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On my way to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, and each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives. How many were going to St. Ives?
 

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On my way to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, and each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

I like this one, it’s similar to this...

Nicks dad has three kids..

Penny
Dime
And?




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Yep one if you met all of them while going to ST Ives.
Easy Math I like that.
 

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Four people come to a river in the night. There's a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch, and because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge.

Person A can cross the bridge in one minute
Person B in 2 minutes
Person C in 5 minutes
Person D in 8 minutes

When 2 people cross the bridge together, they must move at the slower person's pace. The question is, can they all get across the bridge if the torch only lasts 15 minutes? If so, how?
 

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person D & B goes half way...B continues then D shines everyone past then go themselves?

4 minutes person D + 1 minute for the rest of the way person B
5 minutes C
1 minute A
4 minutes Person D

15 mins


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in fact doing it this way shaves 30 secs off 15 mins cause A would take 30 secs to get half way then go with D

B&D - 4 mins
D wait half way ...shines B over - 1 min
D shines the way for C to cross - 5 mins
D shines A to get to them half way - 30 secs
A & D go together - 4 mins

14.5 mins, they then have a flashlight party for 30 secs to celebrate haha
 
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person D & B goes half way...B continues then D shines everyone past then go themselves?

4 minutes person D + 1 minute for the rest of the way person B
5 minutes C
1 minute A
4 minutes Person D

15 mins
What about the torch?
 

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A+B go together first = 2 minutes
A goes back = 3 minutes
C+D go together = 11minutes
B comes back = 13 minutes
A+B go together = 15 minutes...

It can be done.

I know I completed it but can someone else come up with the next one?.... Too tired to think of one.... Thank you....
 

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Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
 

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A+B go together first = 2 minutes
A goes back = 3 minutes
C+D go together = 11minutes
B comes back = 13 minutes
A+B go together = 15 minutes...

It can be done.

I know I completed it but can someone else come up with the next one?.... Too tired to think of one.... Thank you....
Ding! Ding!
 

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If you have a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass, how can you boil an egg in exactly 15 minutes?
 

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Turn both hourglasses over at the same time. When the 7 minute is over on the 7 minute hourglass drop your egg into the boiling water. Wait while the last 4 minutes of the 11 minute hourglass is finishing. Then flip the 11 minute hourglass as soon as it is over to start another 11 minutes.... At the end of the 2nd 11 minutes you will have an exact 15 minutes.... take egg off the stove...
 

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Turn both hourglasses over at the same time. When the 7 minute is over on the 7 minute hourglass drop your egg into the boiling water. Wait while the last 4 minutes of the 11 minute hourglass is finishing. Then flip the 11 minute hourglass as soon as it is over to start another 11 minutes.... At the end of the 2nd 11 minutes you will have an exact 15 minutes.... take egg off the stove...

Ding ding ....you’re up
 

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Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
 

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They made Fish fingers?
had a fillet each?
When you say caught 3 between them or each?
 

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3 fish were caught total and each person had a fish of their own....
 

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Six people A, B, C, D, E, and F are given choice to choose for the following posts:
  • President
  • Vice president
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
But they have some conditions:
  • F wants to be President if E is Vice president.
  • B does not want to be either President or Vice president.
  • E does not work if both A and B work.
  • D does not work if any of A and B works.
  • C works only if F works along with B.
Can you specify who gets which post?
 

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A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
 

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A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

stepping stones?
 

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I lie in a hammock in the jungle and move at 1,000 MPH, Santa on the other hand is sitting reading his lists and moves not at all. Neither of us feels any motion.
How can this be?
 

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Correct... Your turn....

You know the thought came to me, if we did find a very hard one and it takes hours to answer, can we give the answer to someone if we are needing to leave? How does that work?

just give a heads up someone can jump in :)
 

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I lie in a hammock in the jungle and move at 1,000 MPH, Santa on the other hand is sitting reading his lists and moves not at all. Neither of us feels any motion.
How can this be?

rotation of the earth?
 

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Yep.... That is my answer too.... Just ready for bed...

Anyhow it was fun guys.... Catch you guys later. I'm gonna try to get another nap in.... I hate waking up every few hours...
 

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Find the odd one out:
First, Second, Third, Forth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
 
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