The worlds first riddle!

EGGS
500

SQUARES
324

FRIENDS
5

NUSIANS
100% You can't select four of five items without selecting an insect. Before this simple solution dawned on me, I tried to figure out how many people ate various combinations. I don't believe there is a solution that satisfies the givens.

Mark:

EGGS
500

SQUARES
324

I made it 81 square in. However as you were spot on with the hats, I must be wrong.

FRIENDS
5

NUSIANS
100%

Yep, that's right.


CHESS:

Numbering
*A B C
1bbb
2
3
4www

By avoiding B.2/3 14 moves.

A1-C2-A3-C4=Home
B1-C3-A4=H
C1-A2-B4=H

A4-C3-A2-C1=Home
B4-C2-A1=H
C4-A3-B1=H




The perimeter of a rectangle is 34 inches, and its area is 60 square inches. What is the product of the lengths of the diagonals, in inches


Nine woodchucks can chuck eight pieces of wood in three hours. How much wood can a woodchuck chuck in one hour


The digits1, 2, 3, and 4 can be arranged to form 24 different 4-digit numbers. If these 24 numbers are listed from smallest to largest, in what position is; 3,142

3,142 is on 14th place, while one woodchuck can chuck 8/27 (0.296) of the wood piece in one hour

DIAGONALS
169

SQUARES revisited
The area of the small one is 81

CHESS
Same nomenclature as Try.

C1-A2-C3 (move out of the way)
B4-A2-C1 (home)
A1-C2-B4 (home)
C4-A3-C2-A1 (home)
B1-A3-C4 (home)
C3-A2 (move out of the way again)
A4-C3-B1 (home)
A2-C3-A4 (home)

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MyO:
"3,142 is on 14th place"

You sure know your Woodchucks. BTW Are you having elections and demonstrations in your part of the world?

Mark:
DIAGONALS
"169"

SQUARES revisited

The laws of Probability prove that if I kept at it for long enough I was sure to strike lucky sometime.

CHESS

Your confirmation proves Bobby Fisher better look out.



To celebrate Thanksgiving, Grover baked a pie. He gave one-fourth of it to his cousin. Then he gave two-thirds of what was left to his uncle. He then gave three-fourths of the amount that was left to his aunt. What fraction of the pie remained for Grover to eat


What is the number of solutions (x,y) of the equation 3x + y = 100, where x and y are positive integers



Three pencils and a jumbo eraser cost $1.24.
Five pencils and a jumbo eraser cost $1.82.
No prices include tax.

In cents, what is the cost of a pencil


Have a good day!

well in my par of the world maybe...as much as American would have demonstrations in his part of the world if they were in Mexico

pencil costs 29 cents. and poor Grover was left with only 1/16 of a pie.

Try: This puzzle is from Henry E. Dudeney.



Whim

SOLUTIONS TO EQUATION
33

well, Hrvatska is local name for Croatia and not short for my town My town is Karlovac if that's what you were trying to check

MyO: Nice place to live. I like the castle.


I thought this one had slipped through the net, not so.

Mark:
SOLUTIONS TO EQUATION
33


Draco received $1,000 from his grandpa upon his high school graduation at age 18. He invested the money in an account at 9% interest compounded annually and let it stay there until his retirement at age 68.

What was the balance in the account upon Draco's retirement


Felipe Giaffone won his first Indy Racing League race by 0.0932 seconds.
If he was traveling at 180 miles per hour when he crossed the finish line,
by how many feet did he beat the 2nd place driver


Three angles of a pentagon measure of 88 degrees, 124 degrees, and 92 degrees. If the measure of the remaining two angles are equal, what is the measure, in degrees, of one of the remaining angles

DRACO
$74357.52

FELIPE
It depends on how fast the 2nd place driver was going.

PENTAGON
118

Mark:
DRACO
$74357.52

PENTAGON
118

FELIPE
It depends on how fast the 2nd place driver was going.

Let me re-phrase that question, I think I might have lost the plot.

If Felipe Giaffone won his first Indy Racing League race by 15 minutes.
And he was travelling at 4 miles per hour when he crossed the finish line,
by how many yards did he beat the 2nd place driver?

Would it not be 440 yards regardless of the speed of the other vehicle?
Would the distance of the race have to be included?


A painted 2 x 2 x 2 cube is cut into 8 unit cubes. What fraction of the total surface area of the 8 small cubes is painted


On a twenty-question test, each correct answer is worth 5 points, each unanswered question is worth 1 point, and each incorrect answer is worth 0 points.

Which of the following scores is not possible
A) 90 B) 91 C) 92 D) 95 E) 97

CUBES
1/2

TEST
97

FELIPE (revisited)
It doesn't matter how fast Felipe is going. All that matters is how fast the second place driver was going.

Distance=Rate*Time
The distance is how far the second place driver is from the finish line when Felipe crosses.
The time is how long it took for the second place driver to reach the finish line after Felipe crossed.
For the equation to make sense, the rate has to be how fast the second place driver was driving.

Consider these two extreme examples:
- He crosses the finish line 0.0932 seconds before a snail crawling at 1mm per minute. The distance is miniscule.
- He crosses the finish line 0.0932 seconds before a photon traveling at the speed of light. The distance is enormous.

Now how many moves do you need if you need to alternate black and white knights?


Whim

TEACHERS
1300

TURNS
80

Whim:
6 to swap the middle ones.