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Tall Men Next Door
Nex door to me live four brothers of different
heights. Their average height is 74 inches, and the
difference in height amongst the first three men is two
inches. The difference between the third and the fourth
man is six inches.
Can you tell how tall is each brother?
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A Matter of Time
F ifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes
past three o’clock, how many minutes is it to six
o'clock?
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Brothers and Sisters
A family | know has several children. Each boy in this
family has as many sisters as brothers but each girl has
twice as many brothers as sisters.
How many brothers and sisters are there?
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Around the Equator
Tuo identical trains, at the equator start travelling
round the world in opposite directions. They start
together. run at the same speed and are on different
tracks.
Which train will wear out its wheel treads first?
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‘Over the Golden Gate
Wire in San Francisco some time back, I hired a
car to drive over the Golden Gate bridge. I started in
the afternoon when there was no traffic rush. So |
could drive at a speed of 40 miles an hour. While
returning. however. | got caught in the traffic rush and
I could only manage to drive at a speed of 25 miles an
hour.
What was my average speed for the round tnp?
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The Digits and Square Numbers
Au the nine digits are arranged here so as'to form
four squate numbers:
9 81, 324, 576
How would you put them together so as to forma
single smallest possible square number and a single
largest possible square number?
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