about solving these problems and what were they like?

Most high-school students and adults

have correct intuition about the first problem (only one line can pass through two points in 2-
dimensional space), incorrect intuitions about the second and third problems (erroneously
assuming that there is a greater probability that the tenth toss will come up heads, and that all
infinities are alike, respectively) and no intuitions about the fourth and fifth problems because
computing percentages and solving polynomials can usually be done by employing procedures