GOUP 3

PUZZLEZ
PROBLEM-SOLVING
 RIDDLES #1
A farmer needs to transport a wolf, a
goat, and a cabbage across a river.
His boat can only carry one item at a
time. If he leaves the wolf with the
goat or the goat with the cabbage
alone on one side of the river, a
disaster will happen. How can the
farmer safely move all three items
across the river?
THE
FARMER'S
DILEMMA
ANSWER
The farmer must make multiple trips, ensuring
that he always takes the goat across first, leaves
it on the other side, returns to get the wolf, and
finally brings the goat back with him. Afterward,
he can take the cabbage across, leave it on the
other side, and return to get the goat. This way,
he can transport all three items without any
harm.
THE THREE SWITCHES PUZZLE #2
PROBLEM
You are in a room with three light switches, each
controlling a different bulb in another room. You
can't see the bulbs and can only enter the other
room once. How can you figure out which
switch corresponds to each bulb?

First, turn one switch on and leave it on for a few

minutes. Then turn it off and switch another one on.
When you enter the other room:
- The lit bulb corresponds to the first switch.
- The bulb that is off but still warm corresponds to
the second switch.
- The bulb that is off and cool corresponds to the
switch you haven't touched.
 THE FOUR 4'S PUZZLE: PUZZLE #3
Using only four 4's and any
mathematical operations, can N R
W
S
you find a way to represent all A E
the numbers from 1 to 100?

This puzzle requires creative math. For instance,

represent 1 as √4 - √4, 2 as 4/4, and so on. Some
numbers may necessitate more intricate operations,
but it's feasible to express all numbers from 1 to
100 using only four 4's.
 RIDDLE #4 THE MISSING
DOLLAR
Three friends pool $30 to pay for a RIDDLE:
hotel room, handing $30 to the hotel
clerk. Later, the clerk realizes the
room's cost is $25, so he gives $5 to ANSWER
the bellboy for the guests. The
bellboy, however, keeps $2 and
returns $1 to each friend. Now, each
friend has paid $9 ($27 in total), and The puzzle is designed to be
the bellboy has $2. What happened to misleading. The friends collectively
the missing dollar? spent $27 ($9 each), and the
bellboy kept $2. There is no
missing dollar.
 E
Two trains are heading toward each other on parallel
tracks. Train A travels at 60 mph, and Train B at 40 mph.
They start 100 miles apart. A bird begins flying from Train E
A towards Train B at 100 mph. When it reaches Train B, it
immediately flies back to Train A, repeating this until the
two trains collide. What's the total distance the bird G
traveled?
Y
PUZZLE #5 THE TWO TRAINS PUZZLE: N

ANSWER R
The time until the trains collide is 1 hour (since their
combined closure rate is 60 mph + 40 mph = 100 mph).
Hence, the bird flies for 1 hour at 100 mph, covering a
total distance of 100 miles.
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