The worlds first riddle!

You're lucky, I've been in the office so long even you are beginning to look cute!


I will buy a beer if you get this one…


derelcla

Mark:

WALKWAY
8 meters


3 meters wide, quadratic equation from drawing
four squares on the corners of the walkway by extending the sides of the pool through the walkway, and then the 4 corner squares have an area of 4w². Then the remaining long rectangles remain along edges of pool, so the long two have combined area 2w60 and the short two have a combined area of 2w20.


WAOLNDIERLCANED
alice in wonderland


Shari wrote, "Mark is so smart!"

Mark wrote, "Hey, Shari's back. I was beginning to worry..."


Will you two get a room, this is a family friendly forum.



The pages in Shari's new book are serially numbered from 1. If the number of digits required to total all the pages in the book is 972, how many pages are there in the book?



WOW IRAHS KCAB


A WHOINLCEE

WALKWAY
I did that in my head and sure screwed it up. Next time, pencil and paper.

[size=8]once in a while

SHARI'S BOOB, I MEAN BOOK
390[/size]

Mark wrote, "Next time, pencil and paper."

Now don't go getting hi tech on me. May I suggest you put Shari down, thus freeing up your hands!



A WHOINLCEE
once in a while


SHARI'S BOOB, I MEAN BOOK
390

So close:
The first 9 pages need 1 digit each, totalling 9 digits, and the next 90 digits need 2 each, totalling 180 digits. This leaves 972-189=783 digits left for the other pages, which all have 3 digits. As they all need 3 digits, there can be 783/3=261 of them. This means that the total amount of pages is 99+261=360.

Have you got something on your mind Mark?



The three bears were sitting down to eat their porridge. It should have been a happy family occasion, but it soon became apparent to everyone that something was wrong.

"Who's been eating my porridge?" they all cried, but the fact was, they had eaten each other's! Mummy (Shari) Bear had eaten half the amount that Daddy (Mark) Bear would have had left in his bowl if only he had eaten from his bowl and no one else.

Now, Baby (Try) Bear originally had 30 spoonfuls in his bowl, Mummy Bear had 60 and Daddy Bear had 90. Baby Bear had eaten half the amount that Mummy Bear would have had left in her bowl if only Daddy Bear had eaten from her bowl and had eaten one third of his actual total consumption.

Daddy Bear had eaten the amount that Baby Bear would have had left if only Mummy Bear had eaten from Baby Bear's bowl and had eaten one third of her actual total consumption.

How many spoonfuls of porridge had each bear eaten

Now, before you ask; I may have seen Mark. However, I have definitely not seen Shari Bear.



CTOHUENEGK

BOOK
I forgot to count pages 10-99 as two each.


[size=8]tongue in cheek[/size]

To err is human, the problem is; you aint human enough!



TDIOCKWHITTGN

[size=8]PORRIDGE
Daddy: 18 spoonfuls
Mommy: 36 spoonfuls
Baby: 27 spoonfuls[/size]

Mark:

PORRIDGE
Daddy: 18 spoonfuls
Mommy: 36 spoonfuls
Baby: 27 spoonfuls



Daddy Bear ate 18 spoonfuls, Mummy Bear ate 36 spoonfuls, and Baby Bear ate 27 spoonfuls. Let the amounts that these bears originally had in their bowls be D, M and B, respectively, and their total consumption be d, m and b. Then we can form the following three equations :

b = (1/2)(M - (1/3)d)
m = (1/2)(D - d)
d = B - (1/3)m

Good thinking Mark.




Three people picked 65 apples altogether.
At the first tree they each picked the same number of apples.
At the second tree they each picked 3 times as many as they picked at the first tree.
When they finished at the third tree, the group had 5 times as many apples as they had when they started at that tree.
At the fourth tree the group picked just 5 apples.

How many apples did each person pick at the first tree


CBAAKKEES

[size=8]APPLES
1[/size]

Mark:

APPLES
1


Suppose they pick y apples at the first tree. Then, they pick 3y apples at the second tree and have 4y apples
altogether. After the third tree, they have 5 × 4y or 20y apples, and after the fourth tree, they have 20y + 5 apples.

20y + 5 = 65
20y = 60
y = 3

Therefore, each person picks one apple at the first tree.
Although I like a nice firm pear myself.




WWEISLHL




At dawn on Monday a snail fell into a bucket that was 12 inches deep. During the day it climbed up 3 inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches.

On what day of the week did the snail finally manage to climb out of the bucket




If Mark the Squirrel can find one nut in 15 minutes and Shari the Squirrel can find one nut in 12 minutes.

How many nuts will they accumulate in a day if they work together

Bearing in mind their daughter, Teresa, takes 20 minutes to eat a nut and she eats all day long!

[size=8]wishin' well

SNAIL
Wednesday

NUTS
Mark: 96
+
Shari: 120
-
Teresa: 72
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144[/size]

[size=8]GIRLS
(21-7)*2 = 28

FLY / FLEA
6

walk in the sunshine[/size]

Mark, you are quite right, those questions do insult your intelligence. Something a little easier perhaps…



Mark drives a city taxicab during the summer. A client of his, Shari, always rides home in Mark's taxicab. Her apartment is 14 blocks north and 6 blocks east of the office building where she works. The streets between the office building and Shari's apartment are laid out in a rectangular grid, and all streets are accessible to Mark's taxi.

How many different paths are available for Mark to make the 20-block trip from Shari's workplace to her apartment


That should not take long; I bet he has tried all of them.

[size=8]TAXI
C(14+6,6) = 38760

However, to maximize time with Shari, Mark never takes a direct (20 block) route.[/size]

[size=8]hand in g(l)ove
sail in store?[/size]

[size=8]stay indoors (it's raining)[/size]

[size=8]FARMER BOB
My spreadsheet tells me approximately $16.72/acre.

He needs to find a cheap replacement for Steadfast.[/size]