The worlds first riddle!

3,7,10, 11,12
When spelled, 'e' is the only vowel.

Oops. That can't be right, or 17 would be in the list.

NOMADS
They could use base 2 and each count up to 1023 (finger up is 1, finger down is 0). If they combine their fingers, they can count up to 1073741823.

They could use base 3 and each count up to 59048 (finger up is 2, finger bent at knuckle is 1, finger down is 0). If they combine their fingers, they can count up to 205891132094648.

ALLOY
Solder.

CREATURE
Does creature include members of the plant kingdom? I've read about some huge undergound fungus that is supposed to be the largest known living thing. It certainly doesn't have a backbone.

fence

79545.45454545454545454545454545 m2

FENCE
yes - for a given perimeter, the circle encloses the largest area
17077.47+ square meters

TEMPERATURE
-3

WHAT IS HE
lost in time

MARK (no relation)
0.3 miles

PUMPS
4 hours

TEDDY
24

MARK (no relation)
0.3 miles
What a pity. He is a multi-millionaire.


PUMPS
4 hours

Pump A: 30 h/ V (V = volume of the water in the cellar), pump B: 20 h/ V, pump C: 15 h/ V, pump D: 10 h/ V. The pumping performances are expressed by reciprocal value formation into V/ h, then the deliveries of the pumps per hour can be added --> V/ 30 h + V/ 20 h + V/ 15 h + V/ 10 h = (after finding the common denominator considering the smallest multiple of the denominators = 60 h) --> 2V/ 60 h + 3V/ 60 h + 4V/ 60 h + 6V/ 60 h = 15V/ 60 h = (after reducing by 15) 1V/ 4 h (= 1/4 V/ h) --> (after reciprocal value formation): 4 h/ V , i. e. the 4 pumps had pumped out the cellar after 4 hours.


Mark:
TEDDY
24

One could set up a difficult equation with x = booty, in order to calculate, how much remains for the poor Teddy: (x - 1/2 x) - (x - 1/2 x) • 2/3 - ( (x - 1/2 x) - (x - 1/2 x) • 2/3) • 3/4 = ? (remains for Teddy). However, it works more simply, according to the idea: Teddy will get: x • 1/2 • 1/3 • 1/4 = 1/24 x. Of each stolen coat Teddy will get 1/24 (a twenty-fifth) as his remaining share. That is, in order to get one coat to keep for himself, he must steal 24 coats, a bad deal for him!


SOME CLASSIC RIDDLES:

1. Some months have thirty days and some months have thirty-one days. How many months have twenty-eight days

2. At the hardware store I was quoted 12 cents for one, 24 cents for 50, and 36 cents for 144. I wanted six. What was I buying and how much did it cost me

3. If two boys and a girl can beat their father in a tug-of-war, but their mother can win against a boy and two girls, who should win a contest between the father and a girl against the other and a boy

4. If a crab and a half weigh a pound and a half, but the half crab weights half as much again as the whole crab, what do half the whole crab and the whole of the half crab weigh

5. A chessboard has squares that are two inches by two inches by two inches. What is the diameter of the largest circle that can be drawn on the board in such a way that the circle's circumference is entirely on black squares

1-12 months

who should win a contest between the father and a girl against (((the other)))) and a boy ?
who is the other?

thanks

b+b+g>f
m>b+g+g

b+b+g+m>f+b+g+g

b+m>f+g

crab

a+b=1.5
b=1.5a

2.5a=1.5

a=.6
b=.9

total=1.8+.3=2.1 pounds

two inches by two inches by two inches?

what does this mean?

try:

base 2
base 3
base 11
what is this?

WHAT AM I BUYING?
digits (like you use for your address)
The digit 6 costs 12 cents

CIRCE ON CHESS BOARD
2*sqrt(10) inches

ANSWERS FOR CLASSIC RIDDLES:


1. All twelve months have 28 days. Some have more as well.

2. Prices quoted were for house numbers at 12 cents per number. A number'6' cost me 12 cents.

3. The mother and boy. Pitting the 2 winning teams against the 2 losing teams (boy + boy + girl + mother versus father + boy + girl + girl) will obviously result in a win for boy + boy + girl + Mother over father + boy + girl + girl. Take a girl and boy away from each side, and boy + mother must still beat father + girl. PHEW!!!!

4. 2.1 pounds. The 'whole crab' must weigh 0.6 pounds, and the 'half crab' 0.9 pounds, totaling 1 1/2 pounds. If the former were halved and the latter doubled, the weights would then be 0.3 and 1.8 pounds, totaling 2.1 pounds.

5. The diameter is 6.324 inches. Diameter is equal to twice the radius.


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