1. Three friends divided some bullets equally.

After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the original number divided. Answer 18 Assume that initial there were 3*X bullets. o they got X bullets each after division. All of them shot 4 bullets. o now they have !X " 4# bullets each. $ut it is given that%after they shot 4 bullets each% total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division i.e. X Therefore% the equation is 3 * !X " 4# & X 3 * X " 1' & X ' * X & 1' X&( Therefore the total bullets before division is & 3 * X & 1)

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Find sum of digits of *.

+et A& 1,,,1,,, $ & sum of digits of A - & sum of digits of $ * & sum of digits of !./0T 1 A & $ & - & * !mod ,## Answer The sum of the digits od D is 1. +et 2 & sum of digits of *. /t follows from the hint that A & 2 !mod ,#

-onsider% A & 1,,,1,,, 3 '444'444 & ''444 * 1444'444 & 14'4'44 * 14(444 3 14)44 * 14(444 & 14()44

i.e. A 3 14()44 i.e. $ 3 ()44 * , & (1'44 i.e. - 3 5 * , & 45 i.e. * 3 ' * , & 1) i.e. 2 3& , i.e. 2 is a single digit number.

Also% 1,,, & 1 !mod ,# so 1,,,1,,, & 1 !mod ,# Therefore we conclude that 2&1. 3. There is a 54m long army 6latoon marching ahead. The last 6erson in the 6latoon wants to give a letter to the first 6erson leading the 6latoon. o while the 6latoon is marching he runs ahead% reaches the first 6erson and hands over the letter to him and without sto66ing he runs and comes bac7 to his original 6osition. /n the mean time the whole 6latoon has moved ahead by 54m. The question is how much distance did the last 6erson cover in that time. Assuming that

he ran the whole distance with uniform s6eed. Submitted Answer The last person covered 120.71 meters. /t is given that the 6latoon and the last 6erson moved with uniform s6eed. Also% they both moved for the identical amount of time. .ence% the ratio of the distance they covered " while 6erson moving forward and bac7word " are equal. +et8s assume that when the last 6erson reached the first 6erson% the 6latoon moved X meters forward. Thus% while moving forward the last 6erson moved !549X# meters whereas the 6latoon moved X meters. imilarly% while moving bac7 the last 6erson moved :54"!54"X#; meters whereas the 6latoon moved !54"X# meters. 0ow% as the ratios are equal% !549X#<X & X<!54"X# !549X#*!54"X# & X*X olving% X&35.355 meters Thus% total distance covered by the last 6erson & !549X# 9 X & '*X 9 54 & '*!35.355# 9 54 & 1'4.=1 meters 0ote that at first glance% one might thin7 that the total distance covered by the last 6erson is 144 meters% as he ran the total lenght of the 6latoon !54 meters# twice. T>?2% but that8s the relative distance covered by the last 6erson i.e. assuming that the 6latoon is stationary. 4. /f you ta7e a mar7er @ start from a corner on a cube% what is the maAimum number of edges you can trace across if you never trace across the same edge twice% never remove the mar7er from the cube% @ never trace anywhere on the cube% eAce6t for the corners @ edgesB Answer

To verify this% you can ma7e a drawing of a cube% @ number each of its 1' edges. Then% always starting from 1 corner @ 1 edge% you can determine all of the 6ossible combinations for tracing along the edges of a cube. There is no need to start from other corners or edges of the cube% as you will only be re6eating the same combinations. The 6rocess is a little more involved than this% but is useful for solving many ty6es of s6atial 6uCCles. Dne of Er. $aFaF% his wife% their son and Er. $aFaF8s mother is an 2ngineer and another is a *octor.

/f the *octor is a male% then the 2ngineer is a male. /f the 2ngineer is younger than the *octor% then the 2ngineer and the *octor are not blood relatives. /f the 2ngineer is a female% then she and the *octor are blood relatives.

-an you tell who is the *octor and the 2ngineerB Answer !r. "a#a# is the $ngineer and either his wife or his son is the Doctor. Er. $aFaF8s wife and mother are not blood relatives. o from 3% if the 2ngineer is a female% the *octor is a male. $ut from 1% if the *octor is a male% then the 2ngineer is a male. Thus% there is a contradiction% if the 2ngineer is a female. .ence% either Er. $aFaF or his son is the 2ngineer. Er. $aFaF8s son is the youngest of all four and is blood relative of each of them. o from '% Er. $aFaF8s son is not the 2ngineer. .ence% Er. $aFaF is the 2ngineer. 0ow from '% Er. $aFaF8s mother can not be the *octor. o the *octor is either his wife or his son . /t is not 6ossible to determine anything further. Three men " am% -am and +aurie " are married to -arrie% $illy and Tina% but not necessarily in the same order. am8s wife and $illy8s .usband 6lay -arrie and Tina8s husband at bridge. 0o wife 6artners her husband and -am does not 6lay bridge. Gho is married to -amB Answer %arrie is married to %am.

H am8s wife and $illy8s .usband 6lay -arrie and Tina8s husband at bridge.H /t means that am is not married to either $illy or -arrie. Thus% am is married to Tina. As -am does not 6lay bridge% $illy8s husband must be +aurie. .ence% -arrie is married to -am. There are 3 6ersons X% I and J. Dn some day% X lent tractors to I and J as many as they had. After a month I gave as many tractors to X and J as many as they have. After a month J did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had '4. Find the tractors each originally hadB Answer Dne way to solve it is by ma7ing 3 equations and solve them simultaneously. $ut there is rather easier way to solve it using $ac7tracing. /t8s given that at the end% each had '4 tractors !'4% '4% '4# i.e. after J gave tractors to X @ I as many as they had. /t means that after getting tractors from J their tractors got doubled. o before J gave them tractors% they had 1' tractors each and J had 4) tractors. !1'% 1'% 4)# imilarly% before I gave tractors to X @ J% they had ( @ '4 tractors res6ectively and I had 4' tractors i.e. !(% 4'% '4# Again% before X gave tractors to I @ J% they had '1 @ 1' tractors res6ectively and X had 3, tractors i.e. !3,% '1% 1'# .ence% initially & had 3 tractors' ( had 21 tractors and ) had 12 tractors. A certain street has 1444 buildings. A sign"ma7er is contracted to number the houses from 1 to 1444. .ow many Ceroes will he needB Answer The sign*ma+er will need 1 2 ,eroes. *ivide 1444 building numbers into grou6s of 144 each as follow1 !1..144#% !141..'44#% !'41..344#% ....... !,41..1444# For the first grou6% sign"ma7er will need 11 Ceroes. For grou6 numbers ' to ,% he will require '4 Ceroes each.

And for grou6 number 14% he will require '1 Ceroes. The total numbers of Ceroes required are & 11 9 )*'4 9 '1 & 11 9 1(4 9 '1 & 1,' There are , coins. Dut of which one is odd one i.e weight is less or more. .ow many iterations of weighing are required to find odd coinB Answer /t is always 6ossible to find odd coin in 3 weighings and to tell whether the odd coin is heavier or lighter. 1. Ta7e ) coins and weigh 4 against 4. o /f both are not equal% goto ste6 ' o /f both are equal% goto ste6 3

'. Dne of these ) coins is the odd one. 0ame the coins on heavier side of the scale as .1% .'% .3 and .4. imilarly% name the coins on the lighter side of the scale as +1% +'% +3 and +4. 2ither one of .8s is heavier or one of +8s is lighter. Geigh !.1% .'% +1# against !.3% .4% X# where X is one coin remaining in intial weighing.
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/f both are equal% one of +'% +3% +4 is lighter. Geigh +' against +3. /f both are equal% +4 is the odd coin and is lighter. /f +' is light% +' is the odd coin and is lighter. /f +3 is light% +3 is the odd coin and is lighter.

/f !.1% .'% +1# is heavier side on the scale% either .1 or .' is heavier. Geight .1 against .' /f both are equal% there is some error. /f .1 is heavy% .1 is the odd coin and is heavier. /f .' is heavy% .' is the odd coin and is heavier.

/f !.3% .4% X# is heavier side on the scale% either .3 or .4 is heavier or +1 is lighter. Geight .3 against .4 /f both are equal% +1 is the odd coin and is lighter. /f .3 is heavy% .3 is the odd coin and is heavier. /f .4 is heavy% .4 is the odd coin and is heavier.

3. The remaining coin X is the odd one. Geigh X against the anyone coin used in initial weighing. o /f both are equal% there is some error. o /f X is heavy% X is the odd coin and is heavier. o /f X is light% X is the odd coin and is lighter. /n a s6orts contest there were m medals awarded on n successive days !n K 1#. 1. Dn the first day 1 medal and 1<= of the remaining m " 1 medals were awarded. '. Dn the second day ' medals and 1<= of the now remaining medals was awardedL and so on. 3. Dn the nth and last day% the remaining n medals were awarded. .ow many days did the contest last% and how many medals were awarded altogetherB Answer Total 3- medals were awarded and the contest was for - da.s. Dn day 11 Eedals awarded & !1 9 35<=# & ( 1 >emaining 34 medals Dn day '1 Eedals awarded & !' 9 ')<=# & ( 1 >emaining '4 medals Dn day 31 Eedals awarded & !3 9 '1<=# & ( 1 >emaining 1) medals Dn day 41 Eedals awarded & !4 9 14<=# & ( 1 >emaining 1' medals Dn day 51 Eedals awarded & !5 9=<=# & ( 1 >emaining ( medals Dn day (1 Eedals awarded ( / got this answer by writing small 6rogram. /f anyone 7now any other sim6ler method% do submit it. A number of , digits has the following 6ro6erties1

The number com6rising the leftmost two digits is divisible by '% that com6rising the leftmost three digits is divisible by 3% the leftmost four by 4% the leftmost five by 5% and so on for the nine digits of the number i.e. the number formed from the first n digits is divisible by n% '3&n3&,. 2ach digit in the number is different i.e. no digits are re6eated. The digit 4 does not occur in the number i.e. it is com6rised only of the digits 1", in some order.

Find the number. Answer The answer is 381-/472

Dne way to solve it is Trial"@"2rror. Iou can ma7e it bit easier as odd 6ositions will always occu6y D** numbers and even 6ositions will always occu6y 2M20 numbers. Further 5th 6osition will contain 5 as 4 does not occur. The other way to solve this 6roblem is by writing a com6uter 6rogram that systematically tries all 6ossibilities 1<3 rd of the contents of a container eva6orated on the 1st day. 3<4th of the remaining contents of the container eva6orated on the second day. Ghat 6art of the contents of the container is left at the end of the second dayB Answer Assume that contents of the container is X Dn the first day 1<3rd is eva6orated. !1 " 1<3# of X is remaining i.e. !'<3#X Dn the econd day 3<4th is eva6orated. .ence% !1" 3<4# of !'<3#X is remaining i.e. !1<4#!'<3#X & !1<(# X .ence 1<(th of the contents of the container is remaining Mi6ul was studying for his eAaminations and the lights went off. /t was around 1144 AE. .e lighted two uniform candles of equal length but one thic7er than the other. The thic7 candle is su66osed to last siA hours and the thin one two hours less. Ghen he finally went to slee6% the thic7 candle was twice as long as the thin one. For how long did Mi6ul study in candle lightB Answer 0ipul studied for 3 hours in candle light. Assume that the initial lenght of both the candle was + and Mi6ul studied for X hours. /n X hours% total thic7 candle burnt & X+<( /n X hours% total thin candle burnt & X+<4 After X hours% total thic7 candle remaining & + " X+<( After X hours% total thin candle remaining & + " X+<4

Also% it is given that the thic7 candle was twice as long as the thin one when he finally went to slee6. !+ " X+<(# & '!+ " X+<4# !( " X#<( & !4 " X#<' !( " X# & 3*!4 " X# ( " X & 1' " 3X 'X & ( X&3 .ence% Mi6ul studied for 3 hours i.e. 1)4 minutes in candle light. /f you started a business in which you earned >s.1 on the first day% >s.3 on the second day% >s.5 on the third day% >s.= on the fourth day% @ so on. .ow much would you have earned with this business after 54 years !assuming there are eAactly 3(5 days in every year#B Answer 1s.333'0-2'/00 To begin with% you want to 7now the total number of days1 3(5 A 54 & 1)'54. $y eA6erimentation% the following formula can be discovered% @ used to determine the amount earned for any 6articular day1 1 9 '!A"1#% with A being the number of the day. Ta7e half of the 1)'54 days% @ 6air them u6 with the other half in the following way1 day 1 with day 1)'54% day ' with day 1)'4,% @ so on% @ you will see that if you add these 6airs together% they always equal >s.3(544. Eulti6ly this number by the total number of 6airs !,1'5#% @ you have the amount you would have earned in 54 years. Eath gurus may use series formula to solve it.!series1 1%3%5%=%,%11.....u6to 1)'54 terms# A wor7er earns a 5N raise. A year later% the wor7er receives a '.5N cut in 6ay% @ now his salary is >s. ''=4'.() Ghat was his salary to begin withB Answer 1s.2217Assume his salary was >s. X .e earns 5N raise. o his salary is !145*X#<144

A year later he receives '.5N cut. o his salary is !!145*X#<144#*!,=.5<144# which is >s. ''=4'.() .ence% solving equation !!145*X#<144#*!,=.5<144# & ''=4'.() X & ''1=( At (8o a cloc7 tic7s ( times. The time between first and last tic7s is 34 seconds. .ow long does it tic7 at 1'8o. Answer -- seconds /t is given that the time between first and last tic7s at (8o is 34 seconds. Total time ga6s between first and last tic7s at (8o & 5 !i.e. between 1 @ '% ' @ 3% 3 @ 4% 4 @ 5 and 5 @ (# o time ga6 between two tic7s & 34<5 & ( seconds. 0ow% total time ga6s between first and last tic7s at 1'8o & 11 Therefore time ta7en for 1' tic7s & 11 * ( & (( seconds !and not (4 seconds# 544 men are arranged in an array of 14 rows and 54 columns according to their heights. Tallest among each row of all are as7ed to come out. And the shortest among them is A. imilarly after resuming them to their original 6ositions% the shortest among each column are as7ed to come out. And the tallest among them is $. 0ow who is taller A or $ B Answer

2o one is taller' 3oth are same as A and " are the same person. As it is mentioned that 544 men are arranged in an array of 14 rows and 54 columns according to their heights. +et8s assume that 6osition numbers re6resent their heights. .ence% the shortest among the 54% 144% 154% ... 454% 544 is 6erson with height 54 i.e. A. imilarly the tallest among 1% '% 3% 4% 5% ..... 4)% 4)% 54 is 6erson with height 54 i.e. $ 0ow% both A and $ are the 6erson with height 54. .ence both are same. /n Er. Eehta8s family% there are one grandfather% one grandmother% two fathers% two mothers% one father"in"law% one mother"in"law% four children% three grandchildren% one brother% two sisters% two sons% two daughters and one daughter"in"law. .ow many members are there in Er. Eehta8s familyB Oive minimal 6ossible answer. Answer4 There are = members in Er. Eehta8s family. Eother @ Father of Er. Eehta% Er. @ Ers. Eehta% his son and two daughters. Eother @ Father of Er. Eehta P P Er. @ Ers. Eehta P P Dne on @ Two *aughters Ghen AleAander the Oreat attac7ed the forces of Qorus% an /ndian soldier was ca6tured by the Oree7s. .e had dis6layed such bravery in battle% however% that the enemy offered to let him choose how he wanted to be 7illed. They told him% H/f you tell a lie% you will 6ut to the sword% and if you tell the truth you will be hanged.H The soldier could ma7e only one statement. .e made that statement and went free. Ghat did he sayB Answer The soldier said% HIou will 6ut me to the sword.H The soldier has to say a QaradoA to save himself. /f his statement is true% he will be hanged% which is not the sword and hence false. /f his statement is false% he will be 6ut to the sword% which will ma7e it true. A QaradoA RRR A 6erson wanted to withdraw X ru6ees and I 6aise from the ban7. $ut cashier made a mista7e and gave him I ru6ees and X 6aise. 0either the 6erson nor the cashier noticed that. After s6ending '4 6aise% the 6erson counts the money. And to his sur6rise% he has double

the amount he wanted to withdraw. Find X and I. !1 >u6ee & 144 Qaise# Answer As given% the 6erson wanted to withdraw 144X 9 I 6aise. $ut he got 144I 9 X 6aise. After s6ending '4 6aise% he has double the amount he wanted to withdraw. .ence% the equation is ' * !144X 9 I# & 144I 9 X " '4 '44X 9 'I & 144I 9X " '4 1,,X " ,)I & "'4 ,)I " 1,,X & '4 0ow% we got one equationL but there are ' variables. Ge have to a66ly little bit of logic over here. Ge 7now that if we interchange X @ I% amount gets double. o I should be twice of X or one more than twice of X i.e. I & 'X or I & 'X91 -ase / 1 (52& olving two equations simultaneously ,)I " 1,,X & '4 I " 'X & 4 Ge get X & " '4<3 @ I & " 44<' -ase // 1 (52&61 olving two equations simultaneously ,)I " 1,,X & '4 I " 'X & 1 Ge get X & '( @ I & 53 0ow% its obvious that he wanted to withdraw >s. '(.53 ubmit Answer ?sers Answer !'# $rainMista Answer

The game of Tic"Tac"Toe is being 6layed between two 6layers. Dnly the last mar7 to be 6laced in the game as shown.

Gho will win the game% D or XB -an you tell which was the siAth mar7 and at which 6ositionB *o eA6lain your answer. At the Qarty1 1. There were , men and children. '. There were ' more women than children. 3. The number of different man"woman cou6les 6ossible was '4. 0ote that if there were = men and 5 women% then there would have been 35 man"woman cou6les 6ossible. Also% of the three grou6s " men% women and children " at the 6arty1 4. There were 4 of one grou6. 5. There were ( of one grou6. (. There were ) of one grou6. 2Aactly one of the above ( statements is false. -an you tell which one is falseB Also% how many men% women and children are there at the 6arty

Assume that both the 6layers are intelligent enough.

Answer 7 will win the game. The si8th mar+ was & in s9uare . The =th mar7 must be 6laced in square 5 which is the win situation for both X and D. .ence% the (th mar7 must be 6laced in a line already containing two of the o66onents mar7s. There are two such 6ossibilities " the (th mar7 would have been either D in square = or X in square ,. As we 7now both the 6layers are intelligent enough% the (th mar7 could not be D in square =. /nstead% he would have 6laced D in square 5 and would have won. .ence% the siAth mar7 must be X 6laced in square ,. And the seventh mar7 will be D. Thus D will win the game. Answer :tatement ;4< is false. There are 3 men' 8 women and - children. Assume that tatements !4#% !5# and !(# are all true. Then% tatement !1# is false. $ut then

tatement !'# and !3# both can not be true. Thus% contradictory to the fact that eAactly one statement is false. o tatement !4# or tatement !5# or tatement !(# is false. Also% tatements !1#% !'# and !3# all are true. From !1# and !'#% there are 11 men and women. Then from !3#% there are ' 6ossible cases " either there are ) men and 3 women or there are 3 men and ) women. /f there are ) men and 3 women% then there is 1 child. Then tatements !4# and !5# both are false% which is not 6ossible. .ence% there are 3 men% ) women and ( children. tatement !4# is false. There is a shortage of tubelights% bulbs and fans in a village " Sharghar. /t is found that All houses do not have either tubelight or bulb or fan. eAactly 1,N of houses do not have Fust one of these. atleast (=N of houses do not have tubelights. atleast )3N of houses do not have bulbs. atleast =3N of houses do not have fans. Ghat 6ercentage of houses do not have tubelight% bulb and fanB Answer 42= houses do not have tu3elight' 3ul3 and fan. +et8s assume that there are 144 houses. .ence% there should be total 344 items i.e. 144 tubelights% 144 bulbs and 144 fans. From the given data% we 7now that there is shortage of atleast !(=9)39=3# ''3 items in every 144 houses. Also% eAactly 1, houses do not have Fust one item. /t means that remaining )1 houses should account for the shortage of remaining !''3"1,# '44 items. /f those remaining )1 houses do not have ' items each% there would be a shortage of 1(' items. $ut total of '44 items are short. .ence% atleast !'44"1('# 4' houses do not have all 3 items " tubelight% bulb and fan. Thus% 4'N houses do not have tubelight% bulb and fan. Er. ubramaniam rents a 6rivate car for Andheri"-olaba"Andheri tri6. /t costs him >s. 344 everyday. Dne day the car driver informed Er. ubramaniam that there were two students from $andra who wished to go from $andra to -olaba and bac7 to $andra. $andra is halfway between Andheri and -olaba. Er. ubramaniam as7ed the driver to let the students travel with him.

Dn the first day when they came% Er. ubramaniam said% H/f you tell me the mathematically correct 6rice you should 6ay individually for your 6ortion of the tri6% / will let you travel for free.H .ow much should the individual student 6ay for their FourneyB Answer The individual student should 6ay >s. 54 for their Fourney. 0ote that 3 6ersons are travelling between $andra and -olaba. The entire tri6 costs >s. 344 to Er. ubramanian. .ence% half of the tri6 costs >s. 154. For Andheri"$andra"Andheri% only one 6erson i.e. Er. ubramaniam is travelling. .ence% he would 6ay >s. 154. For $andra"-olaba"$andra% three 6ersons i.e Er. ubramaniam and two students% are travelling. .ence% each student would 6ay >s. 54. ubstitute digits for the letters to ma7e the following *ivision true

D?T """"""""""""" T2EP*2E/ P*ED""""""""""""" T?/ T2E """""""""" JJJ2 J?EE """""""" / T 0ote that the leftmost letter can8t be Cero in any word. Also% there must be a one"to"one ma66ing between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter E% no other letter can be 3 and all other E in the 6uCCle must be Answer %50' >51' :52' T53' 754' !5/' ?5-' )57' $58' D5 /t is obvious that ?&1 !as ?* T2E& T2E# and -&4 !as /"-&/#. *D is a single digit and also *T is a single digit. .ence% their values !D% % T# must be '% 3 or 4 !as they can not be 4 or 1 or greater than 4#. -onsider% T2E*D&*ED-% where -&4. /t means that E must be 5. 0ow% its sim6le. D&4% &'% T&3% 2&)% J&=% /&( and *&,. 2

D?T """"""""""""" T2EP*2E/ P*ED""""""""""""" T?/ T2E """""""""" JJJ2 J?EE """""""" 2

413 """"""""""""" '3)5P,)5(') P,544 """"""""""""" 31(' '3)5 """""""""" ===) =155 """"""""

/ T ('3 Also% when arranged from 4 to ,% it s6ells %>:T7!?)$D. At what time after 4.44 6.m. is the minutes hand of a cloc7 eAactly aligned with the hour handB Answer 442144 ./ Assume that X minutes after 4.44 QE minute hand eAactly aligns with and hour hand. For every minute% minute hand travels ( degrees. .ence% for X minutes it will travel ( * X degrees. For every minute% hour hand travels 1<' degrees. .ence% for X minutes it will travel X<' degrees. At 4.44 QE% the angle between minute hand and hour hand is 1'4 degrees. Also% after X minutes% minute hand and hour hand are eAactly aligned. o the angle with res6ect to 1' i.e. Mertical Qlane will be same. Therefore% ( * X & 1'4 9 X<' 1' * X & '44 9 X 11 * X & '44

X & '1.)1)' X & '1 minutes 4,.5 seconds .ence% at 41'114,.5 minute hand is eAactly aligned with the hour hand. A soldier looses his way in a thic7 Fungle. At random he wal7s from his cam6 but mathematically in an interesting fashion. First he wal7s one mile 2ast then half mile to 0orth. Then 1<4 mile to Gest% then 1<) mile to outh and so on ma7ing a loo6. Finally how far he is from his cam6 and in which directionB Answer The soldier is 0.8 44 miles awa. from his camp towards $ast*2orth. /t is obvious that he is in 2ast"0orth direction. *istance travelled in 0orth and outh directions & 1<' " 1<) 9 1<3' " 1<1') 9 1<51' " 1<'44) 9 and so on... !a geometric series with r & !" 1<4# # !1<'# * ! 1 " !"1<4#n # & """"""""""""""""""""""""""" ! 1 " !"1<4# # & 1 < ! ' * ! 1 " !"1<4# # # & '<5 imilarly in 2ast and Gest directions & 1 " 1<4 9 1<1( " 1<(4 9 1<'5( " and so on... !a geometric series with r & !"1<4# # !1# * ! 1 " !"1<4#n # & """"""""""""""""""""""""""" ! 1 " !"1<4# # & 1 < ! ! 1" !"1<4# # & 4<5 o the soldier is 4<5 miles away towards 2ast and '<5 miles away towards 0orth. o using right angled triangle% soldier is 4.),44 miles away from his cam6. >aF has a Fewel chest containing >ings% Qins and 2ar"rings. The chest contains '( 6ieces. >aF has ' 1<' times as many rings as 6ins% and the number of 6airs of earrings is 4 less than the number of rings.

.ow many earrings does >aF haveB Answer 12 earrings Assume that there are > rings% Q 6ins and 2 6air of ear"rings. /t is given that% he has ' 1<' times as many rings as 6ins. > & !5<'# * Q or Q & !'*>#<5 And% the number of 6airs of earrings is 4 less than the number of rings. 2 & > " 4 or > & 2 9 4 Also% there are total '( 6ieces. > 9 Q 9 '*2 & '( > 9 !'*>#<5 9 '*2 & '( 5*> 9 '*> 9 14*2 & 134 =*> 9 14*2 & 134 =*!2 9 4# 9 14*2 & 134 =*2 9 ') 9 14*2 & 134 1=*2 & 14' 2&( .ence% there are ( 6airs of 2ar"rings i.e. total 1' 2ar"rings .ow many ways are there of arranging the siAteen blac7 or white 6ieces of a standard international chess set on the first two rows of the boardB Oiven that each 6awn is identical and each roo7% 7night and bisho6 is identical to its 6air. Submitted Answer -'48'-4'800 wa.s There are total 1( 6ieces which can be arranged on 1( 6laces in 1(Q1( & 1(R ways. !1(R & 1( * 15 * 14 * 13 * 1' * ..... * 3 * ' * 1# $ut% there are some du6licate combinations because of identical 6ieces. There are ) identical 6awn% which can be arranged in )Q) & )R ways. imilarly there are ' identical roo7s% ' identical 7nights and ' identical bisho6s. 2ach can be arranged in 'Q' & 'R ways.

.ence% the require answer is & !1(R# < !)R * 'R * 'R * 'R# & (%4)%(4%)44 A 6erson with some money s6ends 1<3 for cloths% 1<5 of the remaining for food and 1<4 of the remaining for travel. .e is left with >s 144<" .ow much did he have with him in the beginingB Answer 1s. 2/0@* Assume that initially he had >s. X .e s6ent 1<3 for cloths &. !1<3# * X >emaining money & !'<3# * X .e s6ent 1<5 of remaining money for food & !1<5# * !'<3# * X & !'<15# * X >emaining money & !'<3# * X " !'<15# * X & !)<15# * X Again% he s6ent 1<4 of remaining maoney for travel & !1<4# * !)<15# * X & !'<15# * X >emaining money & !)<15# * X " !'<15# * X & !(<15# * X $ut after s6ending for travel he is left with >s. 144<" o !(<15# * X & 144 X & '54 Orass in lawn grows equally thic7 and in a uniform rate. /t ta7es '4 days for =4 cows and (4 days for 34 cows to eat the whole of the grass. .ow many cows are needed to eat the grass in ,( daysB Answer 20 cows g " grass at the beginning r " rate at which grass grows% 6er day y " rate at which one cow eats grass% 6er day n " no of cows to eat the grass in ,( days From given data% g 9 '4*r & =4 * '4 * y """""""""" A g 9 (4*r & 34 * (4 * y """""""""" $ g 9 ,(*r & n * ,( * y """""""""" -

olving for !$"A#% !(4 * r# " !'4 * r# & !34 * (4 * y# " !=4 * '4 * y# 3( * r & 1'4 * y """""""""" * olving for !-"$#% !,( * r# " !(4 * r# & !n * ,( * y# " !34 * (4 * y# 3( * r & !n * ,( " 34 * (4# * y 1'4 * y & !n * ,( " 34 * (4# * y :From *; 1'4 & !n * ,( " 1)44# n & '4 .ence% '4 cows are needed to eat the grass in ,( days. There is a safe with a 5 digit number as the 7ey. The 4th digit is 4 greater than the second digit% while the 3rd digit is 3 less than the 'nd digit. The 1st digit is thrice the last digit. There are 3 6airs whose sum is 11. Find the number. Answer -/2 2 As 6er given conditions% there are three 6ossible combinations for 'nd% 3rd and 4th digits. They are !3% 4% =# or !4% 1% )# or !5% '% ,# /t is given that there are 3 6airs whose sum is 11. All 6ossible 6airs are !'% ,#% !3% )#% !4% =#% !5% (#. 0ow required number is 5 digit number and it contains 3 6airs of 11. o it must not be having 4 and 1 in it. .ence% the only 6ossible combination for 'nd% 3rd and 4th digits is !5% '% ,# Also% 1st digit is thrice the last digit. The 6ossible combinations are !3% 1#% !(% '# and !,% 3#% out of which only !(% '# with !5% '% ,# gives 3 6airs of 11. .ence% the answer is (5','. Four friends " ArFan% $huvan% Ouran and +a7ha were com6aring the number of shee6 that they owned. /t was found that Ouran had ten more shee6 than +a7ha. /f ArFan gave one"third to $huvan% and $huvan gave a quarter of what he then held to Ouran% who then 6assed on a fifth of his holding to +a7ha% they would all have an equal number of shee6. .ow many shee6 did each of them 6ossessB Oive the minimal 6ossible answer Answer

Ar#an' "huvan' Auran and Ba+ha had 0' /0' // and 4/ sheep respectivel.. Assume that ArFan% $huvan% Ouran and +a7ha had A% $% O and + shee6 res6ectively. As it is given that at the end each would have an equal number of shee6% com6aring the final numbers from the above table. ArFan8s shee6 & $huvan8s shee6 'A<3 & A<4 9 3$<4 )A & 3A 9 ,$ 5A & ,$ ArFan8s shee6 & Ouran8s shee6 'A<3 & A<15 9 $<5 9 4O<5 'A<3 & A<15 9 A<, 9 4O<5 !as $&5A<,# 34A & 3A 9 5A 9 3(O ''A & 3(O 11A & 1)O ArFan8s shee6 & +a7ha8s shee6 'A<3 & A<(4 9 $<'4 9 O<5 9 + 'A<3 & A<(4 9 A<3( 9 11A<,4 9 + !as $&5A<, and O&11A<1)# 'A<3 & A<( 9 + A<' & + A & '+ Also% it is given that Ouran had ten more shee6 than +a7ha. O & + 9 14 11A<1) & A<' 9 14 A<, & 14 A & ,4 shee6 Thus% ArFan had ,4 shee6% $huvan had 5A<, i.e. 54 shee6% Ouran had 11A<1) i.e. 55 shee6 and +a7ha had A<' i.e. 45 shee6.

-onsider a number '35% where last digit is the sum of first two digits i.e. ' 9 3 & 5. .ow many such 3"digit numbers are thereB Answer There are 4/ different 3*digit num3ers. The last digit can not be 4. /f the last digit is 1% the only 6ossible number is 141. !0ote that 411 is not a 3"digit number# /f the last digit is '% the 6ossible numbers are '4' and 11'. /f the last digit is 3% the 6ossible numbers are 343% '13 and 1'3. /f the last digit is 4% the 6ossible numbers are 444% 314% ''4 and 134. /f the last digit is 5% the 6ossible numbers are 545% 415% 3'5% '35 and 145. 0ote the 6attern here " /f the last digit is 1% there is only one number. /f the last digit is '% there are two numbers. /f the last digit is 3% there are three numbers. /f the last digit is 4% there are four numbers. /f the last digit is 5% there are five numbers. And so on..... Thus% total numbers are 1 9 ' 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 ( 9 = 9 ) 9 , & 45 Altogether then% there are 45 different 3"digit numbers% where last digit is the sum of first two digits. Find the smallest number such that if its rightmost digit is 6laced at its left end% the new number so formed is 6recisely 54N larger than the original number. Answer The answer is 28/714. /f its rightmost digit is 6laced at its left end% then new number is 4')5=1 which is 54N larger than the original number ')5=14. The sim6lest way is to write a small 6rogram. And the other way is trial and error RRR Two identical 6ac7 of cards A and $ are shuffled throughly. Dne card is 6ic7ed from A and shuffled with $. The to6 card from 6ac7 A is turned u6. /f this is the Tueen of .earts% what are the chances that the to6 card in $ will be the Sing of .eartsB

Answer /2 @ 2703 There are two cases to be considered. %A:$ 1 4 Sing of .earts is drawn from Qac7 A and shuffled with Qac7 $ Qrobability of drawing Sing of .earts from Qac7 A & 1<51 !as Tueen of .earts is not to be drawn# Qrobability of having Sing of .earts on the to6 of the Qac7 $ & '<53 o total 6robability of case 1 & !1<51# * !'<53# & ' < !51 * 53# %A:$ 2 4 Sing of .earts is not drawn from Qac7 A Qrobability of not drawing Sing of .earts from Qac7 A & 54<51 !as Tueen of .earts is not to be drawn# Qrobability of having Sing of .earts on the to6 of the Qac7 $ & 1<53 o total 6robability of case ' & !54<51# * !1<53# & 54 < !51 * 53# 0ow adding both the 6robability% the required 6robability is & ' < !51 * 53# 9 54 < !51 * 53# & 5' < !51 * 53# & 5' < '=43 & 4.41,'3=) There are 3 ants at 3 corners of a triangle% they randomly start moving towards another corner. Ghat is the 6robability that they don8t collideB Answer +et8s mar7 the corners of the triangle as A%$%-. There are total ) ways in which ants can move. 1. A"K$% $"K-% -"KA '. A"K$% $"K-% -"K$ 3. A"K$% $"KA% -"KA 4. A"K$% $"KA% -"K$ 5. A"K-% -"K$% $"KA (. A"K-% -"K$% $"K=. A"K-% -"KA% $"KA ). A"K-% -"KA% $"K-

Dut of which% there are only two cases under which the ants won8t collide 1 A"K$% $"K-% -"KA A"K-% -"K$% $"KA

Find all sets of consecutive integers that add u6 to 1444. Submitted by : James Barberousse Answer There are total ) such series1 1. um of '444 numbers starting from ",,, i.e. summation of numbers from ",,, to 1444. !",,,# 9 !",,)# 9 !",,=# 9 ..... 9 !"1# 9 4 9 1 9 ' 9 ..... 9 ,,= 9 ,,) 9 ,,, 9 1444 & 1444 '. um of 444 numbers starting from "1,= i.e. summation of numbers from "1,= to '4'. !"1,=# 9 !"1,(# 9 !"1,5# 9 ..... 9 !"1# 9 4 9 1 9 ' 9 ..... 9 1,, 9 '44 9 '41 9 '4' & 1444 3. um of 1'5 numbers starting from "54 i.e. summation of numbers from "54 to =4. !"54# 9 !"53# 9 !"5'# 9 ..... 9 !"1# 9 4 9 1 9 ' 9 ..... 9 () 9 (, 9 =4 & 1444 4. um of )4 numbers starting from "'= i.e. summation of numbers from "'= to 5'. !"'=# 9 !"'(# 9 !"'5# 9 ..... 9 !"1# 9 4 9 1 9 ' 9 ..... 9 54 9 51 9 5' & 1444 5. um of '5 numbers starting from ') i.e. summation of numbers from ') to 5'. ') 9 ', 9 34 9 31 9 3' 9 33 9 34 9 35 9 3( 9 3= 9 3) 9 3, 9 44 9 41 9 4' 9 43 9 44 9 45 9 4( 9 4= 9 4) 9 4, 9 54 9 51 9 5' & 1444 (. um of 1( numbers starting from 55 i.e. summation of numbers from 55 to =4. 55 9 5( 9 5= 9 5) 9 5, 9(4 9 (1 9 (' 9 (3 9 (4 9 (5 9 (( 9 (= 9 () 9 (, 9 =4 & 1444 =. um of 5 numbers starting from 1,) i.e. summation of numbers from 1,) to '4'. 1,) 9 1,, 9 '44 9'41 9 '4' & 1444 ). um of 1 number starting from 1444. 1444 & 1444

There is a 4"character code% with ' of them being letters and the other ' being numbers. .ow many maAimum attem6ts would be necessary to find the correct codeB 0ote that the code is case"sensitive.

Answer The ma8imum num3er of attempts re9uired are 1-'22'400 There are 5' 6ossible letters " a to C and A to J% and 14 6ossible numbers " 4 to ,. 0ow% 4 characters " ' letters and ' numbers% can be selected in 5'*5'*14*14 ways. These 4 characters can be arranged in 4-' i.e. ( different ways " the number of unique 6atterns that can be formed by lining u6 4 obFects of which ' are distinguished one way !i.e. they must be letters# and the other ' are distinguished another way !i.e. they must be numbers#. -onsider an eAam6le 1 +et8s assume that U re6resents letter and V re6resents number. the ( 6ossible ways of arranging them are 1 UUVV% UVUV% UVVU% VUUV% VUVU% VVUU .ence% the required answer is & 5'*5'*14*14*( & 1(%''%444 attem6ts & 1.( million a66roA. Than7s to Tim anders for o6ening $rainMista8s brain RRR .ow many 6ossible combinations are there in a 3A3A3 rubics cubeB /n other words% if you wanted to solve the rubics cube by trying different combinations% how many might it ta7e you !worst case senerio#B .ow many for a 4A4A4 cubeB Submitted Answer There are 4.32/2 C 10D1 possi3le com3inations for 38383 1u3ics and 7.4012 C 10D4/ possi3le com3inations for 48484 1u3ics. +et8s consider 3A3A3 >ubics first. There are ) corner cubes% which can be arranged in )R ways. 2ach of these ) cubes can be turned in 3 different directions% so there are 3W) orientations altogether. $ut if you get all but one of the corner cube into chosen 6ositions and orientations% only one of 3 orientations of the final corner cube is 6ossible. Thus% total ways corner cubes can be 6laced & !)R# * !3W)#<) & !)R# * !3W=# imilarly% 1' edge cubes can be arranged in 1'R ways. 2ach of these 1' cubes can be turned in ' different directions% so there are 'W1' orientations altogether. $ut if you get all but one of the edge cube into chosen 6ositions and orientations% only one of ' orientations of the final edge cube is 6ossible. Thus% total ways edge cubes can be 6laced & !1'R# * !'W1'#<' & !1'R# * !'W11#

.ere% we have essentially 6ulled the cubes a6art and stuc7 cubes bac7 in 6lace wherever we 6lease. /n reality% we can only move cubes around by turning the faces of the cubes. /t turns out that you can8t turn the faces in such a way as to switch the 6ositions of two cubes while returning all the others to their original 6ositions. Thus if you get all but two cubes in 6lace% there is only one attainable choice for them !not 'R#. .ence% we must divide by '. Total different 6ossible combinations are & :!)R# * !3W=#; * :!1'R# * !'W11#; < ' & !)R# * !3W=# * !1'R# * !'W14# & 4.3'5' * 14W1, imilarly% for 4A4A4 >ubics total different 6ossible combinations are & :!)R# * !3W=#; * :!'4R#; * :!'4R# < !4RW(#; < '4 & =.4411,() * 14W45 0ote that there are '4 edge cubes% which you can not turn in ' orientations !hence no 'W'4 < '#. Also% there are 4 center cubes 6er face i.e. !'4R# < !4RW(#. Iou can switch ' cubes without affecting the rest of the combination as 4*4*4 has even dimensions !hence no division by '#. $ut 6attern on one side is rotated in 4 directions over ( faces% hence divide by '4. ubstitute digits for the letters to ma7e the following relation true. 0 2 M 2 > + 2 A M 2 9 E 2

""""""""""""""""" A + D 0 2 0ote that the leftmost letter can8t be Cero in any word. Also% there must be a one"to"one ma66ing between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter E% no other letter can be 3 and all other E in the 6uCCle must be 3. Answer A tough oneRRR ince > 9 2 9 2 & 14 9 2% it is clear that > 9 2 & 14 and neither > nor 2 is equal to 4 or 5. This is the only entry 6oint to solve it. 0ow use trial"n"error method.

0 2 M 2 > + 2 A M 2 9 E 2 9

' 1 4 1 , 3 1 5 4 1 ( 1

""""""""""""""""" A + D 0 2

""""""""""""""""" 5 3 4 ' 1

Dne of the four 6eo6le " Er. -linton% his wife Eoni7a% their son Eandy and their daughter -indy " is a singer and another is a dancer. Er. -linton is older than his wife and Eady is older than his sister. 1. /f the singer and the dancer are the same seA% then the dancer is older than the singer. '. /f neither the singer nor the dancer is the 6arent of the other% then the singer is older than the dancer. 3. /f the singer is a man% then the singer and the dancer are the same age. 4. /f the singer and the dancer are of o66osite seA then the man is older than the woman. 5. /f the dancer is a woman% then the dancer is older than the singer. Ghose occu6ation do you 7nowB And what is his<her occu6ationB Answer %ind. is the :inger. !r. %linton or !oni+a is the Dancer. From !1# and !3#% the singer and the dancer% both can not be a man. From !3# and !4#% if the singer is a man% then the dancer must be a man. .ence% the singer must be a woman. %A:$ ? 1 inger is a woman and *ancer is also a woman Then% the dancer is Eoni7a and the singer is -indy. %A:$ ?? 1 inger is a woman and *ancer is also a man Then% the dancer is Er. -linton and the singer is -indy. /n both the cases% we 7now that -indy is the inger. And either Er. -linton or Eoni7a is the *ancer. There are '4 6eo6le in your a66licant 6ool% including 5 6airs of identical twins. /f you hire 5 6eo6le randomly% what are the chances you will hire at least 1 6air of identical twinsB !0eedless to say% this could cause trouble L## Submitted

Answer The pro3a3ilit. to hire / people with at least 1 pair of identical twins is 2/.28= 5 6eo6le from the '4 6eo6le can be hired in '4-5 & 15544 ways. 0ow% divide '4 6eo6le into two grou6s of 14 6eo6le each 1 O1 " with all twins O' " with all 6eo6le other than twins +et8s find out all 6ossible ways to hire 5 6eo6le without a single 6air of indentical twins. Eeople from A1 4 1 ' 3 4 5 Eeople from A2 5 4 3 ' 1 4 2o of wa.s to hire A1 without a single pair of indentical twins 14-4 14-1 14-' * )<, 14-3 * )<, * (<) 14-4 * )<, * (<) * 4<= 14-5 * )<, * (<) * 4<= * '<( 2o of wa.s to hire A2 14-5 14-4 14-3 14-' 14-1 14-4 Total Thus% total 6ossible ways to hire 5 6eo6le without a single 6air of indentical twins & 115)4 ways o% total 6ossible ways to hire 5 6eo6le with at least a single 6air of indentical twins & 15544 " 115)4 & 3,'4 ways .ence% the 6robability to hire 5 6eo6le with at least a single 6air of indentical twins & 3,'4<15544 & '45<,(, & 4.'5') & '5.')N /n a hotel% rooms are numbered from 141 to 554. A room is chosen at random. Ghat is the 6robability that room number starts with 1% ' or 3 and ends with 4% 5 or (B Answer There are total 454 rooms. Dut of which ',, room number starts with either 1% ' or 3. !as room number 144 is not there# 0ow out of those ',, rooms only ,4 room numbers end with 4% 5 or ( Total wa.s '5' '144 4)44 3(44 )44 3' 11/84

o the 6robability is ,4<454 i.e. 1<5 or 4.'4 *raw , dots on a 6age% in the sha6e of three rows of three dots to form a square. 0ow 6lace your 6en on the 6age% draw 4 straight lines and try and cover all the dots. Iou8re not allowed to lift your 6en. 0ote1 *on8t be confined by the dimensions of the square. Submitted

There are 3 6ersons X% I and J. Dn some day% X lent tractors to I and J as many as they had. After a month I gave as many tractors to X and J as many as they have. After a month J did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had '4. Find the tractors each originally hadB Answer Dne way to solve it is by ma7ing 3 equations and solve them simultaneously. $ut there is rather easier way to solve it using $ac7tracing. /t8s given that at the end% each had '4 tractors !'4% '4% '4# i.e. after J gave tractors to X @ I as many as they had. /t means that after getting tractors from J their tractors got doubled. o before J gave them tractors% they had 1' tractors each and J had 4) tractors. !1'% 1'% 4)# imilarly% before I gave tractors to X @ J% they had ( @ '4 tractors res6ectively and I had 4' tractors i.e. !(% 4'% '4# Again% before X gave tractors to I @ J% they had '1 @ 1' tractors res6ectively and X had 3, tractors i.e. !3,% '1% 1'# .ence% initially & had 3 tractors' ( had 21 tractors and ) had 12 tractors. There is a 54m long army 6latoon marching ahead. The last 6erson in the 6latoon wants to give a letter to the first 6erson leading the 6latoon. o while the 6latoon is marching he runs ahead% reaches the first 6erson and hands over the letter to him and without sto66ing he runs and comes bac7 to his original 6osition. /n the mean time the whole 6latoon has moved ahead by 54m. The question is how much distance did the last 6erson cover in that time. Assuming that

he ran the whole distance with uniform s6eed. Submitted Answer The last person covered 120.71 meters. /t is given that the 6latoon and the last 6erson moved with uniform s6eed. Also% they both moved for the identical amount of time. .ence% the ratio of the distance they covered " while 6erson moving forward and bac7word " are equal. +et8s assume that when the last 6erson reached the first 6erson% the 6latoon moved X meters forward. Thus% while moving forward the last 6erson moved !549X# meters whereas the 6latoon moved X meters. imilarly% while moving bac7 the last 6erson moved :54"!54"X#; X meters whereas the 6latoon moved !54"X# meters. 0ow% as the ratios are equal% !549X#<X & X<!54"X# !549X#*!54"X# & X*X olving% X&35.355 meters Thus% total distance covered by the last 6erson & !549X# 9 X & '*X 9 54 & '*!35.355# 9 54 & 1'4.=1 meters 0ote that at first glance% one might thin7 that the total distance covered by the last 6erson is 144 meters% as he ran the total lenght of the 6latoon !54 meters# twice. T>?2% but that8s the relative distance covered by the last 6erson i.e. assuming that the 6latoon is stationary. Assume that you have enough coins of 1% 5% 14% '5 and 54 cents. .ow many ways are there to ma7e change for a dollarB *o eA6lain your answer.

There are 2 2 wa.s to ma+e change for a dollar using coins of 1' /' 10' 2/ and /0 cents. +et8s generalised the teaser and ma7e a table as shown above. /f you wish to ma7e change for =5 cents using only 1% 5% 14 and '5 cent coins% go to the . '5 row and the =5 column to obtain 1'1 ways to do this. The table can be created from left"to"right and to6"to"bottom. tart with the to6 left i.e. 1 cent row. There is eAactly one way to ma7e change for every amount. Then calculate the 5 cents row by adding the number of ways to ma7e change for the amount using 1 cent coins 6lus the number of ways to ma7e change for 5 cents less using 1 and 5 cent coins. +et8s ta7e an eAam6le1 To get change for 54 cents using 1% 5 and 14 cent coins. * 54 cents change using 1 and 5 cent coins & 11 ways * !54"14# 44 cents change using 1% 5 and 14 cent coins & '5 ways * 54 cents change using 1% 5 and 14 cent coins & 119'5 & 3( ways +et8s ta7e another eAam6le1 To get change for =5 cents using all coins u6 to 54 cent i.e. 1% 5% 14% '5 and 54 cents coins. * =5 cents change using coins u6to '5 cent & 1'1 ways * !=5"54# '5 cents change using coins u6to 54 cent & 13 ways * =5 cents change using coins u6to 54 cent & 1'1913 & 134 ways For 6eo6le who don8t want to tease their brain and love to do com6uter 6rogramming% there is a sim6le way. Grite a small multi"loo6 6rogram to solve the equation1 A 9 5$ 9 14- 9 '5* 9 542 & 144 where% A & 4 to 144 $ & 4 to '4 - & 4 to 14 * & 4 to 4 2 & 4 to ' The 6rogram should out6ut all the 6ossible values of A% $% -% * and 2 for which the equation is satisfied. /n a >oad >ace% one of the three bi7ers was doing 157m less than the first and 37m more than the third. .e also finished the race 1' minutes after the first and 3 minutes before the third. -an you find out the s6eed of each bi7er% the time ta7en by each bi7er to finish the race and the length of the courseB

Assume that there were no sto6s in the race and also they were driving with constant s6eeds through out the Answer

+et us assume that 6eed of First bi7er & M1 7m<min 6eed of econd bi7er & M' 7m<min 6eed of Third bi7er & M3 7m<min Total time ta7e by first bi7er & T1 min Total distance & 7m 0ow as 6er the data given in the teaser% at a time T min X1 & M1 * T """"K 1 X1 " 15 & M' * T X1 " 1) & M3 * T """"K ' """"K 3

At a *istance Sm. & M1 * T1 """"K 4 & M' * !T1 9 1'# """"K 5 & M3 * !T1 9 15# """"K ( Thus there are ( equations and = un7nown data that means it has infinite number of solutions. $y solving above ( equations we get%

Time ta7en by first bi7er% T1 & (4 Ein. Time ta7en by econd bi7er% T' & =' Ein. Time ta7en by first bi7er% T3 & =5 Ein. Also% we get 6eed of first bi7er% M1 & ,4<T 7m<min 6eed of second bi7er% M' & !5<(#M1 & =5<T 7m<min 6eed of third bi7er% M3 & !4<5#M1 & ='<T 7m<min Also% the length of the course% & 5444<T 7m

Thus% for the data given% only the time ta7en by each bi7er can be found i.e. (4% =' and =5 minutes. For other quantities% one more inde6endent datum is required i.e. either T or M1 or M' or M3 Than7s to Theertham rinivas for the answer RRR Ghat is the four"digit number in which the first digit is 1<3 of the second% the third is the sum of the first and second% and the last is three times the secondB Answer The 4 digit num3er is 134 . /t is given that the first digit is 1<3 of the second. There are 3 such 6ossibilities. 1. 1 and 3 '. ' and ( 3. 3 and , 0ow% the third digit is the sum of the first and second digits. 1. 1 9 3 & 4 '. ' 9 ( & ) 3. 3 9 , & 1' /t is clear that o6tion 3 is not 6ossible. o we are left with only two o6tions. Also% the last digit is three times the second% which rules out the second o6tion. .ence% the answer is 134,. *ifference between $holu8s and Eolu8s age is ' years and the difference between Eolu8s and Solu8s age is 5 years. Ghat is the maAimum 6ossible value of the sum of the difference in their ages% ta7en two at a timeB Answer The ma8imum possi3le value of the sum of the difference in their ages * ta+en two at a time * is 14 .ears.

/t is given that " H*ifference between $holu8s and Eolu8s age is ' yearsH H*ifference between Eolu8s and Solu8s age is 5 yearsH 0ow% to get the maAimum 6ossible value% the difference between $holu8s and Solu8s age should be maAimum i.e. Eolu8s age should be in between $holu8s and Solu8s age. Then% the difference between $holu8s and Solu8s age is = years. .ence% the maAimum 6ossible value of the sum of the difference in their ages " ta7en two at a time " is !' 9 5 9 =# 14 years. /f it is given that1 '5 " ' & 3 144 A ' & '4 3( < 3 & ' Ghat is 144 " 3 & B Submitted Answer There are 3 6ossible answers to it. Answer 1 4 im6ly re6lace the first number by its square root. !'5# 5 " ' & 3 !144# 14 A ' & '4 !3(# ( < 3 & ' !144# 1' " 3 & , Answer 2 4 11 *ro6 the digit in the tens 6osition from the first number. !'# 5 " ' & 3 1 !4# 4 A ' & '4 !3# ( < 3 & ' 1 !4# 4 " 3 & 11 Iou will get the same answer on removing left and right digit alternatively from the first number i.e remove left digit from first !'#% right digit from second !4#% left digit from third !3# and right digit from forth !4#. !'# 5 " ' & 3 14 !4# A ' & '4 !3# ( < 3 & ' 14 !4# " 3 & 11 Answer 3 4 14 *ro6 left and right digit alternatively from the actual answer.

'5 " ' & !'# 3 !dro6 left digit i.e. '# 144 * ' & '4 !4# !dro6 right digit i.e. 4# 3( < 3 & !1# ' !dro6 left digit i.e. 1# 144 " 3 & 14 !1# !dro6 right digit i.e. 1# A 3 digit number is such that it8s unit digit is equal to the 6roduct of the other two digits which are 6rime. Also% the difference between it8s reverse and itself is 3,(. Ghat is the sum of the three digitsB Answer The re9uired num3er is 23- and the sum is 11. /t is given that the first two digits of the required number are 6rime numbers i.e. '% 3% 5 or =. 0ote that 1 is neither 6rime nor com6osite. Also% the third digit is the multi6lication of the first two digits. Thus% first two digits must be either ' or 3 i.e. ''% '3% 3' or 33 which means that there are four 6ossible numbers " ''4% '3(% 3'( and 33,. 0ow% it is also given that " the difference between it8s reverse and itself is 3,(. Dnly '3( satisfies this condition. .ence% the sum of the three digits is 11. There are 4 mugs 6laced u6turned on the table. 2ach mug have the same number of marbles and a statement about the number of marbles in it. The statements are1 Two or Three% Dne or Four% Three or Dne% Dne or Two. Dnly one of the statement is correct. .ow many marbles are there under each mugB Answer A sim6le one. As it is given that only one of the four statement is correct% the correct number can not a66ear in more than one statement. /f it a66ears in more than one statement% then more than one statement will be correct. .ence% there are 4 marbles under each mug. At ?niversity of Qrobability% there are 3=5 freshmen% ',3 so6homores% 1)= Funiors% @ 1'( seniors. Dne student will randomly be chosen to receive an award. Ghat 6ercent chance is there that it will be a FuniorB >ound to the nearest whole 6ercent Answer 1 =

This 6uCCle is easy. *ivide the number of Funiors !1)=# by the total number of students !,)1#% @ then multi6ly the number by 144 to convert to a 6ercentage. .ence the answer is !1)=<,)1#*144 & 1,N /f you were to dial any = digits on a tele6hone in random order% what is the 6robability that you will dial your own 6hone numberB Assume that your tele6hone number is ="digits. Answer 1 in 10'000'000 There are 14 digits i.e. 4",. First digit can be dialed in 14 ways. econd digit can be dialed in 14 ways. Third digit can be dialed in 14 ways. And so on..... Thus% ="digit can be dialed in 14*14*14*14*14*14*14 !&14%444%444# ways. And% you have Fust one tele6hone number. .ence% the 6ossibility that you will dial your own number is 1 in 14%444%444. 0ote that 41'345( may not be a valid ="digit tele6hone number. $ut while dialing in random order% that is one of the 6ossible ="digit number which you may dial. An anthro6ologist discovers an isolated tribe whose written al6habet contains only siA letters !call the letters A% $% -% *% 2 and F#. The tribe has a taboo against using the same letter twice in the same word. /t8s never done. /f each different sequence of letters constitues a different word in the language% what is the maAimum number of siA"letter words that the language can em6loyB Submitted Answer The language can emplo. ma8imum of 720 si8*letter words. /t is a sim6le 6ermutation 6roblem of arranging ( letters to get different siA"letter words. And it can be done in in (R ways i.e. ='4 ways. /n otherwords% the first letter can be any of the given ( letters !A through F#. Then% whatever the first letter is% the second letter will always be from the remaining 5 letters !as same letter can not be used twice#% and the third letter always be from the remaining 4 letters% and so on. Thus% the different 6ossible siA"letter words are (*5*4*3*'*1 & ='4 Sate% *emi% Eadona% haron% $ritney and 0icole decided to lunch together in a restaurant. The waiter led them to a round table with siA chairs.

.ow many different ways can they seatB Answer There are 120 different possi3le seating arrangments. 0ote that on a round table A$-*2F and $-*2FA is the same. The first 6erson can sit on any one of the seats. 0ow% for the second 6erson there are 5 o6tions% for the third 6erson there are 4 o6tions% for the forth 6erson there are 3 o6tions% for the fifth 6erson there are ' o6tions and for the last 6erson there is Fust one o6tion. Thus% total different 6ossible seating arrangements are &5*4*3*'*1 & 1'4 3 bloc7s are chosen randomly on a chessboard. Ghat is the 6robability that they are in the same diagonalB Answer There are total of (4 bloc7s on a chessboard. o 3 bloc7s can be chosen out of (4 in (4 -3 ways. o the sam6le s6ace is & 41((4 There are ' diagonal on chessboard each one having ) bloc7s. -onsider one of them. 3 bloc7s out of ) bloc7s in diagonal can be chosen in )-3 ways. $ut there are ' such diagonals% hence favourables & ' * )-3 & ' * 5( & 11' The require 6robability is & 11' < 41((4 & 1 < 3=' & 4.44'())

Ghat is the area of the triangle A$- with A!e%6# $!'e%36# and -!3e%56#B where 6 & Q/ !3.1415,'(54# Answer A tric7y D02.

Oiven 3 6oints are colinear. .ence% it is a straight line. .ence area of triangle is 4.

ilu and Eeenu were wal7ing on the road. ilu said% H/ weigh 51 Sgs. .ow much do you weighBH Eeenu re6lied that she wouldn8t reveal her weight directly as she is overweight. $ut she said% H/ weigh ', Sgs 6lus half of my weight.H .ow much does Eeenu weighB Answer !eenu weighs /8 Fgs. /t is given that Eeenu weighs ', Sgs 6lus half of her own weight. /t means that ', Sgs is the other half. o she weighs 5) Sgs. olving mathematically% let8s assume that her weight is X Sgs. X & ', 9 X<' '*X & 5) 9 X X & 5) Sgs -onsider the sum1 A$- 9 *2F 9 O./ & XXX /f different letters re6resent different digits% and there are no leading Ceros% what does X re6resentB Answer The value of G must 3e . ince there are no leading Ceros% X must be =% )% or ,. !XXX & A$- 9 *2F 9 O./ & 14B 9 '5B 9 3(B & =BB# 0ow% the remainder left after dividing any number by , is the same as the remainder left after dividing the sum of the digits of that number by ,. Also% note that 4 9 1 9 ... 9 , has a remainder of 4 after dividing by , and XXX has a remainder of 4% 3% or (. The number , is the only number from =% ) and , that leaves a remainder of 4% 3% or ( if you remove it from the sum 4 9 1 9 ... 9 ,. .ence% it follows that X must be ,.

A man has Ten .orses and nine stables as shown here. :; :; :; :; :; :; :; :; :; The man wants to fit Ten .orses into nine stables. .ow can he fit Ten horses into nine stablesB Submitted Answer The answer is sim6le. /t says the man wants to fit HTen .orsesH into nine stables. There are nine letters in the 6hrase HTen .orsesH. o you can 6ut one letter each in all nine stables. :T; :2; :0; :.; :D; :>; : ; :2; : ; A man is at a river with a , gallon buc7et and a 4 gallon buc7et. .e needs eAactly ( gallons of water. .ow can he use both buc7ets to get eAactly ( gallons of waterB 0ote that he cannot estimate by dum6ing some of the water out of the , gallon buc7et or the 4 gallon buc7et Answer For the sac7 of eA6lanation% let8s identify 4 gallon buc7et as $uc7et Q and , gallon buc7et as $uc7et T. 7peration /nitially Fill the buc7et T with , gallon water Qour 4 gallon water from buc7et T to buc7et Q 2m6ty buc7et Q Qour 4 gallon water from buc7et T to buc7et Q 2m6ty buc7et Q Qour 1 gallon water from buc7et T to buc7et Q Fill the buc7et T with , gallon water Qour 3 gallon water from buc7et T to buc7et Q , gallon buc7et contains ( gallon of water% as required. 4 gallon 3uc+et ;"uc+et E< 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 gallon 3uc+et ;"uc+et H< 4 , 5 5 1 1 4 , (

2ach of the five characters in the word $>A/0 has a different value between 4 and ,. ?sing the given grid% can you find out the value of each characterB $ > A / 0 31 $ $ > $ A 31 0 / A $ $ 3' 0 / $ A / 34 / > A A A '3 3= ', '5 '= ', The numbers on the eAtreme right re6resent the sum of the values re6resented by the characters in that row. Also% the numbers on the last raw re6resent the sum of the values re6resented by the characters in that column. e.g. $ 9 > 9 A 9 / 9 0 & 31 !from first row# Answer "57' 15-' A54' ?5/ and 25 Ea7e total 14 equations " 5 for rows and 5 for columns " and sovle them. From >ow3 and >ow4% 09/9A9$9$&09/9$9A9/9' $&/9' From >ow1 and >ow3% $9>9A9/90&09/9A9$9$"1 >&$"1 From -olumn'% > 9 $ 9 / 9 / 9 > & ', $ 9 '> 9 '/ & ', $ 9 '!$ " 1# 9 '/ & ', 3$ 9 '/ & 31 3!/ 9 '# 9 '/ & 31 5/ & '5 /&5 .ence% $&= and >&( From >ow'% $ 9 $ 9 > 9 $ 9 A & 31 3$ 9 > 9 A & 31 3!=# 9 ( 9 A & 31

A&4 From >ow1% $ 9 > 9 A 9 / 9 0 & 31 = 9 ( 9 4 9 5 9 0 & 31 0&, Thus% $&=% >&(% A&4% /&5 and 0&, ubmit Answer ?sers Answer !'4# $rainM

There are , coins. Dut of which one is odd one i.e weight is less or more. .ow many iterations of weighing are required to find odd coinB Answer /t is always 6ossible to find odd coin in 3 weighings and to tell whether the odd coin is heavier or lighter. 1. Ta7e ) coins and weigh 4 against 4. o /f both are not equal% goto ste6 ' o /f both are equal% goto ste6 3

'. Dne of these ) coins is the odd one. 0ame the coins on heavier side of the scale as .1% .'% .3 and .4. imilarly% name the coins on the lighter side of the scale as +1% +'% +3 and +4. 2ither one of .8s is heavier or one of +8s is lighter. Geigh !.1% .'% +1# against !.3% .4% X# where X is one coin remaining in intial weighing.
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/f both are equal% one of +'% +3% +4 is lighter. Geigh +' against +3. /f both are equal% +4 is the odd coin and is lighter. /f +' is light% +' is the odd coin and is lighter. /f +3 is light% +3 is the odd coin and is lighter.

/f !.1% .'% +1# is heavier side on the scale% either .1 or .' is heavier. Geight .1 against .' /f both are equal% there is some error. /f .1 is heavy% .1 is the odd coin and is heavier. /f .' is heavy% .' is the odd coin and is heavier.

/f !.3% .4% X# is heavier side on the scale% either .3 or .4 is heavier or +1 is lighter. Geight .3 against .4 /f both are equal% +1 is the odd coin and is lighter. /f .3 is heavy% .3 is the odd coin and is heavier. /f .4 is heavy% .4 is the odd coin and is heavier.

3. The remaining coin X is the odd one. Geigh X against the anyone coin used in initial weighing. o /f both are equal% there is some error. o /f X is heavy% X is the odd coin and is heavier. o /f X is light% X is the odd coin and is lighter. /n a s6orts contest there were m medals awarded on n successive days !n K 1#. 1. Dn the first day 1 medal and 1<= of the remaining m " 1 medals were awarded. '. Dn the second day ' medals and 1<= of the now remaining medals was awardedL and so on. 3. Dn the nth and last day% the remaining n medals were awarded. .ow many days did the contest last% and how many medals were awarded altogetherB Answer Total 3- medals were awarded and the contest was for - da.s. Dn day 11 Eedals awarded & !1 9 35<=# & ( 1 >emaining 34 medals Dn day '1 Eedals awarded & !' 9 ')<=# & ( 1 >emaining '4 medals Dn day 31 Eedals awarded & !3 9 '1<=# & ( 1 >emaining 1) medals Dn day 41 Eedals awarded & !4 9 14<=# & ( 1 >emaining 1' medals Dn day 51 Eedals awarded & !5 9=<=# & ( 1 >emaining ( medals Dn day (1 Eedals awarded ( / got this answer by writing small 6rogram. /f anyone 7now any other sim6ler method% do submit it. A number of , digits has the following 6ro6erties1 The number com6rising the leftmost two digits is divisible by '% that com6rising the leftmost three digits is divisible by 3% the leftmost four by 4% the leftmost five by 5% and so on for the nine digits of the number i.e. the number formed from the first n digits is divisible by n% '3&n3&,. 2ach digit in the number is different i.e. no digits are re6eated. The digit 4 does not occur in the number i.e. it is com6rised only of the digits 1", in some order. Find the number.

Answer The answer is 381-/472 Dne way to solve it is Trial"@"2rror. Iou can ma7e it bit easier as odd 6ositions will always occu6y D** numbers and even 6ositions will always occu6y 2M20 numbers. Further 5th 6osition will contain 5 as 4 does not occur. The other way to solve this 6roblem is by writing a com6uter 6rogram that systematically tries all 6ossibilities. 1<3 rd of the contents of a container eva6orated on the 1st day. 3<4th of the remaining contents of the container eva6orated on the second day. Ghat 6art of the contents of the container is left at the end of the second dayB Answer Assume that contents of the container is X Dn the first day 1<3rd is eva6orated. !1 " 1<3# of X is remaining i.e. !'<3#X Dn the econd day 3<4th is eva6orated. .ence% !1" 3<4# of !'<3#X is remaining i.e. !1<4#!'<3#X & !1<(# X .ence 1<(th of the contents of the container is remaining There are four 6eo6le in a room !not including you#. 2Aactly two of these four always tell the truth. The other two always lie. Iou have to figure out who is who /0 D0+I ' T?2 T/D0 . Iour questions have to be I2 or 0D questions and can only be answered by one 6erson. !/f you as7 the same question to two different 6eo6le then that counts as two questions#. See6 in mind that all four 7now each other8s characteristics whether they lie or not. Ghat questions would you as7 to figure out who is whoB >emember that you can as7 only ' questions. Submitted Iou have 3 bas7ets% @ each one contains eAactly 4 balls% each of which is of the same siCe. 2ach ball is either red% blac7% white% or 6ur6le% @ there is one of each color in each bas7et. /f you were blindfolded% @ lightly shoo7 each bas7et so that the balls would be randomly

distributed% @ then too7 1 ball from each bas7et% what chance is there that you would have eAactly ' red ballsB Answer There are (4 different 6ossible outcomes% @ in , of these% eAactly ' of the balls will be red. There is thus a slightly better than 14N chance :!,<(4#*144; that eAactly ' balls will be red. A much faster way to solve the 6roblem is to loo7 at it this way. There are 3 scenarios where eAactly 3 balls are red1 1 ' 3 """"""""""" > > X > X > X > > X is any ball that is not red. There is a 4.()=5N chance that each of these situations will occur. Ta7e the first one% for eAam6le1 '5N chance the first ball is red% multi6lied by a '5N chance the second ball is red% multi6lied by a =5N chance the third ball is not red. $ecause there are 3 scenarios where this outcome occurs% you multi6ly the 4.()=5N chance of any one occurring by 3% @ you get 14.4('5N -onsider a state lottery where you get to choose ) numbers from 1 to )4% no re6etiton allowed. The +ottery -ommission chooses 11 from those )4 numbers% again no re6etition. Iou win the lottery if atleast = of your numbers are there in the 11 chosen by the +ottery -ommission. Ghat is the 6robablity of winning the lotteryB Answer The 6robability of winning the lottery is two in one billion i.e. only two 6erson can win from one billion RRR +et8s find out sam6le s6ace first. The +ottery -ommission chooses 11 numbers from the )4. .ence% the 11 numbers from the )4 can be selected in )4-11 ways which is very very high and is equal to 1.44==( * 1413

0ow% you have to select ) numbers from )4 which can be selected in )4-) ways. $ut we are interested in only those numbers which are in 11 numbers selected by the +ottery -ommision. There are ' cases. Iou might select ) numbers which all are there in 11 numbers choosen by the +ottery -ommission. o there are 11-) ways. Another case is you might select = luc7y numbers and 1 non"luc7y number from the remaining (, numbers. There are ! 11-= # * ! (,-1 # ways to do that. o total luc7y ways are & ! 11-) # 9 ! 11-= # * ! (,-1 # & !1(5# 9 !334# * !(,# & 1(5 9 ''==4 & '',35 .ence% the 6robability of the winning lottery is & !Total luc7y ways# < !Total am6le s6ace# & !'',35# < ! 1.44==( * 1413# & '.1)), * 14", i.e. ' in a billion. ubmit ?sers $rainMista QuCCle Answer Answer !4# Answer To move a afe% two cylindrical steel bars = inches in diameter are used as rollers. .ow far will the safe have moved forward when the rollers have made one revolutionB Answer The safe must have moved 22 inches forward. /f the rollers ma7e one revolution% the safe will move the distance equal to the circumference of the roller. .ence% the distance covered by the safe is & Q/ * *iameter !or ' * Q/ * >adius# & Q/ * = & 3.1415,'(5 * = & '1.,,115 & '' inches a66roA. Submitt/f a roo7 and a bisho6 of a standard chess set are randomly 6laced on a chessboard% what is the 6robability that one is attac7ing the otherB 0ote that both are different colored 6ieces. SubmAnswer The pro3a3ilit. of either the 1oo+ or the "ishop attac+ing the other is 0.3-11

A >oo7 and a $isho6 on a standard chess"board can be arranged in (4Q' & (4*(3 & 443' ways 0ow% there are ' cases " >oo7 attac7ing $isho6 and $isho6 attac7ing >oo7. 0ote that the >oo7 and the $isho6 never attac7 each other simultaneously. +et8s consider both the cases one by one. %ase ? * 1oo+ attac+ing "ishop The >oo7 can be 6laced in any of the given (4 6ositions and it always attac7s 14 6ositions. .ence% total 6ossible ways of the >oo7 attac7ing the $isho6 & (4*14 & ),( ways %ase ?? * "ishop attac+ing 1oo+ Miew the chess"board as a 4 co"centric hollow squares with the outermost square with side ) units and the innermost square with side ' units. /f the bisho6 is in one of the outer ') squares% then it can attac7 = 6ositions. /f the bisho6 is in one of the '4 squares at neAt inner"level% then it can attac7 , 6ositions. imilarly if the bisho6 is in one of the 1' squares at neAt inner"level% then it can attac7 11 6ositions. And if the bisho6 is in one of the 4 squares at neAt inner"level !the innermost level#% then it can attac7 13 6ositions. .ence% total 6ossible ways of the $isho6 attac7ing the >oo7 & ')*= 9 '4*, 9 1'*11 9 4*13 & 5(4 ways Thus% the required 6robability is & !),( 9 5(4# < 443' & 13<3( & 4.3(11 itted ed .ere in 2ngland Ec*onald8s has Fust launched a new advertising cam6aign. The 6oster shows ) Ec*onald8s 6roducts and underneath claims there are 4431' combinations of the above items. Oiven that the maAimum number of items allowed is )% and you are allowed to have less than ) items% and that the order of 6urchase does not matter !i.e. buying a burger and fries is the same as buying fries and a burger# .ow many 6ossible combinations are thereB Are Ec*onald8s correct in claiming there are 4431' combinationsB Answer Total possi3le com3inations are 128- . /t is given that you can order maAimum of ) items and you are allowed to have less than

) items. Also% the order of 6urchase does not matter. +et8s create a table for ordering total 0 items using X 6roducts. ?tems 7rdered ;2< 1 ' 3 4 5 ( = ) Total ;T< Eroducts >sed ;&< 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ) ' " 1 ' 3 4 5 ( = ') 3 " " 1 3 ( 14 15 '1 5( )-3 4 " " " 1 4 14 '4 35 =4 )-4 5 " " " " 1 5 15 35 5( ( " " " " " 1 ( '1 ') = " " " " " " 1 = ) ) " " " " " " " 1 1

Ia.s to choose )-1 )-' & products from 8 products ;I< Total com3inations ;TCI<

)-5 )-( )-= )-)

(4 =)4 313( 4,44 313( =)4

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Thus% total 6ossible combinations are & (4 9 =)4 9 313( 9 4,44 9 313( 9 =)4 9 (4 9 1 & 1')(, Ghat are the chances that at least two out of a grou6 of fifty 6eo6le share the same birthdayB SubmittedAnswer The pro3a3ilit. of atleast two out of a group of /0 people share the same 3irthda. is 7= Qrobability of atleast two share the same birthday & 1 " 6robability of all 54 have different birthdays Qrobability of all 54 have different birthday & 3(5<3(5 * 3(4<3(5 * 3(3<3(5 * ... * 31=<3(5 * 31(<3(5 & !3(5 * 3(4 * 3(3 * 3(' * ... * 31= * 31(#<3(554

& 4.4',('(4 Qrobability of atleast two share the same birthday & 1 " 4.4',('(4 & 4.,=43=35 & ,=N a66roA. Thus% the 6robability of atleast two out of a grou6 of 54 6eo6le share the same birthday is ,=N This eA6lains wh. in a school@college with classrooms of /0 students' there are at least two students with a 3irthda. on the same da. of the .ear. Also% if there are '3 6eo6le in the room% then there are 54N chances that atleast two of them have a birthday on the same day of the yearRRR A tan7 can be filled by 6i6e A in 34 minutes and by 6i6e $ in '4 minutes. Dutlet 6i6e can em6ty the full tan7 in X minutes. /f the tan7 is em6ty initially and if all the three 6i6es A% $ and - are o6ened simultaneously% the tan7 will 02M2> be full. Oive the maAimal 6ossible value of X. Answer The ma8imum possi3le value of & is 13 minutes 20 seconds. /n one minute% 6i6e A can fill 1<34 6art of the tan7. 6i6e $ can fill 1<'4 6art of the tan7. Thus% the net water level increase in one minute is & 1<34 9 1<'4 & 3<44 6art of the tan7 /n order to 7ee6 the tan7 always em6ty% outlet 6i6e - should em6ty at least 3<44 6art of the tan7 in one minute. Thus% 6i6e - can em6ty the full tan7 in 44<3 i.e. 13 minutes '4 seconds. A wor7er earns a 5N raise. A year later% the wor7er receives a '.5N cut in 6ay% @ now his salary is >s. ''=4'.() Ghat was his salary to begin withB Answer 1s.2217Assume his salary was >s. X .e earns 5N raise. o his salary is !145*X#<144

A year later he receives '.5N cut. o his salary is !!145*X#<144#*!,=.5<144# which is >s. ''=4'.() .ence% solving equation !!145*X#<144#*!,=.5<144# & ''=4'.() X & ''1=( 544 men are arranged in an array of 14 rows and 54 columns according to their heights. Tallest among each row of all are as7ed to come out. And the shortest among them is A. imilarly after resuming them to their original 6ositions% the shortest among each column are as7ed to come out. And the tallest among them is $. 0ow who is taller A or $ B A 6erson wanted to withdraw X ru6ees and I 6aise from the ban7. $ut cashier made a mista7e and gave him I ru6ees and X 6aise. 0either the 6erson nor the cashier noticed that. After s6ending '4 6aise% the 6erson counts the money. And to his sur6rise% he has double the amount he wanted to withdraw. Find X and I. !1 >u6ee & 144 Qaise# As given% the 6erson wanted to withdraw 144X 9 I 6aise. $ut he got 144I 9 X 6aise. After s6ending '4 6aise% he has double the amount he wanted to withdraw. .ence% the equation is ' * !144X 9 I# & 144I 9 X " '4 '44X 9 'I & 144I 9X " '4 1,,X " ,)I & "'4 ,)I " 1,,X & '4 0ow% we got one equationL but there are ' variables. Ge have to a66ly little bit of logic over here. Ge 7now that if we interchange X @ I% amount gets double. o I should be twice of X or one more than twice of X i.e. I & 'X or I & 'X91 -ase / 1 (52&

olving two equations simultaneously ,)I " 1,,X & '4 I " 'X & 4 Ge get X & " '4<3 @ I & " 44<' -ase // 1 (52&61 olving two equations simultaneously ,)I " 1,,X & '4 I " 'X & 1 Ge get X & '( @ I & 53 0ow% its obvious that he wanted to withdraw >s. '(.53 ubmit Answer ?sers Answer !'# $rainMista Answer QuCCle

At the Qarty1 1. There were , men and children. '. There were ' more women than children. 3. The number of different man"woman cou6les 6ossible was '4. 0ote that if there were = men and 5 women% then there would have been 35 man"woman cou6les 6ossible. Also% of the three grou6s " men% women and children " at the 6arty1 4. There were 4 of one grou6. 5. There were ( of one grou6. (. There were ) of one grou6. 2Aactly one of the above ( statements is false. -an you tell which one is falseB Also% how many men% women and children are there at the 6artyB Answer :tatement ;4< is false. There are 3 men' 8 women and - children. Assume that tatements !4#% !5# and !(# are all true. Then% tatement !1# is false. $ut then tatement !'# and !3# both can not be true. Thus% contradictory to the fact that eAactly one statement is false. o tatement !4# or tatement !5# or tatement !(# is false. Also% tatements !1#% !'# and !3# all are true. From !1# and !'#% there are 11 men and women. Then from !3#% there are ' 6ossible cases " either there are ) men and 3 women or there are 3 men and ) women.

/f there are ) men and 3 women% then there is 1 child. Then tatements !4# and !5# both are false% which is not 6ossible. .ence% there are 3 men% ) women and ( children. tatement !4# is false. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44'4' There is a shortage of tubelights% bulbs and fans in a village " Sharghar. /t is found that All houses do not have either tubelight or bulb or fan. eAactly 1,N of houses do not have Fust one of these. atleast (=N of houses do not have tubelights. atleast )3N of houses do not have bulbs. atleast =3N of houses do not have fans. Ghat 6ercentage of houses do not have tubelight% bulb and fanB

Answer 42= houses do not have tu3elight' 3ul3 and fan. +et8s assume that there are 144 houses. .ence% there should be total 344 items i.e. 144 tubelights% 144 bulbs and 144 fans. From the given data% we 7now that there is shortage of atleast !(=9)39=3# ''3 items in every 144 houses. Also% eAactly 1, houses do not have Fust one item. /t means that remaining )1 houses should account for the shortage of remaining !''3"1,# '44 items. /f those remaining )1 houses do not have ' items each% there would be a shortage of 1(' items. $ut total of '44 items are short. .ence% atleast !'44"1('# 4' houses do not have all 3 items " tubelight% bulb and fan. Thus% 4'N houses do not have tubelight% bulb and fan. Ghat is the remainder left after dividing 1R 9 'R 9 3R 9 Y 9 144R $y =B Thin7 carefully RRR Answer A tric7y one. =R onwards all terms are divisible by = as = is one of the factor. o there is no remainder left for those terms i.e. remainder left after dividing =R 9 )R 9 ,R 9 ... 9 144R is 4.

The only 6art to be consider is & 1R 9 'R 9 3R 9 4R 9 5R 9 (R & 1 9 ' 9 ( 9 '4 9 1'4 9 ='4 & )=3 The remainder left after dividing )=3 by = is 5 .ence% the remainder is 5. /magine that you have '( constants% labelled A through J. 2ach constant is assigned a value in the following way1 A & 1L the rest of the values equal their 6osition in the al6habet !$ corres6onds to the second 6osition so it equals '% - & 3% etc.# raised to the 6ower of the 6receeding constant value. o% $ & ' W !A8s value#% or $ & 'W1 & '. - & 3W' & ,. * & 4W,% etc. Find the eAact numerical value to the following equation1 !X " A# * !X " $# * !X " -# * ... * !X " I# * !X " J# Answer !X " A# * !X " $# * !X " -# * ... * !X " I# * !X " J# equals 4 since !X " X# is Cero /f three babies are born every second of the day% then how many babies will be born in the year '441B SuAnswer '4-'08'000 3a3ies The total seconds in year '441 & 3(5 days<year * '4 hours<day * (4 minutes<hours * (4 seconds<minute & 3(5 * '4 * (4 * (4 seconds & 3%15%3(%444 seconds Thus% there are 3%15%3(%444 seconds in the year '441. Also% three babies born are every second. .ence% total babies born & 3 * 3%15%3(%444 seconds & ,%4(%4)%444bmitted >e6lace the letters with the correct numbers.

TGD X TGD """"""""" T.>22 Submitted by : Timmy Chan Answer T51' I53' 758' J5 ' 152' $54 13) A 13)

"""""""""""" 1,444 Iou can reduce the number of trials. T must be 1 as there is multi6lication of T with T in hundred8s 6osition. Also% D can not be 4 or 1. 0ow% you have to find three digit number whose square satisfies above conditions and square of that has same last two digits. .ence% it must be between 14' and 13,. $rain Teaser 0o 1 4445' Four words add u6 to a fifth word numerically1 mars venus uranus saturn """""""" 9 ne6tune 2ach of the ten letters !m% a% r% s% v% e% n% u% t% and 6# re6resent a unique number from the range 4 .. ,. Furthermore% numbers 1 and ( are being used most frequently. Answer

The easiest way to solve this 6roblem is by writing a com6uter 6rogram that systematically tries all 6ossible ma66ings from the numbers onto the letters. This will give you only one solution which meets the condition that numbers 1 and ( are most frequently used. mars venus uranus saturn """""""" 9 ne6tune m&4 a&5 r&, s&3 v&' e&4 n&1 u&( t&) 6&= 45,3 '41(3 (,51(3 35)(,1 """""""" 9 14=)(14

There are 4 army men. They have been ca6tured by a rebel grou6 and have been held at ransom. An army intelligent officer orders them to be burried dee6 in dirt u6 to their nec7s. The format of their burrial are as shown in the figure. -onditions They each have hats on their heads. either blac7!b# or white !w# loo7 at diagram above. There are total ' white hats and ' blac7 hats. They only loo7 in front of them not behind. They are not allowed to communicate by tal7ing. $etween army man 1 and '% there is a wall. -a6tive man 4 can see the colour of hats on ' and 3 3 can only see '8s hat ' can only see a wall and 1 can see a wall too% but is on the other side The officer s6ea7s u6% H/f one of you can correctly tell me the colour of your hat% you will all go scott free bac7 to your contries. /f you are wrong% you will all be 7illed. .ow can one of them be certain about the hat they are wearing and not ris7 the lives of their fellow souldiers by ta7ing a 54<54 guessR Submitted

Answer 2ither soldier 3 or soldier 4 can save the life as soldier 1 and soldier ' can not see colour of any hat% even not their own.. /n our case soldier 3 will tell the colour of his hat. oldier 4 can see the hat on soldier ' and soldier 3. /f both are white% then he can be sure about colour of his hat which will be blac7 and vice"versa. $ut if one of them is white and one is blac7% then soldier 4 can not say anything as he can have either of them. o he will 7ee6 mum. /f soldier 4 won8t say anyhing for a while% then soldier 3 will 7now that soldier 4 is not in 6osition to tell the colour of hat on his hat. /t means that colour of soldier 38s hat is o66osite of colour of soldier '8s hat. o soldier 3 can tell correctly the colour of hat on his head which is $lac7. .ere% we are assuming that all the soldiers are intelligent enough. Also% this solution will wor7 for any combination of ' $lac7 hats and ' Ghite hats. Dne side of the bottom layer of a triangular 6yramid has 1' balls. .ow many are there in the whole 6yramidB 0ote that the 6yramid is equilateral and solid. Answer There are total 3-4 3alls. As there are 1' balls along one side% it means that there are 1' layers of balls. The to6 most layer has 1 ball. The second layer has 3 !19'# balls. The third layer has ( !19'93# balls. The fourth layer has 14 !19'9394# balls. The fifth layer has 15 !19'939495# balls. imilarly% there are '1% ')% 3(% 45% 55% (( and =) balls in the remaining layers. .ence% the total number of balls are & 1 9 3 9 ( 9 14 9 15 9 '1 9 ') 9 3( 9 45 9 55 9 (( 9 =) & 3(4 balls A blindfolded man is as7ed to sit in the front of a carrom board. The holes of the board are shut with lids in random order% i.e. any number of all the four holes can be shut or o6en. 0ow the man is su66osed to touch any two holes at a time and can do the following. D6en the closed hole. -lose the o6en hole. +et the hole be as it is. After he has done it% the carrom board is rotated and again brought to some 6osition. The man is again not aware of what are the holes which are o6en or closed.

.ow many minimum number of turns does the blindfolded man require to either o6en all the holes or close all the holesB 0ote that whenever all the holes are either o6en or close% there will be an alarm so that the blindfolded man will 7now that he has won. Submitted Answer The 3lindfolded man re9uires / turns. 1. D6en two adFacent holes. '. D6en two diagonal holes. 0ow atleast 3 holes are o6en. /f 4th hole is also o6en% then you are done. /f not% the 4th hole is close. 3. -hec7 two diagonal holes. o /f one is close% o6en it and all the holes are o6en. o /f both are close% o6en any one hole. 0ow% two holes are o6en and two are close. The diagonal holes are in the o66osite status i.e. in both the diagonals% one hole is o6en and one is close.

4. -hec7 any two adFacent holes. o /f both are o6en% close both of them. 0ow% all holes are close. o /f both are close% o6en both of them. 0ow% all holes are o6en. o /f one is o6en and one is close% invert them i.e. close the o6en hole and o6en the close hole. 0ow% the diagonal holes are in the same status i.e. two holes in one diagonal are o6en and in other are close.

5. -hec7 any two diagonal holes. o /f both are o6en% close both of them. 0ow% all holes are close. o /f both are close% o6en both of them. 0ow% all holes are o6en. /n the middle of the confounded desert% there is the lost city of HAshH. To reach it% / will have to travel overland by foot from the coast. Dn a tre7 li7e this% each 6erson can only carry enough rations for five days and the farthest we can travel in one day is 34 miles. Also% the city is 1'4 miles from the starting 6oint. Ghat / am trying to figure out is the fewest number of 6ersons% including myself% that / will need in our Orou6 so that / can reach the city% stay overnight% and then return to the coast without running out of su66lies.

.ow many 6ersons !including myself# will / need to accom6lish this missionB Answer Total 4 persons ;including .ou< re9uired. /t is given that each 6erson can only carry enough rations for five days. And there are 4 6ersons. .ence% total of '4 days rations is available. 1. Kirst Da. 1 4 days of rations are used u6. Dne 6erson goes bac7 using one day of rations for the return tri6. The rations remaining for the further tre7 is for 15 days. '. :econd Da. 1 The remaining three 6eo6le use u6 3 days of rations. Dne 6erson goes bac7 using ' days of rations for the return tri6. The rations remaining for the further tre7 is for 14 days. 3. Third Da. 1 The remaining two 6eo6le use u6 ' days of rations. Dne 6erson goes bac7 using 3 days of rations for the return tri6. The rations remaining for the further tre7 is for 5 days. 4. Kourth Da. 1 The remaining 6erson uses u6 one day of rations. .e stays overnight. The neAt day he returns to the coast using 4 days of rations. Thus% total 4 6ersons% including you are required. At what time after 4.44 6.m. is the minutes hand of a cloc7 eAactly aligned with the hour handB Answer 442144 ./ Assume that X minutes after 4.44 QE minute hand eAactly aligns with and hour hand. For every minute% minute hand travels ( degrees. .ence% for X minutes it will travel ( * X degrees. For every minute% hour hand travels 1<' degrees. .ence% for X minutes it will travel X<' degrees. At 4.44 QE% the angle between minute hand and hour hand is 1'4 degrees. Also% after X minutes% minute hand and hour hand are eAactly aligned. o the angle with res6ect to 1' i.e. Mertical Qlane will be same. Therefore% ( * X & 1'4 9 X<' 1' * X & '44 9 X 11 * X & '44 X & '1.)1)' X & '1 minutes 4,.5 seconds .ence% at 41'114,.5 minute hand is eAactly aligned with the hour hand.

ubstitute digits for the letters to ma7e the following *ivision true D?T """"""""""""" T2EP*2E/ P*ED""""""""""""" T?/ T2E """""""""" JJJ2 J?EE """""""" / T 0ote that the leftmost letter can8t be Cero in any word. Also% there must be a one"to"one ma66ing between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter E% no other letter can be 3 and all other E in the 6uCCle must be 3. Submitted by : Calon Answer %50' >51' :52' T53' 754' !5/' ?5-' )57' $58' D5 /t is obvious that ?&1 !as ?* T2E& T2E# and -&4 !as /"-&/#. *D is a single digit and also *T is a single digit. .ence% their values !D% % T# must be '% 3 or 4 !as they can not be 4 or 1 or greater than 4#. -onsider% T2E*D&*ED-% where -&4. /t means that E must be 5. 0ow% its sim6le. D&4% &'% T&3% 2&)% J&=% /&( and *&,. 2

D?T """"""""""""" T2EP*2E/ P*ED""""""""""""" T?/ T2E """""""""" JJJ2 J?EE """""""" 2

413 """"""""""""" '3)5P,)5(') P,544 """"""""""""" 31(' '3)5 """""""""" ===) =155 """"""""

/ T ('3 Also% when arranged from 4 to ,% it s6ells %>:T7!?)$D. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44415 /n the town called Alibaug% the following facts are true1 0o two inhabitants have eAactly the same number of hairs. 0o inhabitants has eAactly '4'5 hairs. There are more inhabitants than there are hairs on the head of any one inhabitants. Ghat is the largest 6ossible number of the inhabitants of AlibaugB Answer 202/ /t is given that no inhabitants have eAactly '4'5 hairs. .ence there are '4'5 inhabitants with 4 to '4'4 hairs in the head. u66ose there are more than '4'5 inhabitants. $ut these will violate the condition that HThere are more inhabitants than there are hairs on the head of any one inhabitants.H As for any number more than '4'5% there will be same number of inhabitants as the maAimum number of hairs on the head of any inhabitant.

There are four grou6s of Eangoes% A66les and $ananas as follows1 Orou6 / 1 1 Eango% 1 A66les and 1 $anana Orou6 // 1 1 Eango% 5 A66les and = $ananas Orou6 /// 1 1 Eango% = A66les and 14 $ananas Orou6 /M 1 , Eango% '3 A66les and 34 $ananas Orou6 // costs >s 344 and Orou6 /// costs >s 3,4. -an you tell how much does Orou6 / and Orou6 /M costB Answer Aroup ? costs 1s 120 and Aroup ?0 costs 1s 1710 Assume that the values of one mango% one a66le and one banana are E% A and $ res6ectively. From Orou6 // 1 E 9 5A 9 =$ & 344 From Orou6 /// 1 E 9 =A 9 14$ & 3,4 ubtracting above to equations 1 'A 9 3$ & ,4 For Orou6 / 1 &E9A9$ & !E 9 5A 9 =$# " !4A 9 ($# & !E 9 5A 9 =$# " '!'A 9 3$# & 344 " '!,4# & 344 " 1)4 & 1'4 imilarly% for Orou6 /M 1 & ,E 9 '3A 9 34$ & ,!E 9 5A 9 =$# " !''A 9 33$# & ,!E 9 5A 9 =$# " 11!'A 9 3$# & ,!344# " 11!,4# & '=44 " ,,4 & 1=14 Thus% Orou6 / costs >s 1'4 and Orou6 /M costs >s 1=14. Tic"Tac"Toe is being 6layed. Dne 8X8 has been 6laced in one of the corners. 0o 8D8 has been 6laced yet. Ghere does the 6layer that is 6laying 8D8 has to 6ut his first 8D8 so that 8X8 doesn8t winB Assume that both 6layers are very intelligent. 2A6lain your answer Answer

L7L should 3e placed in the center. +et8s number the 6ositions as1 1P'P3 """"""""" 4P5P( """"""""" =P)P, /t is given that HXH is 6laced in one of the corner 6osition. +et8s assume that its at 6osition 1. 0ow% let8s ta7e each 6osition one by one. /f HDH is 6laced in 6osition '% HXH can always win by choosing 6osition 4% 5 or =. /f HDH is 6laced in 6osition 3% HXH can always win by choosing 6osition 4% = or ,. /f HDH is 6laced in 6osition 4% HXH can always win by choosing 6osition '% 3 or 5. /f HDH is 6laced in 6osition (% HXH can always win by choosing 6osition 3% 5 or =. /f HDH is 6laced in 6osition =% HXH can always win by choosing 6osition '% 3 or ,. /f HDH is 6laced in 6osition )% HXH can always win by choosing 6osition 3% 5 or =. /f HDH is 6laced in 6osition ,% HXH can always win by choosing 6osition 3% or =. /f HDH is 6laced in 6osition 5 i.e. center 6osition% HXH can8t win unless HDH does something foolish L## .ence% HDH should be 6laced in the center. Amit% $havin% .imanshu and >a7esh are sitting around a table. The 2lectonics 2ngineer is sitting to the left of the Eechanical 2ngineer. Amit is sitting o66osite to -om6uter 2ngineer. .imanshu li7es to 6lay -om6uter Oames. $havin is sitting to the right of the -hemical 2ngineer. -an you figure out everyone8s 6rofessionB Answer Amit is the Eechanical 2ngineer. $havin is the -om6uter 2ngineer. .imanshu and >a7esh are either -hemical 2ngineer or 2lecronics 2ngineer. Amit and $havin are sitting o66osite to each other. Ghereas -hemical 2ngineer and 2lecronics 2ngineer are sitting o66osite to each other. Ge cannot find out who is -hemical 2ngineer and 2lecronics 2ngineer as data 6rovided is not sufficient

Five friends with surname $atliwala% Qoc7etwala% Talawala% -hunawala and 0ata7wala have their first name and middle name as follow. 1. Four of them have a first and middle name of Qaresh. '. Three of them have a first and middle name of Samlesh. 3. Two of them have a first and middle name of 0aresh. 4. Dne of them have a first and middle name of 2lesh. 5. Qoc7etwala and Talawala% either both are named Samlesh or neither is named Samlesh. (. 2ither $atliwala and Qoc7etwala both are named 0aresh or Talawala and -hunawala both are named 0aresh. =. -hunawala and 0ata7wala are not both named Qaresh. Gho is named 2leshB Answer Eoc+etwala is named $lesh. From !1# and !=#% it is clear that $atliwala% Qoc7etwala and Talawala are named Qaresh. From !(# and !5#% if Qoc7etwala or Talawala both are named Samlesh% then either of them will have three names i.e. Qaresh% Samlesh and 0aresh. .ence% Qoc7etwala and Talawala both are not named Samlesh. /t means that $atliwala% -hunawala and 0ata7wala are named Samlesh. 0ow it is clear that Talawala and -hunawala are named 0aresh. Also% Qoc7etwala is named 2lesh. Er. Gagle goes to wor7 by a bus. Dne day he falls aslee6 when the bus still has twice as far to go as it has already gone. .alfway through the tri6 he wa7es u6 as the bus bounces over some bad 6otholes. Ghen he finally falls aslee6 again% the bus still has half the distance to go that it has already travelled. Fortunately% Er. Gagle wa7es u6 at the end of his tri6. Ghat 6ortion of the total tri6 did Er. Gagle slee6B Answer !r. wagle slept through half his trip. +et8s draw a timeline. Qicture the bus route on a line showen below1

"""""""""""""""" ZZZZZZZZ """""""" ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ tart 1<3 1<' '<3 2nd

""""" shows time for which Er. Gagle was not slee6ing ZZZZZ shows time for which Er. Gagle was slee6ing Ghen Er. Gagle fell aslee6 the first time% the bus sill had twice as far to go as it had already gone% that mar7s the first third of his tri6. .e wa7e u6 halfway through the tri6 i.e sle6t from 1<3 mar7 to the 1<' mar7. .e fell slee6 again when the bus still had half the distance to go that it had already traveled i.e '<3 mar7. Adding u6% all slee6ing times% & !1<' " 1<3# 9 !1 " '<3# & 1<( 9 1<3 & 1<' .ence% Er. wagle sle6t through half his tri6. $rain Teaser 0o 1 444() /n your soc7 drawer% you have a ratio of 5 6airs of blue soc7s% 4 6airs of brown soc7s% and ( 6airs of blac7 soc7s. /n com6lete dar7ness% how many soc7s would you need to 6ull out to get a matching 6air of the same colorB 4 /f you don8t agree% try it yourselfR Iou have a buc7et of Felly beans. ome are red% some are blue% and some green. Gith your eyes closed% 6ic7 out ' of a li7e color. .ow many do you have to grab to be sure you have ' of the sameB Iou have a buc7et of Felly beans. ome are red% some are blue% and some green. Gith your eyes closed% 6ic7 out ' of a li7e color. .ow many do you have to grab to be sure you have ' of the sameB /f you select 4 Xelly beans you are guarenteed that you will have ' that are the same color.

There are =4 em6loyees wor7ing with $rainMista of which 34 are females. Also% 34 em6loyees are married '4 em6loyees are above '5 years of age 1, married em6loyees are above '5 years% of which = are males 1' males are above '5 years of age 15 males are married. .ow many unmarried females are there and how many of them are above '5B Answer 1/ unmarried females M none are a3ove 2/ .ears of age. im6ly 6ut all given information into the table structure and you will get the answer. !arried >nmarried

"elow 2/ A3ove 2/ "elow 2/ A3ove 2/ Kemale !ale 3 ) 1' = 15 '4 4 5

There is a safe with a 5 digit number as the 7ey. The 4th digit is 4 greater than the second digit% while the 3rd digit is 3 less than the 'nd digit. The 1st digit is thrice the last digit. There are 3 6airs whose sum is 11. Find the number. Answer -/2 2 As 6er given conditions% there are three 6ossible combinations for 'nd% 3rd and 4th digits. They are !3% 4% =# or !4% 1% )# or !5% '% ,# /t is given that there are 3 6airs whose sum is 11. All 6ossible 6airs are !'% ,#% !3% )#% !4% =#% !5% (#. 0ow required number is 5 digit number and it contains 3 6airs of 11. o it must not be having 4 and 1 in it. .ence% the only 6ossible combination for 'nd% 3rd and 4th digits is !5% '% ,# Also% 1st digit is thrice the last digit. The 6ossible combinations are !3% 1#% !(% '# and !,% 3#% out of which only !(% '# with !5% '% ,# gives 3 6airs of 11. .ence% the answer is (5','. Ey friend collects antique stam6s. he 6urchased two% but found that she needed to raise money urgently. o she sold them for >s. )444 each. Dn one she made '4N and on the other she lost '4N. .ow much did she gain or lose in the entire transactionB

Answer :he lost 1s ---.-7 -onsider the first stam6. he mades '4N on it after selling it for >s )444. o the original 6rice of first stam6 is & !)444 * 144# < )4 & >s ((((.(= imilarly% consider second stam6. he lost '4N on it after selling it for >s )444 o the original 6rice of second stam6 is & !)444 * 144# < )4 & >s 14444 Total buying 6rice of two stam6s & >s ((((.(= 9 >s 14444 & >s 1((((.(= Total selling 6rice of two stam6s & >s )444 9 >s )444 & >s 1(444 .ence% she lost >s (((.(= Assume for a moment that the earth is a 6erfectly uniform s6here of radius (444 7m. u66ose a thread equal to the length of the circumference of the earth was 6laced along the equator% and drawn to a tight fit. 0ow su66ose that the length of the thread is increased by 1' cm% and that it is 6ulled away uniformly in all directions. $y how many cm. will the thread be se6arated from the earth8s surfaceB Answer The cicumference of the earth is & ' * Q/ * r & ' * Q/ * (444 7m & ' * Q/ * (444 * 1444 m & ' * Q/ * (444 * 1444 * 144 cm & 1')4444444 * Q/ cm where r & radius of the earth% Q/ & 3.1415,'(54

.ence% the length of the thread is & 1')4444444 * Q/ cm 0ow length of the thread is increasd by 1' cm. o the new length is & !1')4444444 * Q/# 9 1' cm This thread will ma7e one concentric circle with the earth which is slightly away from the earth. The circumfernce of that circle is nothing but !1')4444444 * Q/# 9 1' cm Assume that radius of the outer circle is > cm Therefore% ' * Q/ * > & !1')4444444 * Q/# 9 1' cm olving above equation% > & (44444441.,4) cm >adius of the earth is r & (44444444 cm .ence% the thread will be se6aratedfrom the earth by & > " r cm & (44444441.,4) " (44444444 & 1.,4) cm cientist decided to do a study on the 6o6ulation growth of rabbits. /nside a controlled environment% 1444 rabbits were 6laced. iA months later% there were 1444J rabbits. At the beginning of the 3rd year% there were roughly ')')J rabbits% which was 4 times what the scientists 6laced in there at the beginning of the 1st year. /f J is a 6ositive variable% how many rabbits would be there at the beginning of the 11th yearB SubmiAnswer At the 3eginning of the 11th .ear' there would 3e 1'024'000 ra33its. At the beginning% there were 1444 rabbits. Also% there were 4444 rabbits at the beginning of third year which is equal to ')')J. Thus% J & 4444<')') i.e. 1.414 !the square root of '# 0ote that ')')J can be re6resented as '444*J*J !J&1.414#% which can be further sim6lified as 1444*J*J*J*J Also% it is given that at the end of ( months% there were 1444J rabbits. /t is clear that the 6o6ulation growth is 1.414 times every siA months i.e. ' times every year. After 0 years% the 6o6ulation would be 1444*!JW!'0## i.e. 1444*!'W0# Thus% at the beginning of the 11th year !i.e. after 14 years#% there would be 1444*!'W14# i.e. 1%4'4%444 rabbits.

tted A class of 144 students. '4 of them are girls and 3' are not. Ghich base am / usingB Answer +et the base be X. Therefore !X*X 9 X*4 9 4# & !'*X 94# 9 !3*X 9 '# X*X & 5*X 9 ( X*X " 5*X "( & 4 !X"(#!X91# & 4 Therefore base is ( A man is stranded on a desert island. All he has to drin7 is a '4oC bottle of s6rite. To conserve his drin7 he decides that on the first day he will drin7 one oC and the refill the bottle bac7 u6 with water. Dn the 'nd day he will drin7 'oC and refill the bottle. Dn the 3rd day he will drin7 3oC and so on... $y the time all the s6rite is gone% how much water has he drun7B SubmittAnswer The man drun+ 1 0o, of water. /t is given that the man has '4oC bottle of s6rite. Also% he will drin7 1oC on the first day and refill the bottle with water% will drin7 'oC on the second day and refill the bottle% will drin7 3oC on the third day and refill the bottle% and so on till '4th day. Thus at the end of '4 days% he must have drun7 !1 9 ' 9 3 9 4 9 ..... 91) 9 1, 9 '4# & '14oC of liquid. Dut of that '14oC% '4oC is the s6rite which he had initially. .ence% he must have drun7 1,4oC of water.ed Iou have four ,8s and you may use any of the !9% "% <% *# as many times as you li7e. / want to see a mathematical eA6ression which uses the four ,8s to & 144 .ow many such eA6ressions can you ma7eB Submitted Answer There are 5 such eA6ressions. ,, 9 !,<,# & 144 !,,<.,,# & 144

!,<.,# * !,<.,# & 144 !!,*,# 9 ,#<., & 144 !,,",#<., & 144 Two 6lanes ta7e off at the same eAact moment. They are flying across the Atlantic. Dne leaves 0ew Ior7 and is flying to Qaris at 544 miles 6er hour. The other leaves Qaris and is flying to 0ew Ior7 at only 454 miles 6er hour ! because of a strong head wind #. Ghich one will be closer to Qaris when they meetB They will both be the same distance from Qaris when they meetRRR 1' members were 6resent at a board meeting. 2ach member shoo7 hands with all of the other members before @ after the meeting. .ow many hand sha7es were thereB Answer 132 Thin7 of it this way1 the first 6erson sha7es hands with 11 6eo6le% the second 6erson also sha7es hands with 11 6eo6le% but you only count 14% because the hand sha7e with the first 6erson was already counted. Then add , for the third 6erson% ) for the fourth% @ so on. (( hand sha7es too7 6lace before @ (( after the meeting% for a total of 13'. Arrange five 6lanets such that 4 of them add u6 to 5th 6lanet numerically. 2ach of the letters of the 6lanet should re6resent a unique number from the range 4 " ,. Iou have to use all ten digits. There is an amaCing mathematical relationshi6 eAists among the names of the 6lanet. Answer The tought 6rocess is initially to find 6lanets such that the total number of al6habets in them is 14. The only 6ossible combination of 6lanets is aturn% ?ranus% Menus% Ears and 0e6tune because for other combinations there will be more than 14 al6habets. Among these five% 0e6tune is the lenghtiest% so it must be the sum of the other four.

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"""""""""""""" 02QT?02 0ow the only 6ossible value for 0 is 1. $y finding the value for % we can reach the result1 35)(,1 (,51(3 '41(3 9 45,3

"""""""""""""" 14=)(14 Iou have 14 a66les. Iour Friend Earge ta7es away 3 and gives you '. Iou dro6 = but 6ic7 u6 4. $ret ta7es 4 and gives 5. Iou ta7e one from Earge and give it to $ret in eAchange for 3 more. Iou give those 3 to Earge and she gives you an a66le and an orange. Fran7 comes and ta7es the a66le Earge gave you and gives you a 6ear. Iou give the 6ear to $ret in eAchange for an a66le. Fran7 then ta7es an a66le from Earge% gives it to $ret for an orange% gives you the orange for an a66le. .ow many 6ears do you haveB Submitted Answer 2one Fran7 gave you a 6ear in eAchange of the a66le which Earge gave you. And you gave that 6ear to $ret in eAchange for an a66le. All the others eAchanges involved a66les and<or organges.

Four cou6les are going to the movie. 2ach row holds eight seats. $etty and Xim don8t want to sit neAt to Alice and Tom. Alice and Tom don8t want to sit neAt to Oertrude and $ill. Dn the otherhand% ally and $ob don8t want to sit neAt to $etty and Xim. .ow can the cou6les arrange themselves in a row so that they all sit where they would li7eB Submitted by : Tara Smith Answer From the given data% it can be inferred that1 ! ally @ $ob# 0DT !$etty @ Xim# 0DT !Alice @ Tom# 0DT !Oertrude @ $ill# !A# 0DT !$# means A and $ can not seat neAt to each other. 0ow% it is obvious that !$etty @ Xim# and !Alice @ Tom# will occu6y the corner seats as both of them can have only one neighbour. Therefore% !Oertrude @ $ill# will seat neAt to !$etty @ Xim# ! ally @ $ob# will seat neAt to !Oertrude @ $ill# !Alice @ Tom# will seat neAt to ! ally @ $ob# Thus% there are two 6ossible arrangements " a mirror images of each other. 1. !$etty @ Xim# " !Oertrude @ $ill# " ! ally @ $ob# " !Alice @ Tom# '. !Alice @ Tom# " ! ally @ $ob# " !Oertrude @ $ill# " !$etty @ Xim# ubstitute digits for the letters to ma7e the following addition 6roblem true. G . D 2 T 2 2 T . A > 2 9 A

""""""""""""""""""" G D > * 0ote that the leftmost letter can8t be Cero in any word. Also% there must be a one"to"one ma66ing between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter .% no other letter can be 3 and all other . in the 6uCCle must be 3. Answer /t is obvious that &1 and T&,. Also% !. 9 2# should be greater than 14 and hence% !2 9 . 9 2# must '4. Thus% there are 3

6ossible values for !2% .# 6air1 !(% )# or !=% (# or !)% 4#. ?se trial"n"error and everything will fit"in. G . D 2 ' ) 5 1 ( , ( ( , ) 4 = ( 9 4 1

T 2 2 T . A > 2 9 A

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Ghen ocrates was im6risoned for being a disturbing influence% he was held in high esteem by his guards. All four of them ho6ed that something would occur that would facilitate his esca6e. Dne evening% the guard who was on duty intentionally left the cell door o6en so that ocrates could leave for distant 6arts. ocrates did not attem6t to esca6e% as it was his 6hiloso6hy that if you acce6t society8s rules% you must also acce6t it8s 6unishments. .owever% the o6en door was considered by the authorities to be a serious matter. /t was not clear which guard was on that evening. The four guards ma7e the following statements in their defense1 Aaron1 A# / did not leave the door o6en. $# -lement was the one who did it. $ob1 A# / was not the one who was on duty that evening. $# Aaron was on duty. -lement1 A# $ob was the one on duty that evening. $# / ho6ed ocrates would esca6e. *avid1 A# / did not leave the door o6en. $# / was not sur6rised that ocrates did not attem6t to esca6e. -onsidering that% in total% three statements are true% and five statements are false% which guard is guiltyAnswer David is the guilt..

0ote that HAll four of them ho6ed that something would occur that would facilitate his esca6eH. /t ma7es -lement8s statement $ True and *avid8s statement $ False. 0ow consider each of them as a guilty% one at a time. Aaron A /f Aaron is guilty /f $ob is guilty " A "o3 " %lement A " David A " True :tmts 4 4 5 3

False False True True False True True False True False False False True True True False

/f -lement is guilty True True True False False True True False /f *avid is guilty True False True False False True False False

ince in total% three statements are true and five statements are false. /t is clear from the above table that *avid isB $rain Teaser 0o 1 444=4 Oiven any whole number ta7e the sum of the digits% and the 6roduct of the digits% and multi6ly these together to get a new whole number. For eAam6le% starting with (=1'% the sum of the digits is !(9=919'# & 1(% and the 6roduct of the digits is !(*=*1*'# & )4. The answer in this case is then )4 A 1( & 1344. /f we do this again starting from 1344% we get !1939494# * !1*3*4*4# & 5=( And yet again !59=9(# * !5*=*(# & 3=)4 At this stage we 7now what the neAt answer will be !without wor7ing it out# because% as one digit is 4% the 6roduct of the digits will be 4% and hence the answer will also be 4. -an you find any numbers to which when we a66ly the above mentioned rule re6eatedly% we never end u6 at 4B $rain Teaser 0o 1 444=4 Oiven any whole number ta7e the sum of the digits% and the 6roduct of the digits% and multi6ly these together to get a new whole number. For eAam6le% starting with (=1'% the sum of the digits is !(9=919'# & 1(% and the 6roduct of the digits is !(*=*1*'# & )4. The answer in this case is then )4 A 1( & 1344.

/f we do this again starting from 1344% we get !1939494# * !1*3*4*4# & 5=( And yet again !59=9(# * !5*=*(# & 3=)4 At this stage we 7now what the neAt answer will be !without wor7ing it out# because% as one digit is 4% the 6roduct of the digits will be 4% and hence the answer will also be 4. -an you find any numbers to which when we a66ly the above mentioned rule re6eatedly% we never end u6 at 4B There were 0 stations on a railroad. After adding X stations 4( additional tic7ets have to be 6rinted. Find 0 and X. Answer +et before adding X stations% total number of tic7ets t & 0!0"1# After adding X stations total number of tic7ets are t 9 4( & !09X#!09X"1# ubtracting 1st from 'nd 4( & !09X#!09X"1# " 0!0"1# 4( & 0' 9 0X " 0 9 0X 9 X' " X " 0' 9 0 4( & '0X 9 X' " X 4( & !'0 " 1#X 9 X' X' 9 !'0 " 1#X " 4( & 4 0ow there are only two 6ossible factors of 4(. They are !4(%1# and !'3%'# -ase /1 !4(%1# '0 " 1 & 45 '0 & 4( 0 & '3 And X & 1 -ase //1 !'3%'# '0 " 1 & '1 '0 & '' 0 & 11 And X & '

.ence% there are ' 6ossible answers. An emergency vehicle travels 14 miles at a s6eed of 54 miles 6er hour. .ow fast must the vehicle travel on the return tri6 if the round"tri6 travel time is to be '4 minutesB Answer 7/ miles per hour Ghile going to the destination% the vehicle travels 14 mils at the s6eed of 54 miles 6er hour. o the time ta7en to travel 14 miles is & !(4 * 14# < 54 & 1' minutes 0ow it8s given that round"tri6 travel time is '4 minutes. o the vehicle should com6lete its return tri6 of 14 miles in ) minutes. o the s6eed of the vehicle must & !(4 * 14# < ) & =5 miles 6er hour All of the students at a college are maForing in 6sychology% business% or both. =3N of the students are 6sychology maFors% @ ('N are business maFors. /f there are '44 students% how many of them are maForing in both 6sychology @ businessB Answer 70 students are ma#oring in 3oth' ps.cholog. M 3usiness /f =3N of the students are 6sychology maFors% we 7now that '=N are not 6sychology maFors. $y the same reasoning% 3)N are not business maFors% because ('N of the students do maFor in business. o1 '= 9 3) & (5 (5N of the students are not maForing in both 6sychology @ business% so 35N are double maFors% a total of =4 students. Two trains starting at same time% one from $angalore to Eysore and other in o66osite direction arrive at their destination 1hr and 4hrs res6ectively after 6assing each other. Answer

The speed of "angalore*!.sore train is TI?%$ the speed of !.sore*"angalore

train. +et the distance between $angalore and Eysore is * 7ms. Also% let s6eed of the train from $angalore to Eysore is X 7m<hr and s6eed of the tain from Eysore to $angalore is I 7m<hr. 0ow% assume that both the trains met each other at T 7ms from the $angalore !6oint Q in figure# Time ta7en by $angalore"Eysore train to reach Q & Time ta7en by Eysore"$angalore train to reach Q ! T < X # & ! * " T # < I """""equ!/# Also% $angalore"Eysore train and Eysore"$angalore train arrive destination 1 hr and 4 hrs res6ectively after 6assing each other. /t means that $angalore"Eysore train travels !* " T# 7ms in 1 hr at X 7m<hr and Eysore"$angalore train travels T 7ms in 4 hrs at I 7m<hr. .ence% ! * " T # & X and T&4*I ubstituting these values in equation /% we get !4*I#<X&X<I 4*I*I&X*X '*I&X .ence% the s6eed of $angalore"Eysore train is TG/-2 the s6eed of Eysore"$angalore train..ow much faster is one train from otherB Answer 4 times +et8s assume that everyone clin7ed their mug with friend to his left only. /t means that there are total 4, clin7s. 0ow the right clin7 of each 6erson is left clin7 of the 6erson on right which is already ha66ened. .ence% there are only 4, clin7s. Ers. Gatsherface had a garage sale. A custmer named Oina bought an old lam6 and a rug. he 6aid a total of [5.'5 for everything. The rug cost '5 cents more than the lam6. .ow much did each costB Submitted by : Kimi Answer The lamp cost N 2./0 and the rug cost N 2.7/ A sim6le one.

Assume that the lam6 cost [ +. .ence the rug must have cost [ !+ 9 4.'5# Also% total cost is [ 5.'5% .ence the equation 1 + 9 + 9 4.'5 & 5.'5 '*+&5 + & '.54 .ence% the lam6 cost [ '.54 and the rug cost [ '.=5 $rain Teaser 0o 1 4451) Grite 1111......!'43 times# i.e. a '43 digit number with all 1s. Qrove that it is divisible by '43. SubmittAnswer Qrove it using the mathematical induction. First here are a cou6le of things to note1 :1; A number whose digits add u6 to a multi6le of three is divisable by 3. e.g. 3(,1 39(9,&1)1 19)&, which is a multi6le of 3 hence 3(, is divisable by 3. :'; Ghenever a number !X# is multi6lied with another number !I# then the 6roduct !X*I# will have all the factors of X as well as all the factors of I in its set of factors. e.g. if X has factors of !1%Q%T%X# and I has factors of !1%T%>%I# then X*I has factors of !1%Q%T%T%>%X%I#. +et 0 & any series of digits !e.g. 0&3(,# * & the number of digits in 0 !e.g. if 0&3(, then *&3# Q & is a number constructed in the following way 1 a 1% followed by !*"1# 4s% followed by another 1% followed by !*"1# 4s% followed by another 1. !e.g. if 0&3(, then *&3 and Q would be 1441441# 0ote that Q will always be divisible by 3. Also% if we multi6ly 0 with Q we are essentially re6eating 0 for !*"1# times. e.g. if 0&3(, then *&3% Q&1441441 and 0*Q&3(,3(,3(, +et8s start with 0&111. /t is clear that 0 is divisible by 3. !From :1;# Also% *&3 and Q&1441441 0*Q&111111111 !, times# The resulting number 111111111 must be divisible by , as 0 and Q both are divisible by 3.

0ow% let8s start with 0&111111111. /t is clear that 0 is divisible by ,. Also% *&, and Q&1444444441444444441 0*Q&111111111... !'= times# The resulting number 1111111... !'= times# must be divisible by '= as 0 is divisible by , and Q is divisible by 3. >e6eat the same 6rocedure for 0&1111111... !'= times# The resulting number 1111111... !)1 times# must be divisible by )1 as 0 is divisible by '= and Q is divisible by 3. imilarly% for 0&1111111... !)1 times# The resulting number 1111111... !'43 times# must be divisible by '43 as 0 is divisible by )1 and Q is divisible by 3. Thus% 1111111... !'43 times# is divisible by '43. Than7s to >yan .utcherson for solution RRR edSaran bought a little boA of midget matches% each one inch in length. .e found that he could arrange them all in the form of a triangle whose area was Fust as many square inches as there were matches. .e then used u6 siA of the matches% and found that with the remainder he could again construct another triangle whose area was Fust as many square inches as there were matches. And using another siA matches he could again do 6recisely the same. .ow many matches were there in the boA originallyB 0ote that the match"boA can hold maAimum of 54 matches. Answer ?nitiall.' there were 42 or 3- matches in the match*3o8. There are 4' matches in the boA with which he could form a triangle '4% 15% =% with an area of 4' square inches. After ( matches had been used% the remaining 3( matches would form a triangle 1=% 14% ,% with an area of 3( square inches. After using another ( matches% the remaining 34 matches would form a triangle 13% 1'% 5% with an area of 34 square inches. After using another (% the '4 remaining would form a triangle 14% )% (% with an area of '4 square inches. Thus% there are two 6ossible answers. There were either 4' or 3( matches in the match" boA. Also it is interesting to 7now that there are Fust 5 such triangles for which the 6erimeter and the area is the same !assuming all sides are integers# and they are 1 1. 24 !14% )% (#

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30 !13% 1'% 5# 3- !1=% 14% ,# 42 !'4% 15% =# -0 !',% '5% (#

Find the values of each of the al6habets. 0DD0 DD0 9 EDD0 """""""""" X?02 Answer ?sing trial and error. There are ' solutions to it and may be more. '44' 144' 9 544' """""""""" ,3'( 4114 5114 9 4114 """""""""" ,34' Ge have to fill number from 1 to 1' at the intersection 6oint of two or more lines. Ge have to construct a star using two triangle. The sum of all number lying in straight lines should be same. This can be easilty understood by the fig. and hence solved. Submitted by : Vaibhav Gupta

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Ge have one answer where sum of all the numbers lying in straight lines is '(. /f you have others% do submit them. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44355 Eontu% $antu% -hantu and Qintu have 6ets. Eontu says% H/f Qintu and / each have a dog% then eAactly one of $antu and -hantu has a dog.H $antu says% H/f -hantu and / each have a cat% then eAactly one of Eontu and Qintu has a dog.H -hantu says% H/f Eontu and / each have a dog% then eAactly one of $antu and Qintu has a cat.H Qintu says% H/f $antu and / each have a cat% then eAactly one of $antu and / has a dog.H Dnly one of the four is telling the truth. Gho is telling the truthB

Answer "antu is telling the truth. Kor a ?K*TJ$2 statement to 3e false' ?K part has to 3e true and TJ$2 part has to 3e false. ince only one statement is true and remaining three are false% /F 6art of three statements

are true @ T.20 6art of one statement is true. +et8s 6ut the given information in table. The 6et"name in the normal teAt re6resents the /F 6art and the 6et"name in round brac7ets re6resents the T.20 6art. !ontu "antu %hantu Eintu !ontu sa.s "antu sa.s %hantu sa.s Eintu sa.s *og !*og# *og !*og# -at !-at# -at !*og# !*og# -at *og *og !*og# !-at# -at !*og#

/t is clear that the /F 6art of the statements made by Eontu% -hantu and Qintu are true as they do not contradict each other. And the /F 6art of the statement made by $antu is false. Thus% $antu is telling the truth. Eontu have a *og and may or may not have a -at. $antu have a -at. -hantu have a *og. Qintu have a *og and a -at. $rain Teaser 0o 1 445'4 omebody mar7ed the siA faces of a die with the numbers 1% ' and 3 " each number twice. The die was 6ut on a table. Four 6eo6le " Abu% $abu% -alu and *abu " sat around the table so that each one was able to see only three sides of the die at a glance. Abu sees the number 1 and two even numbers. $abu and -alu can see three different numbers each. *abu sees number ' twice and he can8t remember the third number. Ghat number is face down on the tableB Answer 2um3er 3 is face down on the ta3le. /f Abu can see two even numbers i.e. number ' twice% and if *abu can see number ' twice% then number ' must be facing u6. 0ow everything else is sim6le. !see the following diagram#

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-alu $abu Thus% the number hidden from the view is number 3 and hence the answer. Two identical 6ac7 of cards A and $ are shuffled throughly. Dne card is 6ic7ed from A and shuffled with $. The to6 card from 6ac7 A is turned u6. /f this is the Tueen of .earts% what are the chances that the to6 card in $ will be the Sing of .eartsB Answer /2 @ 2703 There are two cases to be considered. %A:$ 1 4 Sing of .earts is drawn from Qac7 A and shuffled with Qac7 $ Qrobability of drawing Sing of .earts from Qac7 A & 1<51 !as Tueen of .earts is not to be drawn# Qrobability of having Sing of .earts on the to6 of the Qac7 $ & '<53 o total 6robability of case 1 & !1<51# * !'<53# & ' < !51 * 53# %A:$ 2 4 Sing of .earts is not drawn from Qac7 A Qrobability of not drawing Sing of .earts from Qac7 A & 54<51 !as Tueen of .earts is not to be drawn# Qrobability of having Sing of .earts on the to6 of the Qac7 $ & 1<53 o total 6robability of case ' & !54<51# * !1<53# & 54 < !51 * 53# 0ow adding both the 6robability% the required 6robability is & ' < !51 * 53# 9 54 < !51 * 53#

& 5' < !51 * 53# & 5' < '=43 & 4.41,'3=) .ow many 6ossible combinations are there in a 3A3A3 rubics cubeB /n other words% if you wanted to solve the rubics cube by trying different combinations% how many might it ta7e you !worst case senerio#B .ow many for a 4A4A4 cubeB Submitted Answer There are 4.32/2 C 10D1 possi3le com3inations for 38383 1u3ics and 7.4012 C 10D4/ possi3le com3inations for 48484 1u3ics. +et8s consider 3A3A3 >ubics first. There are ) corner cubes% which can be arranged in )R ways. 2ach of these ) cubes can be turned in 3 different directions% so there are 3W) orientations altogether. $ut if you get all but one of the corner cube into chosen 6ositions and orientations% only one of 3 orientations of the final corner cube is 6ossible. Thus% total ways corner cubes can be 6laced & !)R# * !3W)#<) & !)R# * !3W=# imilarly% 1' edge cubes can be arranged in 1'R ways. 2ach of these 1' cubes can be turned in ' different directions% so there are 'W1' orientations altogether. $ut if you get all but one of the edge cube into chosen 6ositions and orientations% only one of ' orientations of the final edge cube is 6ossible. Thus% total ways edge cubes can be 6laced & !1'R# * !'W1'#<' & !1'R# * !'W11# .ere% we have essentially 6ulled the cubes a6art and stuc7 cubes bac7 in 6lace wherever we 6lease. /n reality% we can only move cubes around by turning the faces of the cubes. /t turns out that you can8t turn the faces in such a way as to switch the 6ositions of two cubes while returning all the others to their original 6ositions. Thus if you get all but two cubes in 6lace% there is only one attainable choice for them !not 'R#. .ence% we must divide by '. Total different 6ossible combinations are & :!)R# * !3W=#; * :!1'R# * !'W11#; < ' & !)R# * !3W=# * !1'R# * !'W14# & 4.3'5' * 14W1, imilarly% for 4A4A4 >ubics total different 6ossible combinations are & :!)R# * !3W=#; * :!'4R#; * :!'4R# < !4RW(#; < '4 & =.4411,() * 14W45

0ote that there are '4 edge cubes% which you can not turn in ' orientations !hence no 'W'4 < '#. Also% there are 4 center cubes 6er face i.e. !'4R# < !4RW(#. Iou can switch ' cubes without affecting the rest of the combination as 4*4*4 has even dimensions !hence no division by '#. $ut 6attern on one side is rotated in 4 directions over ( faces% hence divide by '4. $rain Teaser 0o 1 445') ubstitute digits for the letters to ma7e the following relation true. 0 2 M 2 > + 2 A M 2 9 E 2

""""""""""""""""" A + D 0 2 0ote that the leftmost letter can8t be Cero in any word. Also% there must be a one"to" one ma66ing between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter E% no other letter can be 3 and all other E in the 6uCCle must be 3. Answer A tough oneRRR ince > 9 2 9 2 & 14 9 2% it is clear that > 9 2 & 14 and neither > nor 2 is equal to 4 or 5. This is the only entry 6oint to solve it. 0ow use trial"n"error method. 0 2 M 2 > + 2 A M 2 9 E 2 9 ' 1 4 1 , 3 1 5 4 1 ( 1

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A + D 0 2 5 3 4 ' 1 There are '4 6eo6le in your a66licant 6ool% including 5 6airs of identical twins. /f you hire 5 6eo6le randomly% what are the chances you will hire at least 1 6air of identical twinsB !0eedless to say% this could cause trouble L## SubmAnswer

The pro3a3ilit. to hire / people with at least 1 pair of identical twins is 2/.28= 5 6eo6le from the '4 6eo6le can be hired in '4-5 & 15544 ways. 0ow% divide '4 6eo6le into two grou6s of 14 6eo6le each 1 O1 " with all twins O' " with all 6eo6le other than twins +et8s find out all 6ossible ways to hire 5 6eo6le without a single 6air of indentical twins. Eeople from A1 4 1 ' 3 4 5 Eeople from A2 5 4 3 ' 1 4 2o of wa.s to hire A1 without a single pair of indentical twins 14-4 14-1 14-' * )<, 14-3 * )<, * (<) 14-4 * )<, * (<) * 4<= 14-5 * )<, * (<) * 4<= * '<( 2o of wa.s to hire A2 14-5 14-4 14-3 14-' 14-1 14-4 Total Thus% total 6ossible ways to hire 5 6eo6le without a single 6air of indentical twins & 115)4 ways o% total 6ossible ways to hire 5 6eo6le with at least a single 6air of indentical twins & 15544 " 115)4 & 3,'4 ways .ence% the 6robability to hire 5 6eo6le with at least a single 6air of indentical twins & 3,'4<15544 & '45<,(, & 4.'5') & '5.')Nitted Meeru says to Xay% H-an you figure out how many 2ggs / have in my buc7etBH .e gives 3 clues to Xay1 /f the number of 2ggs / have 1. is a multi6le of 5% it is a number between 1 and 1, '. is not a multi6le of )% it is a number between '4 and ', 3. is not a multi6le of 14% it is a number between 34 and 3, .ow many 2ggs does Meeru have in his buc7etB Answer Total wa.s '5' '144 4)44 3(44 )44 3' 11/84

32 eggs +et8s a66ly all 3 condition se6arately and 6ut all 6ossible numbers together. First condition says that if multi6le of 5% then the number is between 1 and 1,. .ence% the 6ossible numbers are !5% 14% 15% '1% ''% '3% '4% '5% '(% '=% ')% ',% 34% 31% 3'% 33% 34% 35% 3(% 3=% 3)% 3,# econd condition says that if not a multi6le of )% then the number is between '4 and ',. .ence% the 6ossible numbers are !)% 1(% '4% '1% ''% '3% '5% '(% '=% ')% ',% 3'# Third condition says that if not a multi6le of 14% then the number is between 34 and 3,. .ence% the 6ossible numbers are !14% '4% 31% 3'% 33% 34% 35% 3(% 3=% 3)% 3,# Dnly number 3' is there in all 3 result sets. That means that only number 3' satisfies all three conditions. .ence% Meeru have 3' eggs in his buc7et. ubmit Answer ?sers Answer !14# $rainM

Er. $lac7% Er. Ghite and Er. Orey were chatting in the Iahoo conference. They were wearing a blac7 suit% a white suit and a grey suit% not necessarily in the same order. Er. Orey sent message% HGe all are wearing suit that are of the same color as our names but none of us is wearing a suit that is the same color as his name.H Dn that a 6erson wearing the white suit re6lied% HGhat difference does that ma7eBH -an you tell what color suit each of the three 6ersons had onB Answer !r. Are. is wearing "lac+ suit. !r. Ihite is wearing Are. suit. !r. "lac+ is wearing Ihite suit. Er. Orey must not be wearing grey suit as that is the same colour as his name. Also% he was not wearing white suit as the 6erson wearing white suit res6onded to his comment. o Er Orey must be wearing a blac7 suit. imilarly% Er. Ghite must be wearing either blac7 suit or grey suit. $ut Er. Orey is wearing a blac7 suit. .ence% Er. Ghite must be wearing a grey suit. And% Er. $lac7 must be wearing white suit. ubstitute numbers for the letters so that the following mathematical eA6ressions are correct.

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3 ( , 0ote that the same number must be used for the same letter whenever it a66ears. Answer A52' "51' %5 ' D54' $53' K58' A5-' J5/' ?57 +et8s start with O./ & , * /2. 0ote that / a66ears on both the side. Also% after multi6lying /2 by , the answer should have / at the unit8s 6lace. The 6ossible values of /2 are 1,% ')% 3=% 4(% 55% (4% =3% )' and ,1L out of which only (4% =3 and )' satisfies the condition. !as all al6habet should re6resent different digits# 0ow% consider *2F & ( * /2. Dut of three short"listed values% only =3 satisfies the equation. Also% A$- & 3 * /2 is satisfied by =3. .ence% A&'% $&1% -&,% *&4% 2&3% F&)% O&(% .&5% /&= '1, 43) (5= """ & =3 3 ( """ & =3 , """ & =3

$rain Teaser 0o 1 443=4 A% $% - and * are related to each other. Dne of the four is the o66osite seA from each of the other three. * is A8s brother or only daughter. A or $ is -8s only son. $ or - is *8s sister. Answer A' " M D are malesO % is female. " is %Ps onl. son. A M D are %Ps 3rothers. A!male# """ -!female# """ *!male# P P $!male# Gor7 out which relation can hold and discard the contradictory o6tions. From !'# and !4#% * can not be a only daughter and have a sister !$ or -#. .ence% * is A8s

brother i.e. * is a Eale. From !4#% let8s say that $ is *8s sister i.e. $ is Female. From !3#% A is -8s only son i.e. A is Eale. $ut * is A8s brother which means that A is not -8s only son. .ence% our assum6tion was wrong. Thus% - is *8s sister i.e. - is Female. And $ must be -8s only son. 0ow it is clear that * @ $ are Eales and - is Female. A must be a Eale as only one of them is of o66osite seA from each of the other three. And he is - @ *8s brother..ow are they related to each otherB *r. *o+ittle always goes wal7ing to the clinic and ta7es the same time while going and while coming bac7. Dne day he noticed something. Ghen he left the home% the hour hand and the minute hand were eAactly o66osite to each other and when he reached the clinic% they were together. imilarly% when he left the clinic% the hour hand and the minute hand were together and when he reached the home% they were eAactly o66osite to each other. .ow much time does *r. *o+ittle ta7e to reach home from the clinicB Oive the minimal 6ossible answer. Answer 32 minutes 43.- seconds /n twelve hours% the minute hand and the hour hand are together for 11 times. /t means that after every 1'<11 hours% both the hands are together. imilarly in twelve hours% the minute hand and the hour hand are eAactly o66osite to each other for 11 times. /t means that after every 1'<11 hours% both the hands are o66osite. 0ow% let8s ta7e an eAam6le. Ge 7now that at 1' both the hands are together and at ( both the hands are eAactly o66osite to each other. After (% both the hands are in o66osition at :(9!1'<11#; hours% :(9'*!1'<11#; hours% :(93*!1'<11#; hours and so on. The siAth such time is :(9(*!1'<11#; hours which is the first time after 1'. Thus after 1'% both the hands are o66osite to each other at 1'13'143.( .ence% *r. *o+ittle ta7es 3' minutes and 43.( seconds to reach home from the clinic. low>un 2A6ress runs between $angalore and Eumbai% For the u6 as well as the down

Fourney% the train leaves the starting station at 14144 QE everyday and reaches the destination at 11134 QE after three days. Er. .aani once travelled by low>un 2A6ress from Eumbai to $angalore. .ow many low>un 2A6ress did he cross during his FourneyB Answer !r. Jaani crossed 7 :low1un $8presses during his #ourne.. +et8s say that Er. .aani travelled by low>un 2A6ress on Gednesday 14144QE from Eumbai. The first train he would have crossed is the one scheduled to arrive at Eumbai at 11134 QE the same day i.e. the one that left $angalore at 14144 QE on last unday. Also% he would have crossed the last train Fust before reaching $angalore on aturday. Thus% Er. .aani must have crossed = low>un 2A6resses during his Fourney. iA cabins numbered 1"( consecutively% are arranged in a row and are se6arated by thin dividers. These cabins must be assigned to siA staff members based on following facts. 1. Eiss hala7a8s wor7 requires her to s6ea7 on the 6hone frequently throughout the day. '. Eiss hudha 6refers cabin number 5 as 5 is her luc7y number. 3. Er. haan and Er. harma often tal7 to each other during their wor7 and 6refers to have adFacent cabins. 4. Er. inha% Er. haan and Er. olan7i all smo7e. Eiss hudha is allergic to smo7e and must have non"smo7ers adFacent to her. 5. Er. olan7i needs silence during wor7. -an you tell the cabin numbers of each of themB Answer The ca3ins from left to right ;1*-< are of !r. :olan+i' !r. :inha' !r. :haan' !r. :harma' !iss :hudha and !iss :hala+a. From !'#% cabin number 5 is assigned to Eiss hudha. As Eiss hudha is allergic to smo7e and Er. inha% Er. haan @ Er. olan7i all smo7e% they must be in cabin numbers 1% ' and 3 not necessarily in the same order. Also% Eiss hala7a and Er. harma must be in cabin 4 and (. From !3#% Er. haan must be in cabin 3 and Er. harma must be in cabin 4. Thus% Eiss hala7a is in cabin (. As Er. olan7i needs silence during wor7 and Er. haan is in cabin 3 who often tal7s to Er. harma during wor7% Er. olan7i must be in cabin 1. .ence% Er. inha is in cabin '. Thus% the cabins numbers are

1V Er. olan7i% 'V Er. inha% 3V Er. haan% 4V Er. harma% 5V Eiss hudha% (V Eiss hala7a 7yFi city is served by ( subway lines " A% 2% /% D% ? and J. Ghen it snows% morning service on line 2 is delayed. Ghen it rains or snows% service on the lines A% ? and J is delayed both morning and afternoon. Ghen the tem6erature dro6s below '4 -% afternoon service is cancelled on either line A or line D% but not both. Ghen the tem6erature rises above 44 -% afternoon service is cancelled on either line / or line J% but not both. Ghen service on line A is delayed or cancelled% service on line / is also delayed. Ghen service on line J is delayed or cancelled% service on line 2 is also delayed. Dn February 14% it snows all day with the tem6erature at 1)-. Dn how many lines service will be delayed or cancelled% including both morning and afternoonB 7yFi city is served by ( subway lines " A% 2% /% D% ? and J. Ghen it snows% morning service on line 2 is delayed. Ghen it rains or snows% service on the lines A% ? and J is delayed both morning and afternoon. Ghen the tem6erature dro6s below '4 -% afternoon service is cancelled on either line A or line D% but not both. Ghen the tem6erature rises above 44 -% afternoon service is cancelled on either line / or line J% but not both. Ghen service on line A is delayed or cancelled% service on line / is also delayed. Ghen service on line J is delayed or cancelled% service on line 2 is also delayed. Dn February 14% it snows all day with the tem6erature at 1)-. Dn how many lines service will be delayed or cancelled% including both morning and afternoonB /n a certain game% if ' wiAsomes are worth 3 changs% and 4 changs are worth 1 6lut% then ( 6lutes are worth how many wiAsomesB Answer /t is given that ' wiAsomes & 3 changs ) wiAsomes & 1' changs """"" !/# Also% given that 4 changs & 1 6lut 1' changs & 3 6lutes ) wiAsomes & 3 6lutes """"" From !/#

Therefore% ( 6lutes & 1( wiAsomes /n a certain year% the number of girls who graduated from -ity .igh chool was twice the number of boys. /f 3<4 of the girls and 5<( of the boys went to college immediately after graduation% what fraction of the graduates that year went to college immediately after graduationB Answer Assume that number of boys graduated from -ity .igh chool & $ Therefore% number of girls graduated from -ity .igh chool & '*$ /t is given that 3<4 of the girls and 5<( of the boys went to college immediately after graduation. .ence% total students went to college & !3<4#!'*$# 9 !5<(#!$# & $ * !3<' 9 5<(# & !=<3#$ Fraction of the graduates that year went to college immediately after graduation & :!=<3#$; < :3*$; & =<, Therefore% the answer is =<, A mule and a don7ey were carrying full sac7s on their bac7s. The mule started com6laining that his load was too heavy. The don7ey said to him HGhy are you com6lainingB /f you gave me one of your sac7s /8d have double what you have and if / give you one of my sac7s we8d have an even amount.H .ow many sac7s were each of them carryingB Oive the minimal 6ossible answer. SubmittAnswer The mule was carr.ing / sac+s and the don+e. was carr.ing 7 sac+s. +et8s assume that the mule was carrying E sac7s and the don7ey was carrying * sac7s. As the don7ey told the mule% H/f you gave me one of your sac7s /8d have double what you have.H * 9 1 & ' * !E"1# * 9 1 & 'E " ' * & 'E " 3 The don7ey also said% H/f / give you one of my sac7s we8d have an even amount.H

*"1&E91 *&E9' -om6aring both the equations% 'E " 3 & E 9 ' E&5 ubstituting E&5 in any of above equation% we get *&= .ence% the mule was carrying 5 sac7s and the don7ey was carrying = sac7s. edTwo 6eo6le enter a race in whic7 you run to a 6oint and bac7. Qerson A runs '4 m6h to and from the 6oint. Qerson $ runs to the 6oint going 14 m6h and 34 m6h going bac7. Gho came in firstB Submitted Answer Eerson A came in first. +et8s assume that the distance between start and the 6oint is * miles. Total time ta7en by Qerson A to finish & !*<'4# 9 !*<'4# & *<14 & 4.1* Total time ta7en by Qerson $ to finish & !*<14# 9 !*<34# & '*<15 & 4.1333* Thus% Qerson A is the Ginner.

Alternatively !if you don8t li7e mathematics L##% analyse the situation as follow1 0ote that initially s6eed of Qerson A !'4 m6h# was twice the s6eed of Qerson $ !14 m6h#. .ence% when Qerson A !'4 m6h forward# reached the 6oint% Qerson $ !14 m6h forward# was halfway. Ghen Qerson A !'4 m6h bac7# finished% Qerson $ !still 14 m6h forward# reached the 6oint. Thus% Qerson A wins the race and by that time Qerson $ covers only half the distance% no matter how far the 6oint isRRR Ear7 ate half of a 6iCCa on Eonday. .e ate half of what was left on Tuesday and so on. .e followed this 6attern for one wee7.

.ow much of the 6iCCa would he have eaten during the wee7B Submitted Answer !ar+ would have ate 127@128 ; .22=< of the pi,,a during the wee+.

Ear7 ate half the 6iCCa on Eonday. Dn Tuesday% he would have ate half of the remaining 6iCCa i.e. 1<4 of the original 6iCCa. imilarly% he would have ate 1<) of the original 6iCCa on Gednesday and so on for the seven days. Total 6iCCa Ear7 ate during the wee7 is & 1<' 9 1<4 9 1<) 9 1<1( 9 1<3' 9 1<(4 9 1<1') & 1'=<1') & ,,.''N of the original 6iCCa /n the Oeneral meeting of HFriends -lubH% ameer said% HThe re6airs to the -lub will come to a total of >s 31'4 and / 6ro6ose that this amount should be met by the members% each 6aying an equal amount.H The 6ro6osal was immediately agreed. .owever% four members of the -lub chose to resign% leaving the remaining members to 6ay an eAtra >s '( each. .ow many members did the -lub originally haveB Answer The %lu3 originall. had 24 mem3ers. Assume that there were initially 0 members. As 4 members resigned and remaining members 6aid >s '( each% it means that total amount of 4 members is equal to >s '( each from remaining !0"4# members. Thus% 4 * !31'4 < 0# & '( * !0 " 4# 1'4)4 & '(0' " 1440 '(0' " 1440 " 1'4)4 & 4 olving the quadratic equation we get 0&'4. .ence% the -lub originally had '4 members. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44'4( A tan7 can be filled by 6i6e A in 34 minutes and by 6i6e $ in '4 minutes. Dutlet 6i6e - can em6ty the full tan7 in one hour and twenty minutes. /f the tan7 is em6ty initially and if all the three 6i6es A% $ and - are o6ened

simultaneously% in how much time will the tan7 be fullB Answer The tan+ will 3e full in 1- minutes. /n one minute% 6i6e A can fill 1<34 6art of the tan7. 6i6e $ can fill 1<'4 6art of the tan7. 6i6e - can em6ty 1<)4 6art of the tan7. Thus% the net water level in one minute is & 1<34 9 1<'4 " 1<)4 & 15<'44 6art of the tan7 .ence% the tan7 will be full in '44<15 i.e. 1( minutes. A rich old Arab has three sons. Ghen he died% he willed his 1= camels to the sons% to be divided as follows1 First on to get 1<' of the camels econd on to get 1<3rd of the camels Third on to get 1<,th of the camels. The sons are sitting there trying to figure out how this can 6ossibly be done% when a very old wise man goes riding by. They sto6 him and as7 him to hel6 them solve their 6roblem. Githout hesitation he divides the camels 6ro6erly and continues riding on his way. .ow did he do itB Answer The old man tem6orarily added his camel to the 1=% ma7ing a total of 1) camels. First son got 1<' of it & , econd son got 1<3 of it & ( Third son got 1<, of it & ' For a total of 1=. .e then ta7es his camel bac7 and rides away...... There were two men standing on a street. The one says to the other% H/ have 3 daughters% the 6roduct of their ages is 3(. Ghat is the age of the D+*2 T daughterBH The second guy says% H/ need more information.H o% the first guy says% HThe sum of their

ages is equal to the address of the house across the street.H The second guy loo7s at the address and says% H/ still need more information.H o% the first guy says% HEy oldest daughter wears a red dress.H Answer The answer is , years. First you need to find all the 6ossible sets of three numbers that when multi6lied equals 3(1 1 1 3( 1 ' 1) 1 3 1' 14, 1(( '', '3( 334 Then you add the numbers together to find the sum 1 1 3( & 3) 1 ' 1) & '1 1 3 1' & 1( 1 4 , & 14 1 ( ( & 13 ' ' , & 13 ' 3 ( & 11 3 3 4 & 14 2ven though we don8t 7now the address the guy 7nows it. For him to need more information that means that at least two of the sets of numbers has the same sum. Two of them do% 1 ( ( and ' ' ,. Ghen the first guy said that his D+*2 T daugher wears a red dress that meant that there had to be the oldest. o 1 ( ( can8t 6ossibly be the answer. o the 6ossible 6ossiblity is ' ' , and the D+*2 T daughter is , years old. Therefore% the answer is ,. ubmit ?ser Answer There are 3 colored boAes " >ed% Oreen and $lue. 2ach boA contains ' envelo6es. 2ach envelo6e contains money " two of them contain >s. '5444 each% two of them contain >s. 15444 each and remaining two contain >s. 14444 each.

There is one statement written on the cover of each boA. * >ed $oA1 $oth% a red boA and a blue boA contain >s. 14444 each. * Oreen $oA1 $oth% a green boA and a red boA contain >s. '5444 each. * $lue $oA1 $oth% a blue boA and a green boA contain >s. 15444 each. Dnly one of the above 3 statements is true and the corres6onding boA contains the maAimum amount. -an you tell which boA contains the maAimum amount and how muchB Answer "lue 3o8 contains the ma8imum amount 1s. 40000 As it is given that only one of the given 3 statements is trueL assume in turn% each statement to be true @ the other ' false and chec7 whether the corres6onding boA contains the maAimum amount. +et8s assume that the statement on the $lue boA is true. Thus% the given 3 statements can be inter6reted as * Atmost one% a red boA or a blue boA contains >s. 14444. * Atmost one% a green boA or a red boA contains >s. '5444. * $oth% a blue boA and a green boA contain >s. 15444 each. Ooing through all 6ossible combinations% we can conclude that >ed $oA 1 >s. 14444 9 >s. '5444 & >s. 35444 Oreen $oA 1 >s. 14444 9 >s. 15444 & >s. '5444 $lue $oA 1 >s. 15444 9 >s. '5444 & >s. 44444 Iou can test out for other two statements i.e. assuming >ed boA statement true and then Oreen boA statement true. /n both the cases% other statements will contradict the true statement. achin% *ravid and Oanguly 6layed in a -ric7et match between /ndia and 2ngland. 0one of them scored more than ,, runs. /f you add the digits of the runs scored by achin to his own score% you will get the runs scored by *ravid. /f you reverse the digits of the runs scored by *ravid% you will get the runs scored by Oanguly. The total runs scored by them is '44. -an you figure out their individual scoresB Answer :achin' Dravid and Aangul. scored 7/' 87 and 78 respectivel..

achin8s score must be less than )(% otherwise *ravid8s score would be more than ,,. Also% he must have scored atleast 4' " incase *ravid and Oanguly scored ,, each. Also% as none of them scored more than ,, and the total runs scored by them is '44L their individual scores must be around )4. 0ow% use trial"n"error method to solve the teaser. Three men% including Oianni and three woman% including achi are in line at the $rentGood 6ost office. 2ach has two different 6ieces of business to conduct. 1. The first 6erson is a woman. '. -arlos wants to send an overnight 6ac7age. 3. +au is Fust ahead of Qimentelli who is the same seA as +au. 4. Oianni is two 6laces ahead of the 6erson who wants to buy stam6s. 5. Snutson " who is the o66osite seA than >endler " isn8t the 6erson who wanted to com6lain about a mail carrier. (. The siA 6eo6le% not necessarily in the same order are " Anthony% *onna% the 6erson who wants to fill out a change"of"address form% the one who wants to buy a money order% the one who wants to send Airmail to Tibet and the second 6erson in the line. =. The four tas7s of the last two 6eo6le in line% not necessarily in the same order are " sending boo7s fourth class% buying a money order% 6ic7ing u6 a 6ac7age and com6laining about a mail carrier. ). The 6erson who wants to send boo7s fourth class is Fust behind a 6erson of the same seA. ,. Eary is Fust behind a 6erson who wants to send an insured 6ac7age. 14. The 6erson who wants to send Airmail to Tibet is either two 6laces ahead of or two 6laces behind the one who wants to add 6ostage to his or her meter. 11. Anthony isn8t two 6laces behind the who wants to 6ic7u6 a registered letter. 1'. ToriseCa is two 6laces ahead of the 6erson who wants to 6ic7 u6 a 6ac7age. 13. Snutson isn8t Fust ahead of the 6erson who wants to send an item 6arcel 6ost. -an you figure out where each customer is in the line% his or her full name !one surname is +oti# and the two things he or she wants to accom6lishB Qrovide your answer is QD /T/D0 " F/> T 0AE2 " +A T 0AE2 " $? /02 format. ubmit Answer Answer A very TD?O. 6uCCle RRR E7: K?1:T 2A!$ BA:T 2A!$ 1 achi +oti ">:?2$:: \ Fill Dut a -hange"of"Address Form \ Add Qostage to Eeter ?sers Answer !)#

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Oianni -arlos *onna Eary Anthony

+au Qimentelli ToriseCa Snutson >endler

\ Qic7 ?6 a >egistered +etter \ end an /tem Qarcel Qost \ Dvernight Qac7age \ end Airmail to Tibet \ $uy tam6s \ end an /nsured Qac7age \ $uy a Eoney Drder \ end $oo7s fourth -lass \ -om6lain About a Eail -arrier \ Qic7 ?6 a Qac7age

$rain Teaser 0o 1 441(4 ubstitute digits for the letters to ma7e the following relation true. GD>+* 9 T>A*2 """"""""""""" -20T2> 0ote that the leftmost letter can8t be Cero in any word. Also% there must be a one"to" one ma66ing between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter G% no other letter can be 3 and all other G in the 6uCCle must be 3.

Answer A tough one. /t is obvious that -&1. Also% the maAimum 6ossible value of 2 is =. 0ow% start 6utting 6ossible values of *% 2 and > as they occure frequently and use trial"n"error. GD>+* 9 T>A*2 """""""""""" -20T2> 53()4 9 =(44' """""""""""" 1',='(

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/f you loo7 at a cloc7 and the time is 3115. Ghat is the angle between the hour and the minute handsB ! The answer to this is not CeroR# Answer 7./ degrees At 3115 minute hand will be 6erfactly horiContal 6ointing towards 3. Ghereas hour hand will be towards 4. Also% hour hand must have covered 1<4 of angle between 3 and 4. The angle between two adFacent digits is 3(4<1' & 34 degrees. .ence 1<4 of it is =.5 degrees. An a66le vendor has 1444 a66les and 14 em6ty boAes. .e as7s his son to 6lace all the 1444 a66les in all the 14 boAes in such a manner that if he as7s for any number of a66les from 1 to 1444% his son should be able to 6ic7 them in terms of boAes. .ow did the son 6lace all the a66les among the 14 boAes% given that any number of a66les can be 6ut in one boA. Answer 1% '% 4% )% 1(% 3'% (4% 1')% '5(% 4), +et8s start from scratch. The a66le vandor can as7 for only 1 a66le% so one boA must contain 1 a66le. .e can as7 for ' a66les% so one boA must contain ' a66les. .e can as7 for 3 a66les% in that case boA one and boA two will add u6 to 3. .e can as7 for 4 a66les% so one boA i.e. third boA must contain 4 a66les. 0ow using boA number one% two and three containing 1% ' and 4 a66les res6ectively% his son can give u6to = a66les. .ence% forth boA must contain ) a66les. imilarly% using first four boAes containing 1% '% 4 and ) a66les% his son can give u6to 15 a66les. .ence fifth boA must contain 1( a66les. Iou must have noticed one thing till now that each boA till now contains 6ower of ' a66les. .ence the answer is 1% '% 4% )% 1(% 3'% (4% 1')% '5(% 4),. This is true for any number of a66les% here in our case only u6to 1444.

$rain Teaser 0o 1 44'(1 The letters Q% T% >% % T% ? and M% not necessarily in that order re6resents seven

consecutive integers from '' to 33. ? is as much less than T as > is greater than . M is greater than ?. T is the middle term. Q is 3 greater than . -an you find the sequence of letters from the lowest value to the highest valueB

Answer The se9uence of letters from the lowest value to the highest value is T>:H1E0. From !3#% T is the middle term. ZZZ ZZZ ZZZ ZTZ ZZZ ZZZ ZZZ From !4#% there must be eAactly ' numbers between Q and 6ositions. :1; ZZZ Z Z ZZZ ZTZ ZQZ ZZZ ZZZ :'; ZZZ ZZZ Z Z ZTZ ZZZ ZQZ ZZZ From !1#% the number of letters between ? and T must be same as the number of letters between and >. Also% the number of letters between them can be 1% ' or 3. ?sing trial and error% it can be found that there must be ' letters between them. Also% it is 6ossible only in o6tion :'; above. :'; ZZZ Z?Z Z Z ZTZ Z>Z ZQZ ZZZ From !'# M must be the highest and the remaining T must be the lowest number. ZTZ Z?Z Z Z ZTZ Z>Z ZQZ ZMZ Thus% the sequence of letters from the lowest value to the highest value is T? T>QM. A contractor had em6loyed 144 labourers for a flyover construction tas7. .e did not allow any woman to wor7 without her husband. Also% atleast half the men wor7ing came with their wives. .e 6aid five ru6ees 6er day to each man% four ru66es to each woman and one ru6ee to each child. .e gave out '44 ru6ees every evening. .ow many men% women and children were wor7ing with the constructorB which gives two 6ossible

Answer 1- men' 12 women and 72 children were wor+ing with the constructor. +et8s assume that there were X men% I women and J children wor7ing with the constructor. .ence% X 9 I 9 J & 144 5X 9 4I 9 J & '44 2liminating X and I in turn from these equations% we get X & 3J " '44 I & 344 " 4J As if woman wor7s% her husband also wor7s and atleast half the men wor7ing came with their wivesL the value of I lies between X and X<'. ubstituting these limiting values in equations% we get if I & X% 344 " 4J & 3J " '44 =J & 544 J & 544<= i.e. =1.4') if I & X<'% 344 " 4J & !3J " '44#<' (44 " )J & 3J " '44 11J & )44 J & )44<11 i.e. ='.='= $ut J must be an integer% hence J&='. Also% X&1( and I&1' There were 1( men% 1' women and =' children wor7ing with the constructor. $ecause cigars cannot be entirely smo7ed% a $obo who collects cigar butts can ma7e a cigar to smo7e out of every 3 butts that he finds. Today% he has collected '= cigar butts. .ow many cigars will he be able to smo7eB Answer 13 not 1' .e ma7es , originals from the '= butts he found% and after he smo7es them he has , butts left for another 3 cigars. And then he has 3 butts for another cigar. o ,9391&13

/n a small town% there are three tem6les in a row and a well in front of each tem6le. A 6ilgrim came to the town with certain number of flowers. $efore entering the first tem6le% he washed all the flowers he had with the water of well. To his sur6rise% flowers doubled. .e offered few flowers to the Ood in the first tem6le and moved to the second tem6le. .ere also% before entering the tem6le he washed the remaining flowers with the water of well. And again his flowers doubled. .e offered few flowers to the Ood in second tem6le and moved to the third tem6le. .ere also% his flowers doubled after washing them with water. .e offered few flowers to the Ood in third tem6le. There were no flowers left when 6ilgrim came out of third tem6le and he offered same number of flowers to the Ood in all three tem6les. Ghat is the minimum number of flowers the 6ilgrim had initiallyB .ow many flower did he offer to each OodB Answer

The pilgrim had 7 flowers' initiall. and he offered 8 flowers to each Aod. Assume that the 6ilgrim had X flowers initially and he offered I flowers to each Ood. From the above figure% there are !)X " =I# flowers when the 6ilgrim came out of the third tem6le. $ut it is given that there were no flowers left when he came out of third tem6le. /t means that !)X " =I# & 4 )X & =I The minimum values of X and I are = and ) res6ectively to satisfy above equation. .ence% the 6ilgrim had = flowers and he offered ) flowers to each Ood. /n general% the 6ilgrim had =0 flowers initially and he offered )0 flowers to each Ood% where 0 & 1% '% 3% 4% .....

$rain Teaser 0o 1 4443' Tanya wants to go on a date and 6refers her date to be tall% dar7 and handsome. 1. Df the 6referred traits " tall% dar7 and handsome " no two of Adam% $ond% -ruC and *umbo have the same number. '. Dnly Adam or *umbo is tall and fair. 3. Dnly $ond or -ruC is short and handsome. 4. Adam and -ruC are either both tall or both short. 5. $ond and *umbo are either both dar7 or both fair. Gho is Tanya8s dateB

Answer %ru, is Tan.aPs date. As no two of them have the same number of 6referred traits " from !1#% eAactly one of them has none of the 6referred traits and eAactly one of them has all the 6referred traits. From !4# and !5#% there are only two 6ossibilities1 * Adam @ -ruC both are tall and $ond @ *umbo both are fair. * Adam @ -ruC both are short and $ond @ *umbo both are dar7. $ut from !'#% second 6ossibility is im6ossible. o the first one is the correct 6ossibility i.e. Adam @ -ruC both are tall and $ond @ *umbo both are fair. Then from !3#% $ond is short and handsome. Also% from !1# and !'#% Adam is tall and fair. Also% *umbo is the 6erson without any 6referred traits. -ruC is *ar7. Adam and -ruC are handsome. Thus% following are the individual 6referred traits1 -ruC " Tall% *ar7 and .andsome Adam " Tall and .andsome $ond " .andsome *umbo " 0one 1"! .ence% -ruC is Tanya8s date. -onsider a game of Tower of .anoi !li7e the one that you can 6lay on $rainMista#. /f the tower has ' discs% the least 6ossible moves with which you can move the entire tower to another 6eg is 3. /f the tower has 3 discs% the least 6ossible moves with which you can move the entire

tower to another 6eg is =. Ghat is the least 6ossible moves with which you can move the entire tower to another 6eg if the tower has 0 discsB Submitted Answer There are number of ways to find the answer. To move the largest disc !at level 0# from one tower to the other% it requires '!0"1# moves. Thus% to move 0 discs from one tower to the other% the number of moves required is & '!0"1# 9 '!0"'# 9 '!0"3# 9 ..... 9 '' 9 '1 9 '4 & '0 " 1 For 0 discs% the number of moves is one more than two times the number of moves for 0"1 discs. Thus% the recursive function is F!1# & 1 F!0# & '*:F!0"1#; 9 1 where 0 is the total number of discs Also% one can arrive at the answer by finding the number of moves for smaller number of discs and then derive the 6attern. For 1 disc% number of moves & 1 For ' discs% number of moves & 3 For 3 discs% number of moves & = For 4 discs% number of moves & 15 For 5 discs% number of moves & 31 Thus% the 6attern is '0 ] 1 A boy found that he had a 4) inch stri6 of 6a6er. .e could cut an inch off every second. .ow long would it ta7e for him to cut 4) 6iecesB .e can not fold the stri6 and also% can not stac7 two or more stri6s and cut them together. SubmiAnswer 47 seconds. To get 4) 6ieces% the boy have to 6ut only 4= cuts. i.e. he can cut 4( 6ieces in 4( seconds. After getting 4( 6ieces% he will have a ' inches long 6iece. .e can cut it into two with Fust a one cut in 1 second. .ence% total of 4= seconds.tted by : Kimi The cric7et match between /ndia and Qa7istan was over. .arbhaFan scored more runs than Oanguly. achin scored more runs than +aAman but less than *ravid

$adani scored as much runs as Agar7ar but less than *ravid and more than achin. Oanguly scored more runs than either Agar7ar or *ravid.

2ach batsman scored 14 runs more than his immediate batsman. The lowest score was 14 runs. .ow much did each one of them score Answer A sim6le one. ?se the given facts and 6ut down all the 6layers in order. The order is as follow with .arbhaFan% the highest scorer and +aAman% the lowest scorer. 1. .arbhaFan '. Oanguly 3. *ravid 4. $adani% Agar7ar 5. achin (. +aAman Also% as the lowest score was 14 runs. +aAman must have scored 14% achin '4% $adani @ Agar7ar 34 and so on. 1. .arbhaFan " (4 runs '. Oanguly " 54 runs 3. *ravid " 44 runs 4. $adani% Agar7ar " 34 runs each 5. achin " '4 runs (. +aAman " 14 runs There are 14 statements written on a 6iece of 6a6er1 1. At least one of statements , and 14 is true. '. This either is the first true or the first false statement. 3. There are three consecutive statements% which are false. 4. The difference between the numbers of the last true and the first true statement divides the number% that is to be found. 5. The sum of the numbers of the true statements is the number% that is to be found. (. This is not the last true statement. =. The number of each true statement divides the number% that is to be found. ). The number that is to be found is the 6ercentage of true statements. ,. The number of divisors of the number% that is to be found% !a6art from 1 and itself# is greater than the sum of the numbers of the true statements. 14. There are no three consecutive true statements. Find the minimal 6ossible numberB Submitted Answer The nume3r is 420.

/f statement ( is false% it creates a 6aradoA. .ence% :tatement - must 3e true. -onsider tatement '1 /f it is true% it must be the first true statement. Dtherwise% it creates a 6aradoA. /f it is false% it must be the second false statement. Dtherwise% it creates a 6aradoA. /n both the cases% :tatement 1 is false. As tatement 1 is false% :tatement consecutive true statements. 1 and :tatement 10 3oth are false i.e. there are three

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False " " " " True " " False False +et^8s assume that tatement 3 is false i.e. there are no three consecutive false statements. /t means that tatement ' and tatement ) must be true% else there will be three consecutive false statements. 1 ' 3 4 5 ( = ) , 14

False True False " " True " True False False Also% atleast two of tatements 4% 5 and = must be true as there are three consecutive true statements. According to tatement )% the number that is to be found is the 6ercentage of true statements. .ence% number is either 54 or (4. 0ow if tatement = is true% then the number of each true statement divides the number% that is to be found. $ut = and ) do not divide either 54 or (4. .ence% tatement = is false which means that tatement 4 and 5 are true. $ut tatement 5 contradicts the tatement ). .ence% our assum6tion that tatement 3 is false is wrong and :tatement 3 is true i.e. there are 3 consecutive false statements which means that :tatement 8 is false as there is no other 6ossibilities of 3 consecutive false statements. Also% :tatement 7 is true as tatement ( is not the last true statement. 1 ' 3 4 5 ( = ) , 14

False " True " " True True False False False According to tatement =% the number of each true statement divides the number% that is to be found. And according to tatement 5% the sum of the numbers of the true statements is the number% that is to be found. For all 6ossible combinations :tatement / is false. There 3 consecutive true statements. .ence% :tatement 2 and :tatement 4 are true.

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False True True True False True True False False False 0ow% the conditions for the number to be found are1 1. The numebr is divisible by 5 ! tatement 4# '. The numebr is divisible by '% 3% 4% (% = ! tatement =# 3. The number of divisors of the number% that is to be found% !a6art from 1 and itself# is not greater than the sum of the numbers of the true statements. ! tatement ,# The minimum possi3le num3er is 420. The divisors of 4'4% a6art from 1 and itself are '% 3% 4% 5% (% =% 14% 1'% 14% 15% '4% '1% ')% 34% 35% 4'% (4% =4% )4% 145% 144% '14. There are total of '' divisors. Also% the sum of the numbers of the true statements is '' !'93949(9=&''#% which satisfies the third condition. An7it and TeFas divided a bag of A66les between them. TeFas said% H/t8s not fairR Iou have 3 times as many A66les / have.H An7it said% HDS% / will give you one A66le for each year of your age.H TeFas re6lied% H till not fair. 0ow% you have twice as many A66les as / have.H H*ear% that8s fair enough as / am twice older than you.H% said An7it. An7it went to Sitchen to drin7 water. Ghile An7it was in Sitchen% TeFas too7 a66les from An7it8s 6ile equal to An7it8s age. Gho have more a66les nowB Answer At the end' An+it and Te#as' 3oth have the same num3er of apples. +et8s assume that initially TeFas got 0 a66les and his age is T years. .ence% initially An7it got 30 a66les and his age is 'T years. 7peration /nitially An7it gave T a66les to TeFas !equals age of TeFas# TeFas too7 'T a66les from An7it8s 6ile !equals age of An7it# An+itPs Apples 30 30 " T Te#asPs Apples 0 09T

30 " 3T

0 9 3T

/t is given that after An7it gave T a66les to TeFas% An7it had twice as many a66les as

TeFas had. 30 " T & '*!0 9 T# 30 " T & '0 9 'T 0 & 3T From the table% at the end An7it have !30 " 3T# a66les and TeFas have !0 9 3T# a66les. ubstituting 0 & 3T% we get An7it8s a66les & 30 " 3T & ,T " 3T & (T TeFas8s a66les & 0 9 3T & 3T 9 3T & (T Thus% at the end An7it and TeFas% both have the same number of a66les. Dn evey unday Amar% A7bar and Anthony lunch together at Qreetam"*a"*haba where they order lassi based on following facts. 1. ?nless neither Amar nor A7bar have lassi% Anthony must have it. '. /f Amar does not have lassi% either A7bar or Anthony or both have it. 3. Anthony has lassi only if either Amar or A7bar or both have it. 4. A7bar and Anthony never have lassi together. Gho order!s# lassiB Answer Amar and Anthon. 3oth have lassi whereas A+3ar never does. Fact !'# can be alternatively stated that Heither Amar or A7bar or Anthony must have lassiH. From Fact !3#% it can be infered that either Amar or A7bar must have lassi. 0ow% from Fact !1#% it is a66arent that Anthony too must have lassi. $ut according to Fact !4#% A7bar cannot have lassi when Anthony does. $rain Teaser 0o 1 441,1 *eci6her this sentence. $>GT.+FSG .XS T/$GS

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Answer tart with J$O and J$OX. /t should be either Hthe<thenH or Hyou<yourH combination as they a66ear more. $>GT.+FSG .XS T/$GS obstacles are those

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$ ? ? J $ O X * $ . F G. o f f y o u r g o a l s. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44441 At what time immediately 6rior to iA D8cloc7 the hands of the cloc7 are eAactly o66osite to each other. Oive the eAact time in hours% minutes and seconds. Answer /t is obvious that between 5 D8cloc7 and ( D8cloc7 the hands will not be eAactly o66osite to each other. /t is also obvious that the hands will be o66osite to each other Fust before 5 D8cloc7. 0ow to find eAact time1 The hour hand moves 1 degree for every 1' degrees that the minute hand moves. +et the hour hand be X degree away from 5 D8cloc7. Therefore the minute hand is 1'X degree away from 1' D8cloc7.

Therefore solving for X Angle between minute hand and 1' D8cloc7 9 Angle between 1' D8cloc7 and 4 D8cloc7 9 Angle between 4 D8cloc7 and hour hand & 1)4 1'X 9 1'4 9 !34"X# & 1)4 11X & 34 .ence X & 34<11 degrees !hour hand is X degree away from 5 D8cloc7# 0ow each degree the hour hand moves is ' minutes. Therefore minutes are & ' * 34<11 & (4<11 & 5.45 !means 5 minutes '=.1( seconds# Therefore the eAact time at which the hands are o66osite to each other is & 4 hrs. 54 min. 3'.=4 seconds Ali $aba had four sons% to whom he bequeathed his 3, camels% with the 6roviso that the legacy be divided in the following way 1 The oldest son was to receive one half the 6ro6erty% the neAt a quarter% the third an eighth and the youngest one tenth. The four brothers were at a loss as how to divide the inheritance among themselves without cutting u6 a camel% until a stranger a66eared u6on the scene. *ismounting from his camel% he as7ed if he might hel6% for he 7new Fust what to do. The brothers gratefully acce6ted his offer. Adding his own camel to Ali $aba8s 3,% he divided the 44 as 6er the will. The oldest son received '4% the neAt 14% the third 5 and the youngest 4. Dne camel remained 1 this was his% which he mounted and rode away. cratching their heads in amaCement% they started calculating. The oldest thought 1 is not '4 greater than the half of 3,B omeone must have received less than his 6ro6er share R $ut each brother discovered that he had received more than his due. .ow is it 6ossibleB Answer They too7 their 6ercentages from 44 and not from 3,% so they got more than their share. The oldest son got 1<' of 44 & '4 which is 4.5 more The second son got 1<4 of 44 & 14 which is 4.'5 more The third son got 1<) of 44 & 5 which is 4.1'5 more The youngest son got 1<14 of 44 & 4 which is 4.1 more

And the stranger got 1<44 of 44 & 1 which is 4.4'5 more !As he is not su66osed to get anything# All these fractions add to & 4.5 9 4.'5 9 4.1'5 9 4.1 9 4.4'5 & 1 which stranger too7 away. There is a family 6arty consisting of two fathers% two mothers% two sons% one father"in" law% one mother"in"law% one daughter"in"law% one grandfather% one grandmother and one grandson. Ghat is the minimum number of 6ersons required so that this is 6ossibleB Answer There are total ' cou6les and a son. Orandfather and Orand mother% their son and his wife and again their son. o total 5 6eo6le. Orandfather% Orandmother P P on% wife P P on A man went into a fast food restaurant and ate a meal costing >s. 145% giving the accountant a >s. 544 note. .e 7e6t the change% came bac7 a few minutes later and had some food 6ac7ed for his girl friend. .e gave the accountant a >s. 144 note and received >s. '4 in change. +ater the ban7 told the accountant that both the >s. 544 and the >s. 144 notes were counterfeit. .ow much money did the restaurant loseB /gnore the 6rofit of the food restaurant. Answer Je lost 1s.-00 First time restaurant has given food worth >s.145 and >s. 3,5 change. imilarly second time% food worth >s.)4 and >s.'4 change. .ere% we are not considering food restaurant 6rofits.

+/*2 " *2A0 """"""""" 3(51 2ach of seven digits from 4", are re6resented by a different letter above such that the subtraction is true. Ghat word re6resents 3(51B Answer 3-/1 represents B$2:. +et8s assign 6ossible values to each letter and then use trial"n"error. must be 1. Then * !under +# must be greater than 5. /f * is (% then + is 4. $ut then A must be 4 or 1 which is im6ossible. .ence% the 6ossible values of * are =% ) or ,. 0 must be 2 9 1. Also% * must be A 9 5 as the 6ossible values of * are =% ) or ,% * can not be !149A# 9 5. 0ow using trial"n"error% we get &1% /&'% +&3% A&4% 0&5% 2&( and *&, + / * 2 " * 2 A 0 """""""""""""" 1 3 ' , ( " , ( 4 5

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3 ( 5 1 + 2 0 .ence% 3(51 re6resents +20 . Adam% $urCin% -lar7 and 2dmund each live in an a6artment. Their a6artments are arranged in a row numbered 1 to 4 from left to right. Also% one of them is the landlord. 1. /f -lar78s a6artment is not neAt to $urCin8s a6artment% then the landlord is Adam and lives in a6artment 1. '. /f Adam8s a6artment is right of -lar78s a6artment% then the landlord is 2dmund and lives in a6artment 4. 3. /f $urCin8s a6artment is not neAt to 2dmund8s a6artment% then the landlord is -lar7 and lives in a6artment 3. 4. /f 2dmund8s a6artment is right of Adam8s a6artment% then the landlord is $urCin and lives in a6artment '.

Gho is the landlordB Answer %lar+ is the landlord. Assume each statement true% one at a time and see that no other statement is contradicted. +et8s assume that tatement !1# is true. Then% Adam is the landlord and lives in a6artment 1. Also% other three8s a6artments will be on the right of his a6artment " which contradicts tatement !4# i.e. /f 2dmund8s a6artment is right of Adam8s a6artment% then the landlord is $urCin. Thus% Adam is not the landlord. +et8s assume that tatement !'# is true. Then% 2dmund is the landlord and lives in a6artment 4. Also% other three8s a6artments will be on the left of his a6artment " which again contradicts tatement !4# i.e. /f 2dmund8s a6artment is right of Adam8s a6artment% then the landlord is $urCin. Thus% 2dmund is not the landlord either. +et8s assume that tatement !3# is true. Then% -lar7 is the landlord and lives in a6artment 3. /t satisfies all the statements for !1# Adam " !'# 2dmund " !3# -lar7 " !4# $urCin .ence% -lar7 is the landlord. imilarly% you can assume tatement !4# true and find out that it also contradicts. $rain Teaser 0o 1 4445( $% X and Q are related to each other. 1. Among the three are $8s legal s6ouse% X8s sibling and Q8s sister"in"law. '. $8s legal s6ouse and X8s sibling are of the same seA. Gho is the married manB Answer G is the married man. 0ote that a 6erson8s sister"in"law may be the wife of that 6erson8s brother or the sister of that 6erson8s s6ouse. There are ' cases1 1. /f $8s legal s6ouse is X% then X8s sibling must be Q and Q8s sister"in"law must be $. '. /f $8s legal s6ouse is Q% then Q8s sister"in"law must be X and X8s sibling must be $.

/t is given that $8s legal s6ouse and X8s sibling are of the same seA. Also% it is obvious that Q8s sister"in"law is female. Then% $8s legal s6ouse and X8s sibling both must be males. $8s s6ouse X8s sibling Q8s sister"in"law !male# !male# !female#

"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" -ase / -ase // X Q Q $ $ X

-ase // is not 6ossible as $ @ Q are married to each other and both are male. .ence% X is the married man. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44441 A 6olygon has 13'5 diagonals. .ow many vertices does it haveB Answer The formula to find number of diagonals !*# given total number of vertices or sides !0# is 0 * !0 " 3# * & """"""""""" ' ?sing the formula% we get 13'5 * ' & 0 * !0 " 3# 0' " 30 " '(54 & 4 olving the quadratic equation% we get 0 & 53 or "54 /t is obvious that answer is /3 as number of vertices can not be negative. Alternatively% you can derive the formula as triange has 4 diagonals% quadrangel has '% 6entagon has 5% heAagon has , and so on...... .ence the series is 4% 4% 4% '% 5% ,% 14% ........ !as diagram with 1%' or 3 vertices will have 4 diagonals#. ?sing the series one can arrive to the formula given above. $rain Teaser 0o 1 444=(

A cube is made of a white material% but the eAterior is 6ainted blac7. /f the cube is cut into 1'5 smaller cubes of eAactly the same siCe% how many of the cubes will have atleast ' of their sides 6ainted blac7B Answer 44 3( of the cubes have 2XA-T+I ' of their sides 6ainted blac7% but because a cube with 3 of its sides 6ainted blac7 has ' of its sides 6ainted blac7% you must also include the corner cubes. This was a tric7 question% but ho6efully the title of the 6uCCle ti66ed you off to this. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44'3) /magine a triangle of coins on a table so that the first row has one coin in it and the second row has two coins in it and so on. /f you can only move one coin at a time% how many moves does it ta7e to ma7e the triangle 6oint the other wayB For a triangle with two row it is one% for a triangle with three rows it is two% for a triangle with four rows it is three. For a traingle with five rows is it fourB Submitted Answer /t ta7es 5 moves to ma7e the triangle with 5 rows 6oint the other way. 4 & a coin that has not been moved. X & the old 6osition of the moved coin ) & the new 6osition of the moved coin. ZZZZZZZZX ZZZZZZZX X ZZZZ) 4 4 4 ) ZZZZZ4 4 4 4 ZZZZX 4 4 4 X ZZZZZZZ) ) ZZZZZZZZ) For traingle of any number of rows% the o6timal number of moves can be achieved by moving the vertically symmetrical coins i.e. by moving same number of coins from bottom left and right% and remaining coins from the to6.

For a triangle with an odd number of rows% the total moves require are 1 !0'<4# " !0"4# Ghere 0 & 4% (% )% 14% ... For a triangle with even number of rows% the total moves require are 1 !!0'"1#<4# " !0"4# Ghere 0 & 5% =% ,% 11% ... Than7s to AleA -rosse for submitting above formulas. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44453 A man is going to an Antique -ar auction. All 6urchases must be 6aid for in cash. .e goes to the ban7 and draws out ['5%444. ince the man does not want to be seen carrying that much money% he 6laces it in 15 evelo6es numbered 1 through 15. 2ach envelo6e contains the least number of bills 6ossible of any available ? currency !i.e. no two tens in 6lace of a twenty#. At the auction he ma7es a successful bid of [)3'' for a car. .e hands the auctioneer envelo6es number!s# '% )% and 14. After o6ening the envelo6es the auctioneer finds eAactly the right amount. .ow many ones did the auctioneer find in the envelo6esB Answer 2ach envelo6e contains the money equal to the ' raised to the envelo6e number minus 1. The sentence H2ach envelo6e contains the least number of bills 6ossible of any available ? currencyH is only to misguide you. This is always 6ossible for any amount RRR Dne more thing to notice here is that the man must have 6laced money in envelo6es in such a way that if he bids for any amount less than ['5444% he should be able to 6ic7 them in terms of envelo6es. First envelo6e contains% '4 & [1 econd envelo6e contains% '1 & [' Third envelo6e contains% '' & [4 Fourth envelo6e contains% '3 & [) and so on... .ence the amount in envelo6es are [1% ['% [4% [)% [1(% [3'% [(4% [1')% ['5(% [51'% [14'4% ['44)% [44,(% [)1,'% [)(1= +ast envelo6e !0o. 15# contains only [)(1= as total amount is only ['5444. 0ow as he bids for [)3'' and gives envelo6e number '% ) and 14 which contains ['% [1') and [)1,' res6ectively.

2nvelo6e 0o ' conrains one [' bill 2nvelo6e 0o ) conrains one [144 bill% one ['4 bill% one [5 bill% one [' bill and one [1 bill 2nvelo6e 0o 14 conrains eighty"one [144 bill% one [54 bill% four [14 bill and one [' bill .ence the auctioneer will find one [1 bill in the envelo6es. $rain Teaser 0o 1 444,4 The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet every (5 minutes. .ow much does the watch lose or gain time and by how muchB

Answer The minute and the hour hand meet 11 times in 1' hours in normal watch i.e. they meet after every & !1' * (4# < 11 minutes & (5.45 minutes & (5 minutes '=.1( seconds $ut in our case they meet after every (5 minutes means the watch is gaining '=.1( seconds. $rain Teaser 0o 1 444,3 There is a number that is 5 times the sum of its digits. Ghat is this numberB Answer is not 4. Answer The number is 45% sim6ly because 45 & 5 * !4 9 5# .ow does one find this numberB +et T be the digit in the tens 6lace and ? be the digit in the units 6lace. Then% the number is 14*T 9 ?% and the sum of its digits is T 9 ?. The following equation can be readily written1 14*T 9 ? & 5*!T 9 ?# or 14*T 9 ? & 5*T 9 5*? or 5*T & 4*? Thus% T < ? & 4 < 5

ince T and ? are digits% T must be 4 and ? must be 5. There are siA boAes containing 5% =% 14% 1(% 1)% ', balls of either red or blue in colour. ome boAes contain only red balls and others contain only blue. Dne sales man sold one boA out of them and then he says% H/ have the same number of red balls left out as that of blue.H Ghich boA is the one he solds outB Answer Total no of balls & 5 9 = 9 14 9 1( 9 1) 9 ', & ), Total number of balls are odd. Also% same number of red balls and blue balls are left out after selling one boA. o it is obvious that the boA with odd number of balls in it is sold out i.e. 5% = or ',. 0ow using trial and error method% !),"',# <' & (4<' & 34 and 14 9 1( & 5 9 = 9 1) & 34 o boA with ', balls is sold out. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44'1) 27ta got chocolates to give her friends on her $irthday. /f she gives 3 chocolates to each friend% one friend will get only ' chocolates. Also% if she gives ' chocolates to each friends% she will left with 15 chocolates. .ow many chocolates 27ta got on her $irthdayB and how many friends are thereB

Answer 47 %hocolates and 1- Kriends +et8s assume that there are total - chocolates and F friends. According to first case% if she gives 3 chocolates to each friend% one friend will get only ' chocolates. 3*!F " 1# 9 ' & imilarly% if she gives ' chocolates to each friends% she will left with 15 chocolates. '*F 9 15 & olving above ' equations% F & 1( and - & 4=. .ence% 27ta got 4= chocolates and 1( friends

QooFa and 2sha met each other after long time. /n the course of their conversation% QooFa as7ed 2sha her age. 2sha re6lied% H/f you reverse my age% you will get my husbund8s age. .e is of course older than me. Also% the difference between our age is 1<11th of the sum of our age.H -an you hel6 out QooFa in finding 2sha8s ageB Answer $shaPs age is 4/ .ears. Assume that 2sha8s age is 14X9I years. .ence% her hunsbands age is !14I 9 X# years. /t is given that difference between their age is 1<11th of the sum of their age. .ence% :!14I 9 X# " !14X 9 I#; & !1<11#:!14I 9 X# 9 !14X 9 I#; !,I " ,X# & !1<11#!11X 9 11I# ,I " ,X & X 9 I )I & 14X 4I & 5X .ence% the 6ossible values are X&4% I&5 and 2sha8s age is 45 years. A fish had a tail as long as its head 6lus a quarter the lenght of its body. /ts body was three"quarters of its total length. /ts head was 4 inches long. Ghat was the length of the fishB Submitted The fish is 128 inches long. /t is obvious that the lenght of the fish is the summation of lenghts of the head% the body and the tail. .ence% Fish !F# & .ead !.# 9 $ody !$# 9 Tail !T# $ut it is given that the lenght of the head is 4 inches i.e. . & 4. The body is three"quarters of its total length i.e. $ & !3<4#*F. And the tail is its head 6lus a quarter the lenght of its body i.e. T & . 9 $<4. Thus% the equation is F&.9$9T F & 4 9 !3<4#*F 9 . 9 $<4 F & 4 9 !3<4#*F 9 4 9 !1<4#*!3<4#*F F & ) 9 !15<1(#*F !1<1(#*F & ) F & 1') inches Thus% the fish is 1') inches long. Assume that you have Fust heard of a scandal and you are the first one to 7now. Iou 6ass it on to four 6erson in a matter of 34 minutes. 2ach of these four in turn 6asses it to four

other 6ersons in the neAt 34 minutes and so on. .ow long it will ta7e for everybody in the Gorld to get to 7now the scandalB Assume that nobody hears it more than once and the 6o6ulation of the Gorld is a66roAimately 5.( billions. Answer $ver.3od. in the Iorld will get to +now the scandal in 8 hours. Iou came to 7now of a scandal and you 6assed it on to 4 6ersons in 34 minutes. o total !194# 5 6ersons would 7now about it in 34 minutes. $y the end of one hour% 1( more 6ersons would 7now about it. o total of !19491(# '1 6ersons would 7now about it in one hour. imilarly% the other !19491(9(4# 6ersons would have 7now about it in one and a half hours. !19491(9(49'5(# 6ersons would have 7now about it in two hours and so on... /t can be deduced that the terms of the above series are the 6ower of 4 i.e. 4W4% 4W1% 4W'% 4W3 and so on u6to !'091# terms. Also% the last term would be 4W'0 where 0 is the number of hours. um of the above mentioned series & :4W!'091#"1;<3 The sum of the series must be 5.( billions. .ence% equating the sum of the series with 5.( billions% we get 0&) hours. candals travel FA T RRR A $ * 2 F O . / 2ach of the digits from 1 to , is re6resented by a different letter above. Also% A 9 $ 9 - & - 9 * 9 2 & 2 9 F 9 O & O 9 . 9 / & 13 Ghich digit does 2 re6resentB Answer $ represents 4.

Find out all 6ossible grou6s of three different numbers that add u6 to 13 and arrange them according to given condition. /f one number is ,% it must go with 1 and 3. /f one number is )% it must go with either 1 and 4 or ' and 3. /f one number is =% it must go with either 1 and 5 or ' and 4. /f one number is (% it must go with either ' and 5 or 3 and 4. /t is clear that , must go with 1 and 3. Also% no digit may be used in more than two sums. .ence% there are ' cases1 %ase ?1 /f ) goes with 1 and 4% then = goes with ' and 4% then ( goes with ' and 5. %ase ??1 /f ) goes with ' and 3% then = goes with ' and 4% then ( goes with 3 and 4. $ut in case //% 3 is used in three sums. .ence% -ase / is correct. And the 6ossible arrangements are1 , 3 1 ) 4 = ' ( 5 ( ' = 4 ) 1 3

5 , Thus% 2 must be 4. A% $ and - are three 6oints on a straight line% not necessarily equidistant with $ being between A and -. Three semicircles are drawn on the same side of the line with A$% $and A- as the diameters. $* is 6er6endicular to the line A$-% and * lies on the semicircle A-. /f the funny sha6ed diagram between the three semicircles has an area of 1444 square cms% find the length of $*. Answer

The length of "D is 3/.-8 cms There are 3 right"angled triangles " A$*% -$* and A*-. From A$*% A$W' 9 $*W' & A*W' """""" / From -$*% -$W' 9 $*W' & -*W' """""" // From A*-% A*W' 9 -*W' & A-W' """""" /// Adding / and //% A$W' 9 $-W' 9 '*$*W' & A*W' 9 -*W' """""" /M F>DE /// and /M A$W' 9 $-W' 9 '*$*W' & A-W' A$W' 9 $-W' 9 '*$*W' & !A$9-$#W' '*$*W' & '*A$*-$ $*W' & A$*-$ $* & T>T!A$*-$# Oiven that funny sha6ed diagram beween three semicircles has an area of 1444 square cms. :Q/<' * !A-<'#W'; " :Q/<' * !A$<'#W'; " :Q/<' * !$-<'#W'; & 1444 Q/<) * :A-W' " A$W' " $-W'; & 1444 Q/ * :!A$9$-#W' " A$W' " $-W'; & )444 Q/ * :'*A$*$-; & )444 A$ * $- & 4444<Q/ .ence $* & T>T!4444<Q/# & 35.() cms where Q/ & 3.1415,'(54 .ence% the length of $* is 35.() cms. ubmit Answer $rain Teaser 0o 1 44((4 OomCi has 3 time6ieces in his house " a wall cloc7% an alarm cloc7 and a wristwatch. The wristwatch is always accurate% whereas the wall cloc7 gains ' minutes everyday and the alarm cloc7 loses ' minutes everyday. At eAactly midnight last night% all three watches were showing the same time. /f today is '5 Xuly '443% then on which date all three cloc7s will show the same time againB ?sers Answer !33# $rainMista Answer Q

Answer All three cloc+s will show the same time again on midnight 3etween 1 Gul. 2004 and 20 Gul. 2004. A cloc7 finishes on round in 1'*(4 i.e. ='4 minutes. /f a cloc7 gains ' minutes everyday% then it would be ='4 minutes ahead after 3(4 days. Thus% after 3(4 days% it will show the same time again. imilary% if a cloc7 loses ' minutes everyday% then it would be ='4 minutes behind after 3(4 days. Thus% after 3(4 days% it will show the same time again. Thus% after 3(4 days all three cloc7s will show the same time again i.e. midnight between 1, Xuly '444 and '4 Xuly '444. Iou have , marbles. ) marbles weigh 1 ounce each% @ one marble weighs 1.5 ounces. Iou are unable to determine which is the heavier marble by loo7ing at them. Iou have a weighing scale that consists of ' 6ans% but the scale is only good for ' total weighings. .ow can you determine which marble is the heaviest one using the scale @ in ' weighingsB Answer *ivide , marbles into 3 grou6s of 3 marbles each. Ta7e any ' grou6s and 6lace them on each 6an. /f they balance% remove the marbles from the 6ans% @ 6lace any ' of the marbles from the remaining unweighed grou6 on the 6ans% 1 on each 6an. /f one is heavier% it is the heavier marble% but if they balance% the remaining unweighed marble is the heavier one. /f your first weighing does not balance% remove the marbles from the lighter 6an% @ 6lace 1 marble on each 6an from the heavier 6an. The heavier 1 is the 1.5 ounce marble% but if they balance% then the marble from the heavy 6an from the first weighing that was not weighed in the second weighing is the heavy 1. Dnce a wee7 a wagon driver leaves his hut and drives his wagon to the river doc7 to 6ic7 u6 su66lies for his town. At 4145 QE% one"fifth of the way to the doc7% he 6asses the Tem6le. At 4115 QE% one"third of the way% he 6asses the Qreetam"*a"*habaa. At what time does he reached the doc7B Answer /40/ E!

At 4145 QE% the wagon driver 6asses the tem6le% one"fifth of the way to the doc7. Also% at 4115 QE% he 6asses the Qreetam"*a"*habaa% one"third of the way. Thus% he travels '<15 !1<3 " 1<5# of the distance in 14 minutes. At 4115 QE% he has already travelled 1<3 of the distance. Thus '<3 of the way is remaining% which can be travelled in & ! !'<3# * 14 # < !'<15# & 54 minutes At 4115% he was at Qreetam"*a"*habaa.and remaining way will ta7e 54 more minutes. .ence% the driver will reach at 5145 QE to the doc7. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44115 Four 6risoners esca6e from a 6rison. The 6risoners% Er. 2ast% Er. Gest% Er. outh% Er. 0orth head towards different directions after esca6ing. The following information of their esca6e was su66lied1 The esca6e routes were 0orth >oad% outh >oad% 2ast >oad and Gest >oad 0one of the 6risoners too7 the road which was their namesa7e Er. 2ast did not ta7e the outh >oad Er.Gest did not the outh >oad The Gest >oad was not ta7en by Er. 2ast Ghat road did each of the 6risoners ta7e to ma7e their esca6e Answer Qut all the given information into the table structure as follow1 2orth 1oad :outh 1oad $ast 1oad Iest 1oad !r. 2orth !r. :outh !r. $ast !r. Iest 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o

0ow from table% two things are obvious and they are1 Er.0orth too7 the outh >oad Er.2ast too7 the 0orth >oad Qut this information into the table% Also 7ee6 in mind that the 6risoners head towards different directions after esca6ing.

2orth 1oad :outh 1oad $ast 1oad Iest 1oad !r. 2orth !r. :outh !r. $ast !r. Iest 0o 0o ($: 0o ($: 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o

0ow from the table1 Er.Gest too7 the 2ast >oad Er. outh too7 the Gest >oad o the answer is1 Er.0orth too7 the outh >oad Er. outh too7 the Gest >oad Er.2ast too7 the 0orth >oad Er.Gest too7 the 2ast >oad hahru7h s6ea7s truth only in the morning and lies in the afternoon% whereas alman s6ea7s truth only in the afternoon and lies in the morning. A says that $ is hahru7h. /s it morning or afternoon and who is A " hahru7h or almanB Answer /t is Afternoon and A can be alman or hahru7h. /f A is alman% he is s6ea7ing truth. /f A is hahru7h% he is lying. Gant to confirm itB -onsider following 4 6ossible answers and chec7 for its truthness individually. 1. /t is Eorning and A is hahru7h '. /t is Eorning and A is alman 3. /t is Afternoon and A is hahru7h 4. /t is Afternoon and A is alman A rich man died. /n his will% he has divided his gold coins among his 5 sons% 5 daughters and a manager. According to his will1 First give one coin to manager. 1<5th of the remaining to the elder son. 0ow give one coin to the manager and 1<5th of the remaining to second son and so on..... After giving coins to 5th son% divided the remaining coins among five daughters

equally. All should get full coins. Find the minimum number of coins he hasB Answer Ge tried to find out some sim6le mathematical method and finally we wrote small 6rogram to find out the answer. The answer is 31'1 coins. .ere is the brea7u61 First son & ('4 coins econd son & 4,, coins Third son & 3,, coins Forth son & 31, coins Fifth son & '55 coins *aughters & '44 each Eanager & 5 coins There is a grid of '4 squares by 14 squares. .ow many different rectangles are 6ossibleB 0ote that square is a rectangle. Answer 11//0 The Oeneric solution to this is1 Total number of rectangles & ! ummation of row numbers# * ! ummation of column numbers# .ere there are '4 rows and 14 columns or vice versa. .ence% total 6ossible rectangles & ! '4 9 1, 9 1) 9 1= 9 1( 9 .... 9 3 9 ' 9 1 # * ! 14 9 , 9) 9 = 9 .... 9 3 9 ' 9 1# & ! '14 # * !55# & 11554 .ence% total 11%554 different rectangles are 6ossible. /f you don8t believe it% try formula on some smaller grids li7e 4A'% 3A'% 3A3 etc... /f A9$&-% *"-&A and 2"$&-% then what does *9F stands forB Qrovide your answer in letter terms as well as in number terms. Submitted by : David Answer G or 10 A sim6le one. Assume that each character re6resents the number equivalent to the 6osition in the al6habet i.e. A & 1% $ & '% - & 3% * & 4 and so on. 0ow let8s chec7 our assum6tion.

A 9 $ & - i.e. 1 9 ' & 3 * " - & A i.e. 4 " 3 & 1 2 " $ & - i.e. 5 " ' & 3 Thus% our assum6tion was -orrect. .ence% * 9 F & X i.e. 4 9 ( & 14 A woman too7 a certain number of eggs to the mar7et and sold some of them. The neAt day% through the industry of her hens% the number left over had been doubled% and she sold the same number as the 6revious day. Dn the third day the new remainder was tri6led% and she sold the same number as before. Dn the fourth day the remainder was quadru6led% and her sales the same as before. Dn the fifth day what had been left over were quintu6led% yet she sold eAactly the same as on all the 6revious occasions and so dis6osed of her entire stoc7. Ghat is the smallest number of eggs she could have ta7en to mar7et the first day% and how many did she sell dailyB 0ote that the answer is not Cero. Submitted Answer :he too+ 103 eggs to mar+et on the first da. and sold -0 eggs ever.da.. +et8s assume that she had 0 eggs on the first day and she sold X eggs everyday. Qutting down the given information in the table as follow. Da.s $ggs at the start of the da. $ggs :old $ggs 1emaining *ay 1 *ay ' *ay 3 *ay 4 *ay 5 0 '0"'X (0",X '40"44X 1'40"'45X X X X X X 0"X '0"3X (0"14X '40"41X 1'40"'4(X

/t is given that she dis6osed of her entire stoc7 on the fifth day. $ut from the table above% the number of eggs remaining are !1'40"'4(X#. .ence% 1'40 " '4(X & 4 1'40 & '4(X (40 & 143X

The smallest value of 0 and X must be 143 and (4 res6ectively. .ence% she too7 143 eggs to mar7et on the first day and sold (4 eggs everyday. Xohn lives in HFriends ocietyH where all the houses are in a row and are numbered sequentially starting from 1. .is house number is 14,. Xessy lives in the same society. All the house numbers on the left side of Xessy8s house add u6 eAactly the same as all the house numbers on the right side of her house. Ghat is the number of Xessy8s houseB Find the minimal 6ossible answer. Answer There are 288 houses and Gess.Ps house num3er is 204. +et8s assume that in the HFriends ocietyH there are total 0 houses numbered from 1 to 0 and Xessy8s house number is X. 0ow it is given that all the house numbers on the left side of Xessy8s house add u6 eAactly the same as all the house numbers on the right side of her house. .ence% 1 9 ' 9 3 9 ..... 9 !X"1# & !X91# 9 !X9'# 9 !X93# 9 ..... 9 0 $oth the sides of the above equations are in A.Q. .ence% using A.Q. summation formaula% :!X"1#<';:'*!1# 9 !X"1"1#; & :!0"X#<';:'*!X91# 9 !0"X"1#; :X"1;:!'# 9 !X"'#; & :0"X;:!'X9'# 9 !0"X"1#; !X"1#!X# & !0"X#!09X91# X' " X & 0' 9 0X 9 0 " 0X " X' " X X' & 0' 9 0 " X' 'X' & 0' 9 0 X' & !0' 9 0#<' X' & 0!091#<' 0ow% using Trial and 2rror method to find values of 0 and X such that above equation is satisfied% we get 1. 0 & )% X & ( '. 0 & 4,% X & 35 3. 0 & '))% X & '44 4. 0 & 1()1% X & 11), 5. 0 & ,)44% X & (,34 $ut we require minimal 6ossible answer and it is given that Xohn8s house number is 14,. /t means that there are atleast 14, houses. .ence% first two are not 6ossible. And the answer is 1 there are ')) houses and Xessy8s house number is '44. Ea7ayla had [1.1, in change. 0one of the coins was a dollar. 0icole as7 her for change for a dollar% but Ea7ayla could not ma7e change.

Ghat coins did she haveB Submitted Answer As it is given that Ea7ayla had [1.1,% it means she would have four 6ennies. 0ow% the remaining [1.15 in coins must not add u6 for eAactly a dollar. Therefore she would not have 4 quarters or ' quarters and 5 dimes. $ut she would have either 1 quarter or 3 quarters. .ence% there are ' solutions. :olution ? 1 Tuarter% , *imes% 4 Qennies !4.'5 9 4.,4 9 4.44 & [1.1,# :olution ?? 3 Tuarters% 4 *imes% 4 Qennies !4.=5 9 4.44 9 4.44 & [1.1,# A grou6 of friends went on a holiday to a hill station. /t rained for 13 days. $ut when it rained in the morning% the afternoon was lovely. And when it rained in the afternoon% the day was 6receded by clear morning. Altogether there were 11 very nice mornings and 1' very nice afternoons. .ow many days did their holiday lastB Answer The holida. last for 18 da.s. +et8s assume the number of days as follows1 >ain in the morning and lovely afternoon & X days -lear morning and rain in the afternoon & I days 0o rain in the morning and in the afternoon & J days 0umber of days with rain & X 9 I & 13 days 0umber of days with clear mornings & I 9 J & 11 days 0umber of days with clear afternoons & X 9 J & 1' days olving above 3 equations% we get X & =% I & ( and J & 5 .ence% total number of days on holiday & 1) days $rain Teaser 0o 1 44',, ubstitute digits for the letters to ma7e the following *ivision true IFI """"""""""" AIP02++I

P0+I """""""""""""""" QQ+ Q0. """""""""" 0+I 0+I """""""""" 444 0ote that the leftmost letter can8t be Cero in any word. Also% there must be a one"to" one ma66ing between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter 0% no other letter can be 3 and all other 0 in the 6uCCle must be 3. Submitted by : Calon Answer ee the 6attern of the I. AI * I & 0+I i.e. I is multi6lied by I and the last digit of the answer is also I. Thus% the value of I would be 5 or (. Also% .&4 as + " . & + Q & '0 as Q " 0 & 0 + " I & Q & '0 2"+&6 +et8s find out the minimum 6ossible values. /f 0&1% then Q&'% I&5% +&= and 2&,. 0ote that the value of I can not be ( as it ma7es +&) and 2&14 which is not 6ossible. .ence% I&5% 0&1% Q&'% +&=% 2&,% .&4 0ow% using trial"n"error or rather solving F*AI&Q0.% we get F&( and A&3.

5(5 """"""""""" 35P1,==5 P1=5 """"""""""" ''= '14 """"""""""" 1=5 1=5 """"""""""" 444

IFI """"""""""" AIP02++I P0+I """"""""""" QQ+ Q0. """"""""""" 0+I 0+I """"""""""" 444

$rain Teaser 0o 1 445(( .ere is the family tree of Er. >A.?+ >A.?+ P """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" P >AT/ . P """""""" P P P P P IA . P P DE B T>/+DS

"""""""""""""""""" P P >AE .A> . A .DS

AEA> AE/T

P """"" P P

P """"""" P P P

.ow many children does Er. T>/+DS haveB

Answer T1?B7F have / children. 0ame of the 6erson and number of his children are related by some 6attern. Assign each vowel following values. A&4 2&1 /&' D&3 ?&4 The number of children to any 6erson is the sum of the values re6resented by vowels in his name. >AT/ . & 4!A# 9 '!/# & ' DE & 3!D# & 3 AE/T & 4!A# 9 '!/# & ' A .DS & 4!A# 9 3!D# & 3 T>/+DS & '!/# 9 3!D# & 5 .ence% T>/+DS have 5 children. EaFor Xasbir is forming five"6erson 6ecial Tas7 Orou6. The grou6 must contain one leader% two bomb"eA6erts and two soldiers. Q% T and > are 6ossible bomb"eA6erts. >% and T are 6ossible leaders. ?% M and G are 6ossible soldiers. Also% Q and > 6refers to wor7 with each other in the same team. T 6refers to wor7 only if M wor7s. .ow many different 6ossible Orou6s% EaFor Xasbir can ma7eB Answer !a#or Gas3ir can ma+e 8 different possi3le groups. As ' bomb"eA6erts to be selected from the given 3 and also Q @ > 6refers to wor7 together% Q> must be there in all the 6ossible Orou6s. Also% T 6refers to wor7 only if M wor7s. /t doesn8t mean that M won8t wor7 without T. .ence% 6ossible grou6s are1

Q> " Q> " Q> "

" ?M " MG " G?

Q> " T " ?M Q> " T " MG QT " > " ?M QT " > " MG QT " > " G? .ence% there ) different grou6s are 6ossible. The secret agent X emailed some code to his head office. They are H>A*A>% +2M2+% >DTD>% >2*/M/*2>% EDTD>H. $ut four of these five words have something in common and one is fa7e. -an you tell which one is fa7eB /gnore the fact that four of the code"words are of the same length. Answer The fa+e code*word is !7T71. All the code"words eAce6t EDTD> are Qalindromes. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44')= /n the village called TA+AXA% only three TM channels are available " Eoon Qlus% Eony and Eee TM. Dut of 4444 TM viewers in the village% 1544 watch Eoon TM% '444 watch Eony and '544 watch Eee TM. Amongst these% 544 viewers watch Eoon Qlus and Eony% )44 watch Eoon Qlus and Eee TM% and 1444 watch Eony and Eee TM. .ow many viewers watch all three channelsB

Answer 300 viewers watch all three channels. +et8s assume that total X viewers watch all three channels. total viewers who watch only Eoon Qlus and Eony & 544"X total viewers who watch only Eoon Qlus and Eee TM & )44"X total viewers who watch only Eony and Eee TM & 1444"X

total viewers who watch only Eoon Qlus & 1544 " !544"X# " !)44"X# " X & '44 9 X total viewers who watch only Eony & '444 " !544"X# " !1444"X# " X & 544 9 X total viewers who watch only Eee TM & '544 " !1444"X# " !)44"X# " X & =44 9 X Ge 7now that total viewers are 4444. umming u6 all = values% X 9 !544 " X# 9 !)44 " X# 9 !1444 " X# 9 !'44 9 X# 9 !544 9 X# 9 !=44 9 X# & 4444 X 9 3=44 & 4444 X & 344 .ence% total 344 viewers watch all three channels. A man was loo7ing at a 6ortrait. omeone as7ed him% HGhose 6icture are you loo7ing atBH .e re6lied% 6ointing at the 6ortrait1 H$rothers and sisters have / none% but this man8s son is my father8s son.H 0ow whose 6icture is the man loo7ing atB Answer The man is loo7ing at his FAT.2>8s 6ortrait. Hmy father8s sonH is the man himself as he do not have any brothers and sisters. o the statement reduces to Hthis man8s son is myself.H 0ow it is clear that the 6ortrait is of his father. Oiven the following facts1 1. *inesh is younger than Faru7h and older than Ourmit. '. Xatin is younger than -handu and older than 2shrat. 3. Amit is younger than /rfan and older than -handu. 4. Faru7h is younger than $havin and older than .emant. 5. /rfan is younger than Ourmit and older than Xatin. (. .emant is older than Ourmit. Gho is the IoungestB Answer $shrat is the .oungest.

*iscard whoever are older than someone. From !1# Ourmit is younger than *inesh and Faru7h. From !5# Xatin is younger than /rfan and Ourmit. From !'# 2shrat is younger than Xatin and -handu. From above 3 deductions% 2shrat is younger than *inesh% Faru7h% /rfan% Ourmit% Xatin and -handu. Also% From !3# -handu is younger than Amit and /rfan. From !4# .emant is younger than Faru7h and $havin. From !(# Ourmit is younger than .emant. From above 3 deductions% Ourmit is younger than Faru7h% $havin and .emant. Also% -handu is younger than Amit and /rfan. $ut as seen earlier% 2shrat is younger than Ourmit and -handu. .ence% 2shrat is the youngest. +ast aturday Eilan went for the late night show and came late. /n the morning family members as7ed him which movie did he see. .e gave different answers to everyone. .e told to his father that he had gone to see ED02I. According to his mom% he saw either XD.0I or $A$+?. .is elder brother came to 7now that he saw $.A$/. To his sister% he told >D$DT. And his grand6a heard that he saw $?00I. Thus% Eilan gave siA movie names% all five letter words. $ut he saw some other movie with five letter word. Eoreover% each of the siA movie names mentioned above has eAactly two letters common with the movie he saw. !with the same 6ositions# -an you tell which movie did Eilan seeB Answer !ilan saw "7""(. The siA movie names are " ED02I% XD.0I% $A$+?% $.A$/% >D$DT and $?00I. -om6are ED02I and XD.0I. They have D common at the second 6lace and I common at the fifth 6lace. Also% they can8t have two different letters each% common with the required movie as the letters in remaining three 6laces are all different. Thus% the required movie must have either D at the second 6lace or I at the fifth 6lace or both. imilarly% com6aring XD.0I and $?00I " the required movie must have either 0 at the fourth 6lace or I at the fifth 6lace or both. Also% com6aring ED02I and $?00I " the required movie must have either 0 at the third 6lace or I at the fifth 6lace or both.

From the above 3 deduction% either I is at fifth 6lace or D is at the second 6lace and 0 is at the third @ fourth 6lace. The later combination is not 6ossible as $A$+?% $.A$/ @ >D$DT will need at least 3 other letters which ma7es the required movie ( letter long. .ence% the required movie must have I at the fifth 6lace. 0ow I is not there in $A$+? and $.A$/ at the fifth 6lace and they have only $ common at the first 6lace. .ence% $ must be the first letter. As $ is at the first 6lace and I is at the fifth 6lace and every movie has eAactly ' letters common with the required movie. From $?00I% the required movie do not have ? at the second 6lace and 0 at the third and fourth 6lace. 0ow loo7ing at XD.0I and ED02I% they must have D common at the second 6lace. ?sing the same 7ind of arguments for $A$+?% $.A$/ and >D$DT% we can conclude that Eilan saw $D$$I. Xim lies a lot. .e tells the truth on only one day in a wee7. Dne day he said1 H/ lie on Eondays and Tuesdays.H The neAt day he said1 HToday is either unday% aturday or Thursday.H The neAt day he said1 H/ lie on Fridays and Gednesdays.H Dn which day of the wee7 does Xim tell the truthB Answer Gim tells the truth on Tuesda.. As Xim tells truth only on one day in a wee7% his statement on day 1 and day 3 both can not be false. Dtherwise he tells truth on more than one days in a wee7. Also% all three statements are mad on three consecutive days% statement made on day 1 and day 3 both can not be true. Thus% either the statement made on day 1 or day 3 is true and other is false. Also% the statement made on day ' must be false i.e. day 1 is not aturday% Friday or Gednesday. +et8s assume that the statement 1 is true. Then from the statement 3% day 1 must be either Friday or Gednesday. $ut it is already deduced that day 1 is not aturday% Friday or Gednesday. .ence% the statement made on day 1 is false and the last statement is true. then from the statement 1% day 3 must be either Eonday or Tuesday. $ut it is already deduced that day 1 can not be aturday i.e. day 3 can8t be Eonday. .ence% Xim tells the truth on Tuesday. 4 men can dig 4 holes in 4 days.

.ow many hours does it ta7e for 1 man to dig half a holeB Submitted Answer There is nothing li+e LJABK J7B$L. -onsider a chessboard with a single >oo7. A >oo7 can move any number of square sideways<forward% but not diagonally. Ghat is the minimum number of moves the >oo7 needs to ma7e% in order to 6ass over all the squares on the chessboard and return to the original 6ositionB Answer 1- moves As a >oo7 can move any number of square sideways<forward% but not diagonally and there are ) rows and ) columns on the chessboardL the >oo7 needs minimum 1( moves to 6ass over all the squares and return to the original 6osition. A farmer needs ) gallons of water. .e has only three unmared buc7ets% two ( gallon and one 11 gallon buc7et. .ow can he collect ) gallons of water using three unmar7ed buc7etsB Qrovide solution with minimal water wastage. Answer .ere is the solution with 14 gallon water wastage. 7E$1AT?72: Fill ( gallon buc7et with water 2m6ty ( gallon buc7et into 11 gallon buc7et Fill ( gallon buc7et with water - - 11 ( 4 4 4 4 ( ( 4 (

Fill 11 gallon buc7et to full using filled ( gallon buc7et. This will leave 1 gallon 1 4 11 water in ( gallon buc7et 2m6ty 11 gallon buc7et into second ( gallon buc7et. 2m6ty 11 gallon buc7et " wastage of 5 gallon water 2m6ty second ( gallon buc7et into 11 gallon buc7et Fill seccond ( gallon buc7et with water 1 ( 5 1 ( 4 1 4 ( 1 ( (

Fill 11 gallon buc7et to full using filled second ( gallon buc7et. This will leave 1 1 1 11 gallon water in second ( gallon buc7et Fill first ( gallon buc7et with 1 gallon water which is in second ( gallon buc7et 2m6ty 11 gallon buc7et into second ( gallon buc7et. ' 4 11 ' ( 5

2m6ty 11 gallon buc7et " wastage of 5 gallon water Fill 11 gallon buc7et with water in both the ( gallon buc7ets

' ( 4 4 4 11

/ bought a car with a 6eculiar 5 digit numbered licence 6late which on reversing could still be read. Dn reversing value is increased by =)(33. Ghats the original number if all digits are differentB Answer Dnly 4 1 ( ) and , can be read u6side down. o on rearranging these digits we get the answer as 14,(). Xac7 and Xill are 6laying cards for a sta7e of [1 a game. At the end of the evening% Xac7 has won 3 games and Xill has won [3. .ow many games did they 6layB Submitted by : Nathalie Drouin Answer They 6layed total of , games. Xac7 won 3 games and Xill won ( games. /f Xac7 has won three games and Xill has won [3% she lost a dollar for each loss% therefore she has won ( and lost 3 to ma7e [3 and he won the other 3 that she lostR am and Eala have a conversation. am says / am certainly not over 44 Eala says / am 3) and you are atleast 5 years older than me 0ow am says you are atleast 3, All the statements by the two are false. .ow old are they reallyB Answer :am is 41 and !ala is 37. +et8s invert the teaser and read it li7e this 1 am says / am certainly over 44 Eala says / am not 3) and you are atmost 4 years older than me 0ow am says you are atmost 3) From first statement it is clear that am is over 44. Also% from neAt ' statements it is clear that Eala is less then 3). .ence the 6ossibilities are 1 am & 41% 4'% 43% 44% 45% ...... Eala & 3=% 3(% 35% 34% 33% ...... /t also says that the difference between their age is maAimum 4 years. .ence% there is only one 6ossible 6air i.e. 41 and 3=% all other combination have differences more then 4. .ence the answer " am is 41 and Eala is 3=.

A 6erson travels on a cycle from home to church on a straight road with wind against him. .e too7 4 hours to reach there. Dn the way bac7 to the home% he too7 3 hours to reach as wind was in the same direction. /f there is no wind% how much time does he ta7e to travel from home to churchB Answer +et distance between home and church is *. A 6erson too7 4 hours to reach church. o s6eed while travelling towards church is *<4. imilarly% he too7 3 hours to reach home. o s6eed while coming bac7 is *<3. There is a s6eed difference of =**<1'% which is the wind hel6ing 6erson in 1 direction% @ slowing him in the other direction. Average the ' s6eeds% @ you have the s6eed that 6erson can travel in no wind% which is =**<'4. .ence% 6erson will ta7e * < !=**<'4# hours to travel distance * which is '4<= hours. Answer is 3 hours '5 minutes 4' seconds There are 0 secret agents each 7now a different 6iece of secret information. They can tele6hone each other and eAchange all the information they 7now. After the tele6hone call% they both 7now anything that either of them 7new before the call. Ghat are the minimum number of tele6hone calls needed so that all of the them 7now everythingB Answer !'0 " 3# tele6hone calls% for 0 & '%3 !'0 " 4# tele6hone calls% for 0 K 3 *ivide the 0 secret agents into two grou6s. /f 0 is odd% one grou6 will contain one eAtra agent. -onsider first grou61 agent 1 will call u6 agent '% agent ' will call u6 agent 3 and so on. imilarly in second grou6% agent 1 will call u6 agent '% agent ' will call u6 agent 3 and so on. After !0 " '# calls% two agents in each the grou6 will 7now anything that anyone 7new in his grou6% say they are I1 @ I' from grou6 1 and J1 @ J' from grou6 '. 0ow% I1 will call u6 J1 and I' will call u6 J'. .ence% in neAt two calls total of 4 agents will 7now everything. 0ow !0 " 4# tele6hone calls are reqiured for remaining !0 " 4# secret agents.

Total tele6hone calls require are & !0 " '# 9 ' 9 !0 " 4# & '0 " 4 +et^8s ta7e an eAam6le. ay there are 4 secret agents G% X% I @ J. *ivide them into two grou6s of ' each i.e. !G% X# and !I% J#. .ere% 4 tele6hone calls are required. 1. G will call u6 X. '. I will call u6 J. 3. G% who 7nows GX will call u6 I% who 7nows IJ. 4. X% who 7nows GX will call u6 J% who 7nows IJ. Ta7e an another eAam6le. ay there are 5 secret agents X% S% +% E @ 0. *ivide them into two grou6s i.e. !X% S# and !+% E% 0#. .ere% ( tele6hone calls are required. 1. X will call u6 S. '. + will call u6 E. 3. E will call u6 0. 0ow E and 0 7now +E0. 4. X% who 7nows XS will call u6 E% who 7nows +E0. 5. S% who 7nows XS will call u6 0% who 7nows +E0. (. + will call u6 to anyone of four. Ers. F has invited several wives of delegates to the ?nited 0ations for an informal luncheon. he 6lans to seat her , guests ina row such that each lady will be able to converse with the 6erson directly to her left and right. he has 6re6ared the following list. Ers. F s6ea7s 2nglish only. Ers. O s6ea7s 2nglish and French. Ers. . s6ea7s 2nglish and >ussian. Ers. X s6ea7s >ussian only. Ers. S s6ea7s 2nglish only. Ers. + s6ea7s French only. Ers. E s6ea7s French and Oerman. Ers. 0 s6ea7s 2nglish and Oerman. Ers. D s6ea7s 2nglish only. .ow many distinct seating arrangements are 6ossibleB Oive all 6ossible seating arrangements. 0ote that A$-* and *-$A are the same. Answer 12- distinct seating arrangements are possi3le. Ers. X and Ers. . must be together and Ers. X must be at the end as Ers. X s6ea7s only >ussian and Ers. . is the only other >ussian s6ea7er.

Ers. + s6ea7s only French and there are two others " Ers. O and Ers. E " who s6ea7 French. .ere there are ' cases.

-A 2 A 1 !rs. B is at the other end /f Ers. + is at the other end% either Ers. O or Ers. E must seat neAt to her.
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-A 2 AA 1 !rs. A seats ne8t to !rs. B Then% Ers. E must seat neAt to Ers. O and Ers. 0 must seat neAt to Ers. E. This is because Ers. E s6ea7s French and Oerman% and Ers. 0 is the only other Oerman s6ea7er. Thus% the 6ossible seating arrangement is GJ8882!AB% where A is the 2nglish s6ea7ers. Ers. F% Ers. S and Ers. D can be arranged in remaining 3 6ositions in 3R different ways i.e. ( ways. -A 2 A$ 1 !rs. ! seats ne8t to !rs. B /f so% then either Ers. 0 or Ers. O must seat neAt to Ers. E -A 2 A$A 1 !rs. 2 seats ne8t to !rs. ! Thus% the 6ossible seating arrangement is GJ88882!B% where A is the 2nglish s6ea7ers. Ers. F% Ers. O% Ers. S and Ers. D can be arranged in remaining 4 6ositions in 4R different ways i.e. '4 ways. -A 2 A$$ 1 !rs. A seats ne8t to !rs. ! Thus% the 6ossible seating arrangement is GJ8888A!B% where A is the 2nglish s6ea7ers. Ers. F% Ers. S% Ers. 0 and Ers. D can be arranged in remaining 4 6ositions in 4R different ways i.e. '4 ways.

-A 2 $ 1 !rs. B does not seat at the end /t means that Ers. O% Ers. + and Ers. E must seat together. Also% Ers. + must seat between Ers. O and Ers. E.

-A 2 $A 1 !rs. A seats left and !rs. ! seats right to !rs. B i.e. AB!

-A 2 $AA 1 AB! is at the other end Thus% the 6ossible seating arrangement is GJ8888AB!% where A is the 2nglish s6ea7ers. Ers. F% Ers. S% Ers. 0 and Ers. D can be arranged in remaining 4 6ositions in 4R different ways i.e. '4 ways. -A 2 $A$ 1 AB! is not at the other end Then Ers. 0 must seat neAt to Ers. E. 0ow% we have a grou6 of four O+E0 where Ers. O and Ers. 0 s6ea7 2nglish. Thus% the 6ossible seating arrangement is GJ888&% where A is the individual

2nglish s6ea7ers and X is the grou6 of four females with 2nglish s6ea7ers at the both ends. Thus% there are 4R different ways i.e. '4 ways.

-A 2 $$ 1 !rs. ! seats left and !rs. A seats right to !rs. B i.e. !BA Then% Ers. 0 must seat neAt to Ers. E. 0ow% we have a grou6 of four 0E+O where Ers. O and Ers. 0 s6ea7 2nglish. Thus% the 6ossible seating arrangement is GJ888&% where A is the individual 2nglish s6ea7ers and X is the grou6 of four females with 2nglish s6ea7ers at the both ends. Thus% there are 4R different ways i.e. '4 ways.

Thus% total different 6ossible seating arrangements are 1 & ( !case AA# 9 '4 !case A$A# 9 '4 !case A$$# 9 '4 !case $AA# 9 '4 !case $A$# 9 '4 !case $$# & 1'( seating arrangements Thus% 1'( distinct seating arrangements are 6oosible. Ghat is the smallest number which when divided by 14 leaves a remainder of ,% when divided by , leaves a remainder of )% when divided by ) leaves a remainder of =% when divided by = leaves a remainder of ( and so on until when divided by ' leaves a remainder of 1B Answer The smallest such num3er is 2/1 . The easiest way is to find the +east -ommon Eulti6le !+-E# of '% 3% 4% 5% (% =% ) and ,. And subtract 1 from it. The +-E of '% 3% 4% 5% (% =% ) and , is given by '5'4. .ence% the required number is '51, Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the original number divided. Answer 18 Assume that initial there were 3*X bullets. o they got X bullets each after division. All of them shot 4 bullets. o now they have !X " 4# bullets each.

$ut it is given that%after they shot 4 bullets each% total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division i.e. X Therefore% the equation is 3 * !X " 4# & X 3 * X " 1' & X ' * X & 1' X&( Therefore the total bullets before division is & 3 * X & 1) $rain Teaser 0o 1 44114 2veryday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 7g to 1'1 7gs% to the nearest 7g. Ghat are the minimum number of different weights required and how heavy should they beB The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1% 3% ,% '= and )1 7gs >e6lace each letter by a digit. 2ach letter must be re6resented by the same digit and no beginning letter of a word can be 4. D02 D02 D02 9D02 """"""" T20 Answer ?se trial and error. 4 &1% 0 & ) %2 & '% T & =

1)' 1)' 1)' 91)' """""" =') A man is on a search for Atlantis and comes u6on an island where all the inhabitants 7now whether Atlantis is still around or not. .owever% all of the inhabitants are either Fairies or Trolls and they all use a s6ell to a66ear humanoid so you cannot tell which is which. And the Faries always tell the truth and the Trolls always lie% but there is a slight com6lication% some of the Fairies have gone insane and always lie and some of the Trolls have also gone insane and always tell the truth. o here is your tas71 you must as7 the first inhabitant that you come to D02 question and from that D02 question you must determine wether Atlantis is still around or not. Ghat is the question that you must as7B Answer There are ' answers to it1 Answer ?H/s the statement that you are reliable equivalent to the statement that Atlantis is still aroundBH Answer ??H*o you believe that the tatement that you are a Fairy is equivalent to the statement that Atlantis is still aroundBH $rain Teaser 0o 1 44'=( A frog starts climbing 15 feet wall. 2ach hour he climbs 3 feet and rests for 34 minutes. *uring rest% he sli6s bac7 ' feet. .ow many hours does the frog ta7e to reach the to6B Answer 1 hours A frog climbs 1 foot 6er 1 1<' hours as during 34 minutes rest he sli6s bac7 ' feet. This

way he will climb 1' feet in 1) hours. /n neAt hour he will climb 3 more feet i.e. he will com6lete 15 feet in 1, hours and will reach the to6 of the wall. /f a bear eats (5 6ounds in fish every day 2X-2QT every (th day which it only eats 45 6ounds of fish. /f the bear continues this% how many 6ounds of fish will it eat in '44 daysB Submitted by : David Answer The 3ear will eat 12'340 pounds of fish in 200 da.s. /t is given that on every (th day beareats 45 6ounds of fish i.e. on day number (% 1'% 1)% '4% .... 1,'% 1,) the bear eats 45 6ounds of fish. Total number of (th days & '44<( & 33 !the bear eats 45 6ounds# .ence% the normal days are & '44 " 33 & 1(= !the bear eats (5 6ounds# Thus% in '44 days% the bear will eat & !1(=# * !(5# 9 !33# * !45# & 14)55 9 14)5 & 1'%344 6ounds Iou have 3 6oints labelled A% $ and -. Iou then have another 3 6oints labelled 1% ' and 3. The aim of the 6uCCle is to connect 6oint A with 6oint 1% ' and 3. Qoint $ with 6oint 1% ' and 3 and 6oint - with 6oint 1% ' and 3. 0ow while connecting the 6oints you have to follow one rule " the lines cannot cross over each other. A $ 1 ' 3 Q 1 Iou can arrange the 6oints in order as long as the lines *D 0DT cross over each other. Answer There is no solution to it% if you consider ' dimensions. /t is im6ossible to Foin each of 6oints A% $ and - with 6oints 1% ' and 3 without lines crossing each other. There is solution% if you consider 3 dimensions. -onsider a circular base and a line 6er6endicular to it 6assing from the center. 0ow ta7e any 3 6oints along the 6erimeter of the circular base as 6oints 1% ' and 3. imilarly ta7e any 3 6oints along the 6er6endicular line as 6oints A% $ and -. 0ow it is quite sim6le to Foin each of 6oints A% $ and - with 6oints 1% ' and 3 without any of the lines crossing each other. The other 6ossible 3* structure is Qyramid. Ta7e 6oints 1% ' and 3 as a vertices of the triangular base and 6oints A% $ and - along the height of the Qyramid which is 6er6endicular to the triangular base and 6assing through the a6eA.

$rain Teaser 0o 1 444== u66ose five bales of hay are weighed two at a time in all 6ossible ways. The weights in 6ounds are 114% 11'% 113% 114% 115% 11(% 11=% 11)% 1'4% and 1'1. .ow much does each bale weighB Submitted by : Travis Lara

Answer They weigh 54% 5(% 5)% 5,% (' 6ounds. +et8s assume that the weight of five bales are $1% $'% $3% $4 and $5 6ounds res6ectively. Also% $1 3& $' 3& $3 3& $4 3& $5 /t is given that five bales of hay are weighed two at a time in all 6ossible ways. /t means that each of the bale is weighted four times. Thus% 4*!$1 9 $' 9 $3 9 $4 9 $5# & !114 9 11' 9 113 9 114 9 115 9 11( 9 11= 9 11) 9 1'4 9 1'1# 4*!$1 9 $' 9 $3 9 $4 9 $5# & 115( !$1 9 $' 9 $3 9 $4 9 $5# & '), 6ounds 0ow% $1 and $' must add to 114 as they are the lightest one. $1 9 $' & 114 imilarly% $4 and $5 must add to 1'1 as they are the heaviest one. $4 9 $5 & 1'1 From above three equation% we get $3 & 5) 6ounds Also% it is obvious that $1 and $3 will add to 11' " the neAt 6ossible higher value. imilarly% $3 and $5 will add to 1'4 " the neAt 6ossible lower value. $1 9 $3 & 11' $3 9 $5 & 1'4 ubstituting $3 & 5)% we get $1 & 54 and $5 & (' From ' @ 3 equations% we get $' & 5( and $4 & 5, .ence% the weight of five bales are 54% 5(% 5)% 5, and (' 6ounds. Qinto says% HThe horse is not $lac7.H andy says% HThe horse is either $rown or Orey.H Andy says% HThe horse is $rown.H

At least one is telling truth and at least one is lying. -an you tell the color of the horseB Answer The color of the horse can 3e an. color other than "lac+ and "rown. /f the color of the horse is $lac7 " all are lying. /f the color of the horse is $rown " all are telling truth. Thus% the horse is neither "lac+ nor "rown. /f the color of the horse is Orey " Qinto and andy are telling truth whereas Andy is lying. /f the color of the horse is other than $lac7% $rown and Orey " Qinto is telling truth whereas andy and Andy are lying. Iou must have noticed that for the given conditions% Qinto is always telling truth whereas Andy is always lying $rain Teaser 0o 1 44'5) Three convicts are brought into the warden8s office. .e says he can 6arole one of them and to decide which one he will 6arole he ta7es out 5 hats !3 red and ' white#. .e stands behind them and 6laces a hat on each one of their heads and 6uts the other two remaining hats in a drawer. .e tells the 6risioners they can loo7 at the others hats and if they can tell which hat they have on they will be the one who is 6aroled. The first man loo7s at the other two and says% H/ don8t 7now.H The second man loo7s at the others hats and says% H/ don8t 7now.H The third man who is blind says% H2ven though / have not the gift of sight / can tell by what the others have said that the color of my hat is...H Ghat color is the blind mans hat and how does he 7nowB Submitted Answer The color of 3lind manPs hat is 1ed. /t is sure that the first man saw either both >ed hats or one Ghite .ello sa#eesh murali \ my Answers \ my Favourites \ Eodify Qersonal /nfo \ ubscribe

hat and one >ed hat. There are ( such 6ossibilities1 1# > > > '# > > G 3# > G > 4# G > > 5# G > G (# G G > /n all above 6ossibilities% the first man won8t be sure of the color of his hat. 0ow% the second man 7nows that the first man saw either both >ed hats or one Ghite hat and one >ed hat. And% he also 7nows that its one of the above ( 6ossibilities. !li7e we 7now L## $ut he says% H/ don8t 7nowH. That means that !'# and !5# are not the 6ossibilities as in either case he would be sure of the color of his hat !>ed# by Fust loo7ing at the third man8s color of hat !Ghite#. 0ow% the blind man 7nows that there are Fust 4 6ossibilities " !1#% !3#% !4#% !(# " and in all% the color of his hat is >ed. ubmit Answer ?sers Answer !4)# $rainMista Answer QuCCle A Friend Add to Favourite $ac7 to earch >esult

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Three Oold !O# coins% three ilver ! # coins and three -o66er !-# coins are arranged in a single row as follow1 A : % A : % A : % Dnly ' adFacent unli7e coins can be moved at any one time. The moved coins must be in contact with at least one other coin in line. i.e. no 6air of coins is to be moved and 6laced away from the remaining ones. 0o coin 6airs can be reversed i.e. a "- combination must remain in that order in its new 6ositionwhen it is moved. Ghat is the minimum number of moves required to get all the coins in following orderB % % % : : : A A A how all moves.

Answer !inimum num3er of moves are 8. !ove 4 1 ' 3 4 5 ( = ) O O O O O O O O O 7rder of %oins O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

A fly is flying between two trains% each travelling towards each other on the same trac7 at (4 7m<h. The fly reaches one engine% reverses itself immediately% and flies bac7 to the other engine% re6eating the 6rocess each time. The fly is flying at ,4 7m<h. /f the fly flies 1)4 7m before the trains meet% how far a6art were the trains initiallyB Answer ?nitiall.' the trains were 240 +m apart. The fly is flying at the s6eed of ,4 7m<h and covers 1)4 7m. .ence% the fly flies for ' hours after trains started. /t8s obvious that trains met ' hours after they started travelling towards each other. Also% trains were travelling at the s6eed of (4 7m<h. o% each train traveled 1'4 7m before they met. .ence% the trains were '44 7m a6art initially. Ghat is the minimum number of numbers needed to form every number from 1 to =%444B

2Aam6le1 To form 4))4% you would need ' 4s @ ' )s. 4)'' requires a 4% a )% @ ' 's% but you would not count the numbers again that you had already counted from ma7ing 4))4. Answer 3Iou will need 3 of numbers 4% =% ) @ ,% @ 4 of numbers 1"(. A drin7s machine offers three selections " Tea% -offee or >andom !2ither tea or -offee# but the machine has been wired u6 wrongly so that each button does not give what it claims. /f each drin7 costs 546% how much minimum money do you have to 6ut into the machine to wor7 out which button gives which selectionB Submitted Answer (ou have to put #ust /0p. Qut 546 and 6ush the button for >andom. There are only ' 6ossibilities. /t will give either Tea or -offee. /f it gives Tea% then the button named >andom is for Tea. The button named -offee is for >andom selection. And the button named Tea is for -offee. /f it gives -offee% then the button named >andom is for -offee. The button named Tea is for >andom selection. And the button named -offee is for Tea. Thus% you can ma7e out which button is for what by 6utting Fust 546 and 6ressing >andom selection first. Iou have 13 balls which all loo7 identical. All the balls are the same weight eAce6t for one. ?sing only a balance scale% can find the odd one out with only 3 weighingsB /s it 6ossible to always tell if the odd one out is heavier or lighter than the other ballsB Submitted by : Brett Hurrell Answer /t is always 6ossible to find odd ball in 3 weighings and in most of the cases it is 6ossible to tell whether the odd ball is heavier or lighter. Dnly in one case% it is not 6ossible to tell the odd ball is whether heavier or lighter. 1. Ta7e ) balls and weigh 4 against 4. o /f both are not equal% goto ste6 ' o /f both are equal% goto ste6 3

'. Dne of these ) balls is the odd one. 0ame the balls on heavier side of the scale as .1% .'% .3 and .4. imilarly% name the balls on the lighter side of the scale as +1% +'% +3 and +4. 2ither one of .8s is heavier or one of +8s is lighter. Geigh

!.1% .'% +1# against !.3% .4% X# where X is one ball from the remaining 5 balls in intial weighing.
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/f both are equal% one of +'% +3% +4 is lighter. Geigh +' against +3. /f both are equal% +4 is the odd ball and is lighter. /f +' is light% +' is the odd ball and is lighter. /f +3 is light% +3 is the odd ball and is lighter.

/f !.1% .'% +1# is heavier side on the scale% either .1 or .' is heavier. Geight .1 against .' /f both are equal% there is some error. /f .1 is heavy% .1 is the odd ball and is heavier. /f .' is heavy% .' is the odd ball and is heavier.

/f !.3% .4% X# is heavier side on the scale% either .3 or .4 is heavier or +1 is lighter. Geight .3 against .4 /f both are equal% +1 is the odd ball and is lighter. /f .3 is heavy% .3 is the odd ball and is heavier. /f .4 is heavy% .4 is the odd ball and is heavier.

3. Dne of the remaining 5 balls is the odd one. 0ame the balls as -1% -'% -3% -4% -5. Geight !-1% -'% -3# against !X1% X'% X3# where X1% X'% X3 are any three balls from the first weighing of ) balls.
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/f both are equal% one of remaining ' balls is the odd i.e. either -4 or -5. Geigh -4 with X1 /f both are equal% -5 is the odd ball. $ut you can not tell whether it is heavier or lighter. /f -4 is heavy% -4 is the odd ball and is heavier. /f -4 is light% -4 is the odd ball and is lighter.

/f !-1% -'% -3# is heavier side% one of -1% -'% -3 is the odd ball and is heavier. Geigh -1 and -'. /f both are equal% -3 is the odd ball and is heavier. /f -1 is heavy% -1 is the odd ball and is heavier. /f -' is heavy% -' is the odd ball and is heavier.

/f !-1% -'% -3# is lighter side% one of -1% -'% -3 is the odd ball and is lighter. Geigh -1 and -'. /f both are equal% -3 is the odd ball and is heavier. /f -1 is light% -1 is the odd ball and is lighter. /f -' is light% -' is the odd ball and is lighter.

.ow many squares are there in a 5 inch by 5 inch square gridB 0ote that the grid is made u6 of one inch by one inch squares. Submitted by : Kristin onroe Answer There are // s9uares in a / 3. / grid. There are '5 squares of one grid. There are 1( squares of four grids i.e. ' by ' There are , squares of nine grids i.e. 3 by 3 There are 4 squares of siAteen grids i.e. 4 by 4 There is 1 square of twenty"five girds i.e. 5 by 5 .ence% there are total '5 9 1( 9 , 9 4 9 1 & 55 squares. Iou must have noticed one thing that total number squares 6ossible of each siCe is always a 6erfact square i.e. '5% 1(% ,% 4% 1 For a grid of 0 by 0% the 6ossible number of squares are & 0' 9 !0 " 1#' 9 !0 " '#' 9 !0 " 3#' 9 ......... 9 3' 9 '' 9 1' For 1 by 1 grid% total squares & 1' & 1 For ' by ' grid% total squares & '' 9 1' & 5 For 3 by 3 grid% total squares & 3' 9 '' 9 1' & 14 For 4 by 4 grid% total squares & 4' 9 3' 9 '' 9 1' & 34 For 5 by 5 grid% total squares & 5' 9 4' 9 3' 9 '' 9 1' & 55 Five horses ran in the race. There were no ties. i7andar did not come first. tar was neither first nor last. Eughal Olory came in one 6lace after i7andar. JoCo was not second. >angila was two 6lace below JoCo. /n what order did the horses finishB Answer /t8s sim6le. +et8s find the 6ossible 6laces horses can finish. Qossibilities are1

i7andar " '%3%4 !not 5th as Eughal Olory came one 6lace after him# tar " '%3%4 Eughal Olory " 3%4%5 JoCo " 1%3 !not 4th @ 5th as >angila is two 6lace after him# >angila " 3%5 o the result is1 1 JoCo ' tar 3 >angila 4 i7andar 5 Eughal Olory /f you added together the number of '8s in each of the following sets of numbers% which set would contain the most '8s1 1"333% 334"(((% or ((=",,,B Answer 1*333 The reason why is because '44"',, each begins with a 'R /f one 6erson sends the e"mail to two friends% as7ing each of them to co6y the mail and send it to two of their friends% those in turn send it to two of their friends and so on. .ow many e"mails would have been sent by the time it did 34 setsB Answer 2147483-4First 6erson sent the mail to ' 6ersons. Those ' sent the mail to ' 6ersons each% total 4 6ersons. 0ow% those 4 6erson sent mail to total ) 6ersons% then ) to 1( 6ersons% 1( to 3' 6ersons and so on.... .ence% it a series of '% 4% )% 1(% 3' u6to 34 numbers /t is a Oeometric series with common ratio ' and first number is also '. ummation of such series is given by A * !>n " 1# < !> " 1# where A & First term > & -ommon >atio n & total numbers o total number of times mail sent by the time it did 34 sets & ' * !'34 " 1# < !' " 1# & ' * !14=3=41)'4 " 1# & ' * 14=3=41)'3 & '14=4)3(4( $rain Teaser 0o 1 4434=

At the entrance to a members club stands a stranger see7ing admission. A friend told him that it8s easy to get in. Iou Fust have to answer a question corrcetlyR Answering wrong% however% will result in being shotR To live a little longer% the man waits in a bac7 alley near the entrance for 6eo6le to go in. After a while a man comes to the entrance. The door warden as7s him1 HTwelveBH to which he re6lies H iARH and goes in. HThat8s easy.H our friend thin7s% but he waits a little longer. Another man comes to the door. H iABH the door warden as7s% to which he re6lies HThreeRH and goes in. HThat8s too good to be trueH our friend thin7s% and he was right. $ecause% when as7ed HFourBH% he answered HTwoRH and was found dead in the alley. Ghat was the correct answerB Submitted by : ilind Gada!"ar Answer The correct answer was LKourL. The answer is the number of letters in the word s6o7en by the door warden. HTwelveH contains H iAH letters i.e. T% G% 2% +% M% 2 H iAH contains HThreeH letters i.e. % /% X imilarly% HFourH contains HFourH letters i.e. F% D% ?% > There is a 6erfect s6here of diameter 44 cms. resting u6 against a 6erfectly straight wall and a 6erfectly straight floor i.e. the wall and the floor ma7e a 6erfect right angle. -an a 6erfect s6here of diameter = cms. 6ass through the s6ace between the big s6here% the wall and the floorB u66ort your answer with valid arguments. *on8t submit Fust HIesH or H0oH. ubmit Answer ?sers Answer !'3# $rainMista Answer QuCCle A Friend Add to Favourite

For the sa7e of sim6licity% consider two"dimension i.e view s6here as a two dimensional circle with diameter 44 cms. Krom Kigure ?% !44 cms diameter s6here# D-' & D*' 9 -*' D-' & '4' 9 '4' D- & ').')4'= cms Also% X is the closest 6oint to origin D on the s6here. -X & '4 cms !radius# DX & D- " -X DX & ').')4'= " '4 DX & ).')4'= cms Krom Kigure ??% != cms diameter s6here# DQ' & DT' 9 QT' DQ' & !3.5#' 9 !3.5#' DQ & 4.,4,=4 cms Also% I is the farthest 6oint to origin D on the s6here. QI & 3.5 cms !radius# DI & DQ 9 QI DI & 4.,4,=4 9 3.5 DI & ).44,=4 cms 0ow% as DI K DX i.e. smaller s6here requires more s6ace than the s6ace available. .ence% smaller s6here of = cms diameter can not 6ass through the s6ace between the big s6here% the wall and the floor. The pu,,le can 3e solved 3. another method. *raw a line tangent to the big s6here at the 6oint X such that X is the closest 6oint to the origin D on s6here. The tanget will cut X and I aAes at A and $ res6ectively such that DA&D$. : ee Fig ///; From above% DX&).')4'= cms.

From the right angle triangle DA$% we can deduct that DA & D$ & 11.=15=' cms A$ & 1(.5()54 cms 0ow% the diameter of the inscribed circle of right angle triangle is given by d & a 9 b " c where a 3& b 3 c The maAimum 6ossible diameter of the circle which can 6ass through the s6ace between the big s6here% the wall and the floor is & DA 9 D$ " A$ & 11.=15=' 9 11.=15=' " 1(.5()54 & (.)(',1 cms .ence% the s6here with = cms diameter can not 6ass through the s6ace between the big s6here% the wall and the floor. ubmit ?sers $rainMista QuCCle A Add Answer Answer !'3# Answer Friend ari7a multi6lied 414 by certain number and obtained (,,5) as the answer. $ut she found that there is some error in the answer " both the ,s in the answer are wrong and all the other digits are correct. -an you find the correct answerB Answer The correct answer is -08/8. /f you divide (,,5) by 414% you will get 1().,). .ence% assume some three digit number and multi6ly it by 414 and use (**5) as the answer. Assume three digit number such that

*** 414 """"""""""""" *** ***4 ***44 """"""""""""" (**5) /t is obvious that the last digit of the assumed number must be =. **= 414 """"""""""""" **) **=4 **)44 """"""""""""" (**5) 0ow% the second last digit of the assumed number must be 4 or ,. Also% the first digit of the assumed number must be 1 as the first digit of the answer is (. ?sing trial and error for above two conditions% the answer is

14= 414 """"""""""""" 5)) 14=4 5))44 """"""""""""" (4)5) Find the least number which when divided by 35% leaves remainder '5L when divided by 45% leaves remainder 35 and when divided by 55% leaves remainder 45. Answer 34// The answer is +-E of !35% 45% 55# minus 14. +-E of !35% 45% 55# is 34(5. .ence% the answer is 3455. The ratio of $oys to Oirls is (14. (4N of the boys and 44N of the girls ta7e lunch in the canteen. Ghat N of class ta7es lunch in canteenB Answer Assume there are (X boys and 4X Oirls Total tudents ta7ing lunch in canteen & !(X#!(4<144# 9 !4X#!44<144# & 3(!X<14# 9 1(!X<14# & 5'!X<14# Total students are & (X 9 4X & 14X N of class ta7ing lunch in canteen & !!5'X<14# * 144 # < 14X & 5' N /n the following multi6lication% certain digits have been re6laced with asteris7s !*#. >e6lace all the asteris7s such that the 6roblem holds the result.

* * = X 3 * * """""""""" * 4 * 3 * 1 * * 5 * """"""""""""" * = * * 3 Answer A sim6le one. 1 1 = X 3 1 , """""""""" 1 4 5 3 1 1 = 3 5 1 """"""""""""" 3 = 3 ' 3 .ow long would it ta7e you to count 1 billion orally if you could count '44 every minute and were given a day off every four yearsB Assume that you start counting on 1 Xanuary '441. SubmitteAnswer (ears' 187 Da.s' / Jours' 20 minutes As you can count '44 6er minute% to count 1 billion you require & 1%444%444%444<'44 minutes & 5%444%444 minutes & )3%333.3333 hours & 3%4='.'''' days

& ,.51',3= years & , Iears% 1)= *ays% 5 .ours% '4 minutes 0ote that a day off every four year will be a +ea6 day. .ence% no need to consider lea6 year. dFive students " A7ash% -hintan% Xignesh% Eu7und and Men7y " a66eared for an eAam. There were total five questions " two multi6le choice !a% b or c# and three true<false questions. They answered five questions each and answered as follow. / // /// /M M """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" -hintan A7ash Xignesh Eu7und Men7y c b c c a c b b a b True True True False True True

False True True True True True False False True

"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Also% no two students got the same number of correct answers. -an you tell which are the correct answersB Ghat are their individual scoreB Answer The correct answers are 3' a' True' Kalse and Kalse. Also' the scores are Gignesh ;0<' A+ash ;1<' %hintan ;2<' 0en+. ;3< and !u+und ;4<. As no two students got the same number of correct answers% the total number of correct answers must be either 15 !19'939495# or 14 !4919'9394#. +et8s find out the maAimum number of correct answers 6ossible from the answers given by them. For Tuestion / & ' !b or c# For Tuestion // & ' !b or c# For Tuestion /// & 4 !True# For Tuestion /M & 4 !True# For Tuestion M & 3 !True# Thus% the maAimum number of correct answers 6ossible are 15 !'9'949493# which means that A7ash would have given all correct answers as only he answered True for questions ///% /M and M. $ut then -hintan and Xignesh would have eAactly 3 correct answers. And also% Eu7und and Men7y would have ' correct answers. o no one got all

five correct. Dne can also arrive at this conclusion by trial"and"error% but that would be bit lengthy. 0ow% it is clear that total number of correct answers are 14 !4919'9394#. Tuestions /// and /M both can not be False. /f so% total number of correct answers would not be 14. o the student who got all wrong can not be -hintan% A7ash and Eu7und. /f Men7y got all wrong% then -hintan% Xignesh and Eu7und each would have atleast ' correct answers. /t means that A7ash would have to be the student with only one correct answer and the correct answers for questions / and // would be a and a res6ectively. $ut then the total number of correct answers would be 1 !a# 9 1 !a# 9 1 !False# 9 4 !True# 9 ' !Flase# & ,. Thus% Xignesh is the student with all wrong answers. The correct answers are b% a% True% False and False. Also% the scores are Xignesh !4#% A7ash !1#% -hintan !'#% Men7y !3# and Eu7und !4#. 2leven boys and girls wait to ta7e their seats in the same row in a movie theater. There are eAactly 11 seats in the row. They decided that after the first 6erson sits down% the neAt 6erson has to sit neAt to the first. The third sits neAt to one of the first two and so on until all eleven are seated. /n other words% no 6erson can ta7e a seat that se6arates him<her from at least one other 6erson. .ow many different ways can this be accom6lishedB 0ote that the first 6erson can choose any of the 11 seats. Answer There are 1024 different wa.s. This is the ty6e of $rain Teaser that can be solved using the method of induction. /f there is Fust a one 6erson and one seat% that 6erson has only one o6tion. /f there are two 6ersons and two seats% it can be accom6lished in ' different ways. /f there are three 6ersons and three seats% it can be accom6lished in 4 different ways. >emember that no 6erson can ta7e a seat that se6arates him<her from at least one other 6erson. imilarly% four 6ersons and four seats 6roduce ) different ways. And five 6ersons with five seats 6roduce 1( different ways. /t can be seen that with each additional 6erson and seat% the different ways increase by the 6ower of two. For siA 6ersons with siA seats% there are 3' different ways.

For any number 0% the different 6ossible ways are '!0"1# Thus% for 11 6ersons and 11 seats% total different ways are '14 i.e. 14'4 The secret agent X emailed a code word to his head office. They are HA/E *?2 DAT T/2 ED*H. $ut four of these five words are fa7e and only one contains the information. The agent X also mailed a sentence as a clue " if / tell you any one character of the code word% you would be able to tell the number of vowels in the code word. -an you tell which is the code wordB Answer The code word is T?$. /f you were told any one character of ED*% then you would not be able to determine whether the number of vowels are one or two. e.g. if you were told E% there are two words with E " A/E with ' vowels and ED* with 1 vowel. o you would not be able to say the number of vowels. ame arguments can be given for characters D and *. .ence% the word with any one of E% D or * is not a code word i.e. A/E% *?2% DAT and ED* are not the code word. Thus% T/2 is the code word. T 1 two words " T/2 and DAT% both with ' vowels / 1 two words " T/2 and A/E% both with ' vowels 2 1 two words " T/2 and *?2% both with ' vowels. $rain Teaser 0o 1 443(1 Four men " Abraham% $obby% -linton and *enial " are standing in a straight line. 1. Dne man is fair% handsome and unscarred. '. Two men who are not fair% are each standing neAt to Abraham. 3. $obby is the only man standing neAt to eAactly one handsome man. 4. -linton is the only man not standing neAt to eAactly one scarred man. Gho is fair% handsome and unscarredB

Answer %linton is fair' handsome and unscarred. From !'#% both the men standing neAt to Abraham are not fair. Also% eAactly one man is fair% handsom and unscarred. .ence% there are two cases1 -ase 1 11 B !0% B% B# 1 Abraham !I% I% 0# 1 B !0% B% B# 1 B !B% B% B# -ase ' 11 B !0% B% B# 1 Abraham !B% B% B# 1 B !0% B% B# 1 B !I% I% 0#

0ote the re6resentation " 0ame !Fair% .andsome% carred#. HIH stands for Ies and H0H stabds for 0o. Abraham !I% I% 0# means Abraham is Fair% .andsome and ?nscarred. /t is clear that either Abraham or the man at the eAtreme right is fair% handsome and unscarred. From !4#% it is deduced that -linton is standing neAt to unscarred man and each of the other men standing neAt to eAactly one scarred man. -ase 1 11 -linton !0% B% 0# 1 Abraham !I% I% 0# 1 B !0% B% I# 1 B !B% B% I# -ase ' 11 B !0% B% I# 1 Abraham !B% B% I# 1 B !0% B% 0# 1 -linton !I% I% 0# From !3#% $obby is the only man standing neAt to eAactly one handsome man. $ut in -ase 1% -linton is standing neAt to eAactly one handsome man. .ence% -ase 1 is not 6ossible and -ase ' is the correct one. -ase ' 11 B !0% B% I# 1 Abraham !B% B% I# 1 B !0% B% 0# 1 -linton !I% I% 0# Again from !3# and !4#% there are ' 6ossibilities as shown below. -ase 'a 11 *enial !0% 0% I# 1 Abraham !B% 0% I# 1 $obby !0% 0% 0# 1 -linton !I% I% 0# -ase 'b 11 $obby !0% 0% I# 1 Abraham !B% I% I# 1 *enial !0% 0% 0# 1 -linton !I% I% 0# Thus% -linton is fair% handsome and unscarred. Also% Abraham may be either fair or not fair. An orange colored glass has Drange Fuice and white colored glass has A66le Fuice both of equal volumes. 54ml of the orange Fuice is ta7en and 6oured into the white glass. After that similarly% 54ml from the white glass is 6oured into the orange glass. Df the two quantities% the amount of a66le Fuice in the orange glass and the amount of orange Fuice in the white glass% which one is greater and by how muchB Answer The two 9uantities are e9ual. olve it by ta7ing eAam6le. +et8s assume that both glasses contain 454 ml of Fuice each. 0ow% 54ml of the orange Fuice is ta7en and 6oured into the Ghite glass. .ence% orange colored glass contains 444 ml of Drange Fuice and white glass contains 454 ml of A66le Fuice and 54 ml of Drange Fuice i.e. total of 544 ml from white glass contains 454 ml of A66le Fuice and 54 ml of Drange Fuice. /t means that ever. /0 ml from white glass contains 4/ ml of Apple #uice and / ml of 7range #uice. imilary% 54 ml of Fuice from white glass is 6oured into orange glass. 0ow this 54 ml is not a 6ure a66le Fuice. /t contains 45 ml of A66le Fuice and 5 ml of Drange Fuice.

.ence% Drange glass contains 445 ml of Drange Fuice and 45 ml of A66le Fuice. imilary% white glass contains 445 ml of A66le Fuice and 45 ml of Drange Fuice. 7range Alass Drange Xuice /nitially 54 ml from Drange Olass is 6oured into Ghite Olass 54 ml from Ghite Olass is 6oured into Drange Olass 454 ml 444 ml 445 ml A66le Xuice 4 ml 4 ml 45 ml Ihite Alass Drange Xuice 4 ml 54 ml 45 ml A66le Xuice 454 ml 454 ml 445 ml

0ow it is clear that the amount of a66le Fuice in the orange glass and the amount of orange Fuice in the white glass are the same. Q. . .ere we assumed 454 ml as initial quantity in both the glasses Fust for sim6licity. Iou can try the same by assuming any other number. $ut the answer is the same. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44433 Annie% $unnie% -andy and *ina visited 2dy on 14th February. 1. The time of each visit was as follows1 " Annie at )144 " $unnie at ,144 " -andy at 14144 " *ina at 11144 2ach time mentioned above may be either AE or QE. '. -andy did not visit 2dy between $unnie and *ina. 3. At least one female visited 2dy between Annie and $unnie. 4. Annie did not visit 2dy before both -andy and *ina. -an you tell at what time did they individually visit 2dyB

Answer "unnie ; 400A!< * Dina ;11400A!< * Annie ;8400E!< * %and. ;10400E!< From the given data% it is clear that at least one female visited 2dy in the morning and at least one female visited 2dy in the evening. Also% from !4#% Annie did not visit 2dy first. /t means that Annie visited 2dy at )144 QE

From !3#% $unnie must have visited 2dy at ,144 AE. Also% either -andy or *ina or both visited 2dy in the morning. $ut from !'#% only *ina must have visited 2dy in the morning at 11144 AE and hence% -andy visited 2dy at 14144 QE. The order of visits must be1 $unnie !,144AE# " *ina !11144AE# " Annie !)144QE# " -andy !14144QE# /n training for a com6etition% you find that swimming downstream !with the current# in a river% you can swim ' miles in 44 minutes% @ u6stream !against the current#% you can swim ' miles in (4 minutes. .ow long would it ta7e you to swim a mile in still waterB Answer Iou are able to swim downstream at 3 miles an hour% @ u6stream at ' miles an hour. There is a difference of 1 mile an hour% which is the river hel6ing you in 1 direction% @ slowing you in the other direction. Average the ' rates% @ you have the rate that you can swim in still water% which is '.5 miles an hour. Iou can thus swim a mile in still water in '4 minutes. Father8s age is three years more than three times the son8s age. After three years% father8s age will be ten years more than twice the son8s age. Ghat is the father8s 6resent ageB Answer +et son8s 6resent age is X years. .ence% father8s 6resent age is !3X 9 3# years. After 3 years% son8s age will be !X 9 3# years. and father8s age will be !3X 9 (# years. $ut given that after 3 years father8s age will be ten years more than twice the son8s age. !3X 9 (# & ' * !X 9 3# 9 14 3X 9 ( & 'X 9 1( X & 14 Therefore% father8s 6resent age is 33 years. ubmit ?sers $rai

Answer $rain Teaser 0o 1 445=4

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A is the father of two children " $ and * who are of different seAes. - is $8s s6ouse. 2 is the same seA as *. $ and - have the two children " F who is the same seA as $ and O who is the same seA as -. 28s mother% . who is married to +% is the sister of *8s mother% E. 2 and 28s s6ouse% / have two children " X and S who are the same seA as /.

0ote that no 6ersons have married more than once. Also% there are more number of females than males. -an you tell how many females are thereB

Answer There are 7 females and - males. Assume that there are four seAes " male% female% X and I. Qre6are the following tree based on the data given 1 sister +!m# " .!f# """""""""""""""""""" E!f# " A!m# P P 2!A# " /!y# P P X!y# S!y# P P *!A# $!y# " -!A# P P F!y# O!A#

/t is clear that there are altogether 13 6ersons " ' males% ' females% 4 Xs and 5 Is. /t is given that there are more number of females than male. .ence% all I must re6resent female. Thus% there are = females and ( males. A 6ositive integer that% when added to 1444 gives a sum which is greater than when multi6lied by 1444.

Find the 6ositive integer. Answer The positive integer is 1. um of 1 and 1444 & 1 9 1444 & 1441 Eulti6lication of 1 and 1444 & 1 * 1444 & 1444 Thus% sum of 1 and 1444 is greater than the multi6lication of 1 and 1444. Er. *8souCa has bought four cars " Eerc% .onda% Ford% Jen " as 6resents for his sons8 birthdays% all of which are neAt wee7. Oiven the following information% what will each son getB Alan will not get the .onda unless $arry gets the Eerc and *enCil gets the Ford. $arry will not get the Ford unless -arl gets the Jen and Alan gets the Eerc. *enCil will not get the Jen unless Alan gets the .onda and $arry gets the Eerc. Alan will not get the Eerc unless -arl gets the Jen and *enCil gets the Ford. $arry will not get the Eerc unless Alan gets the Jen and *enCil gets the Ford. Alan will not get the Jen unless $arry gets the .onda and -arl gets the Eerc. -arl will not get the Jen unless $arry gets the .onda and Alan gets the Ford. Alan will not get the Ford unless $arry gets the Jen and *enCil gets the .onda. -arl will not get the Eerc unless *enCil gets the .onda. Answer +et8s 6ut given , information in a table. The 6erson in "old Kont will not get the corres6onding car unless the 6ersons in 0ormal Font get the corres6onding cars. Also% the 6erson will #tali$s will get the remaining car. !erc Jonda 1 $arry ' Alan Alan Kord *enCil )en Carl -arl Den,il -arl Alan Alan %arl $arry B

Den%il "arr. Alan Barry Carl $arry $arry *enCil *enCil Carl *enCil *enCil Den%il Alan Alan B

3 $arry 4 Alan

5 "arr. ( -arl

= Den%il ) , Carl %arl

0ow% let8s assume that Alan gets the Eerc. Then from !4#% $arry gets the .onda% *enCil gets the Ford and -arl gets the Jen. $ut from !=#% -arl will not get the Jen unless $arry gets the .onda and Alan gets the Ford. Thus% it contradicts the original assum6tion. .ence% Alan will not get the Eerc. +et8s assume that Alan gets the .onda. Then from !1#% $arry gets the Eerc% *enCil gets the Ford and -arl gets the Jen. $ut from !5# or from !=#% it contradicts the original assum6tion. .ence% Alan will not get the .onda. +et8s assume that Alan gets the Ford. Then from !)#% -arl gets the Eerc% *enCil gets the Ford and $arry gets the Jen " which does not contradict any of the statement. imilaly% you can assume that Alan gets the Jen. !which is contradictory to !,## .ence% Alan gets the Ford% $arry gets the Jen% -arl gets the Eerc and *enCil gets the .onda. Iesterday in a 6arty% / as7ed Er. hah his birthday. Gith a mischievous glint in his eyes he re6lied. HThe day before yesterday / was )3 years old and neAt year / will be )(.H -an you figure out what is the *ate of $irth of Er. hahB Assume that the current year is '444. Answer !r. :hahPs date of 3irth is 31 Decem3er' 1 1/ Today is 1 Xanuary% '444. The day before yesterday was 34 *ecember% 1,,, and Er. hah was )3 on that day. Today i.e. 1 Xanuary% '444 " he is )4. Dn 31 *ecember '444% he will be )5 and neAt year i.e. 31 *ecember% '441 " he will be )(. .ence% the date of birth is 31 *ecember% 1,15. Eany 6eo6le do thin7 of +ea6 year and date of birth as ',th February as '444 is the +ea6 year and there is difference of 3 years in Er. hah8s age. $ut that is not the answer. $rain Teaser 0o 1 44)44 There are 4 mathematicians " $rahma% achin% Qrashant and 0a7ul " having lunch in a hotel. uddenly% $rahma thin7s of ' integer numbers greater than 1 and says% HThe sum of the numbers is...H and he whis6ers the sum to achin. Then he says% HThe 6roduct of the numbers is...H and he whis6ers the 6roduct to Qrashant. After that following conversation ta7es 6lace 1 achin 1 Qrashant% / don8t thin7 that we 7now the numbers. Qrashant 1 AhaR% now / 7now the numbers. achin 1 Dh% now / also 7now the numbers.

0a7ul 1 0ow% / also 7now the numbers. Ghat are the numbersB 2A6lain your answer. Submitted Answer The num3ers are 4 and 13. As achin is initially confident that they !i.e. he and Qrashant# don8t 7now the numbers% we can conclude that " 1# The sum must not be eA6ressible as sum of two 6rimes% otherwise achin could not have been sure in advance that Qrashant did not 7now the numbers. '# The 6roduct cannot be less than 1'% otherwise there would only be one choice and Qrashant would have figured that out also. uch 6ossible sum are " 11% 1=% '3% '=% ',% 35% 3=% 41% 4=% 51% 53% 5=% 5,% (5% (=% =1% ==% =,% )3% )=% ),% ,3% ,5% ,=% 141% 14=% 113% 11=% 11,% 1'1% 1'3% 1'5% 1'=% 131% 135% 13=% 143% 145% 14=% 14,% 155% 15=% 1(1% 1(3% 1(=% 1=1% 1=3% 1==% 1=,% 1)5% 1)=% 1),% 1,1% 1,=% .... +et8s eAamine them one by one. /f the sum of two numbers is 11% achin will thin7 that the numbers would be !'%,#% !3%)#% !4%=# or !5%(#. achin 1 HAs 11 is not eA6ressible as sum of two 6rimes% Qrashant can8t 7now the numbers.H .ere% the 6roduct would be 1)!'*,#% '4!3*)#% ')!4*=# or 34!5*(#. /n all the cases eAce6t for 6roduct 34% Qrashant would 7now the numbers. " if 6roduct of two numbers is 1)1 Qrashant 1 H ince the 6roduct is 1)% the sum could be either 11!'%,# or ,!3%(#. $ut if the sum was ,% achin would have deduced that / might 7now the numbers as !'%=# is the 6ossible 6rime numbers 6air. .ence% the numbers must be ' and ,.H !D> in otherwords% , is not in the Qossible um +ist# " if 6roduct of two numbers is '41 Qrashant 1 H ince the 6roduct is '4% the sum could be either 14!'%1'#% 11!3%)# or 14!4%(#. $ut 14 and 14 are not in the Qossible um +ist. .ence% the numbers must be 3 and ).H " if 6roduct of two numbers is ')1 Qrashant 1 H ince the 6roduct is ')% the sum could be either 1(!'%14# or 11!4%=#. $ut 1( is not in the Qossible um +ist. .ence% the numbers must be 4 and =.H

" if 6roduct of two numbers is 341 Qrashant 1 H ince the 6roduct is 34% the sum could be either 1=!'%15#% 13!3%14# or 11!5%(#. $ut 13 is not in the Qossible um +ist. .ence% the numbers must be either !'%15# or !5%(#.H .ere% Qrashant won8t be sure of the numbers. .ence% Qrashant will be sure of the numbers if 6roduct is either 1)% '4 or '). achin 1 H ince Qrashant 7nows the numbers% they must be either !3%)#% !4%=# or !5%(#.H $ut he won8t be sure. .ence% the sum is not 11. ummerising data for sum 111 Eossi3le :um E17D>%T Eossi3le :um '9, 39) 1) '4 '9,&11 !6ossible# 39(&, '91'&14 39)&11 !6ossible# 49(&14 '91'&14 39)&11 !6ossible# 49(&14 '915&1= !6ossible# 3914&13 59(&11 !6ossible#

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Following the same 6rocedure for 1=1 Eossi3le :um E17D>%T Eossi3le :um '915 34 '915&1= !6ossible# 3914& 13 59(&11 !6ossible# '9'1&'3 !6ossible# 3914&1= !6ossible# (9=&13 '9'(&') 4913&1= !6ossible# '934&3' 39'4&'3 !6ossible# 4915&1, 591'&1= !6ossible# (914&1(

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.ere% Qrashant will be sure of the numbers if the 6roduct is 5'. achin 1 H ince Qrashant 7nows the numbers% they must be !4%13#.H For all other numbers in the Qossible um +ist% Qrashant might be sure of the numbers but achin won8t. .ere is the ste6 by ste6 eA6laination1 achin 1 HAs the sum is 1=% two numbers can be either !'%15#% !3%14#% !4%13#% !5%1'#% !(%11#% !=%14# or !)%,#. Also% as none of them is a 6rime numbers 6air% Qrashant won8t be 7nowing numbers either.H Qrashant 1 H ince achin is sure that both of us don8t 7now the numbers% the sum must be one of the Qossible um +ist. Further% as the 6roduct is 5'% two numbers can be either !'%'(# or !4%13#. $ut if they were !'%'(#% achin would not have been sure in advance that / don8t 7now the numbers as ') !'9'(# is not in the Qossible um +ist. .ence% two numbers are 4 and 13.H achin 1 HAs Qrashant now 7nows both the numbers% out of all 6ossible 6roducts " 34!'%15#% 4'!3%14#% 5'!4%13#% (4!5%1'#% ((!(%11#% =4!=%14#% ='!)%,# " there is one 6roduct for which list of all 6ossible sum contains D0+I D02 sum from the Qossible um +ist. And also% no such two lists eAist. :see table above for 1=; .ence% two numbers are 4 and 13.H 0a7ul figured out both the numbers Fust as we did by observing the conversation between achin and Qrashant. /t is interesting to note that there are no other such two numbers. Ge chec7ed all the 6ossible sums till 544 RRR ubstitute digits for the letters to ma7e the following subtraction 6roblem true.

A 0 T A " - + A ? """"""""""""""""" X E A 0ote that the leftmost letter can8t be Cero in any word. Also% there must be a one"to"one ma66ing between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter E% no other letter can be 3 and all other E in the 6uCCle must be 3. Answer Dne of the sim6lest brain teaser as there are total '( 6ossible answers. /t is obvious that &-91. ince A" & % it is clear that A&'* or '*s"14. Also% + and X are interchangeable. :A2TA * %BA>: 5 &!A: '4434 '4434 '44=4 '44=4 '4534 '4534 '4=,4 '4=,4 '4)44 '4)44 '4,=4 '4,=4 3()4( 3()4( 3(15( 3(15( " 1(4,' " 1=4,' " 1543' " 1)43' " 1(4,' " 1)4,' " 1(45' " 1)45' " 154(' " 1,4(' " 1(43' " 1)43' " '=(43 " ',(43 " '=(,3 " ')(,3 & =54' & (54' & )(4' & 5(4' & )44' & (44' & )34' & (34' & ,34' & 534' & )54' & (54' & ,1(3 & =1(3 & )4(3 & =4(3

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