on the Farm
My friend who owns a farm near Bangalore had five droves of animals on his farm consisting of cows sheep and pigs with the same number of animais in each drove.
One day he decided to sell them all and sold them to eight dealers.
Each of the eight dealers bought the same numbet of animals and paid at the rate of Rs. 17 for each cow Rs. 2 for each sheep and Rs. 2 for each pig
My friend received from the dealers in total Rs 285/-
How many animals in all did he have and how many of each kind?
06 - Which is the Better Bargain?
Recently while shopping in New Market in Calcutta, I came across two very nice frocks selling at a discount. I decided to buy one of them for my little girl Mammu. The shopkeeper offered me one of the frocks for Rs. 35 usually selling for 8/7 of that price and the other one for Rs. 30 usually selling for 7/6 of that price.
Of the two frocks which one do you think is a better bargain and by how much per cent?
07 - Walking all the Way
one day I decided to walk all the way from Bangalore to Tumkur. I started exactly at noon. And someone I know in Tumkur decided to walk all the way to Bangalore from Tumkur and she started exactly at 2 P.M., on the same day.
We met on the Bangalore-Tumkur Road at five past four, and we both reached our destination at exactly the same time. At what time did both of us arrive?
08 - The Train and the Cyclist
A railway track runs parallel to a road until a bend brings the road to a level crossing. A cyciist rides along to work along the road every day at a constant speed of 12 miles per hour.
He normally meets a train that travels in the same direction at the crossing.
One day he was late by 25 minutes and met the train 6 miles ahead of the level crossing Can you figure out the speed of the train?
09 - Something for Profit
A friend of mine bought a used pressure cooker for Rs. 60. She somehow did not find it useful and so when a friend of hers offered her Rs. 70 she sold it to her. However, she felt bad after selling it and decided to buy it back from her friend by offering her Rs 80 After having bought it once again she felt that she did not really need the cooker. So she sold it at the auction for Rs. 90.
How much profit did she make? Did she at all make any profit?
10 - The Digital Game
There is a number, the second digit of which is smaller than its first digit by 4. and if the number is divided by the digits'sum, the quotient would be 7.
Can you find the number?
