DKC3 2005 WORD PROBLEMS

(5 PTS EACH)

1. Apples
Three people picked 65 apples altogether. At the first tree they each picked the same number of apples. At
the second tree they each picked 3 times as many as they picked at the first tree. When they finished at the
third tree, the group had 5 times as many apples as they had when they started at that tree. At the fourth
tree the group picked just 5 apples. How many apples did each person pick at the first tree?

2. Grandma’s Cakes
You are your way to visit your Grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It's her birthday, and you want
to give her the cakes you've made. Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as
it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that
you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are
carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake. How many cakes do you have to
leave home with to make sure that you arrive at Grandma's with exactly 2 cakes?

3. Snail Pail
At dawn on Monday a snail fell into a bucket that was 12 inches deep. During the day it climbed up 3
inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches. On what day of the week did the snail finally
manage to climb out of the bucket?

4. Nuts
If Fred the Squirrel can find one nut in 15 minutes and Jane the Squirrel can find one nut in 12 minutes.
How many nuts will they accumulate in a day if they work together? Bearing in mind their daughter,
Teresa, takes 20 minutes to eat a nut and she eats all day long!

5. Count Off
The girls in gym class today sat around a large circle and spaced themselves evenly. The gym teacher asked
them to count aloud in order, starting with 1, 2, 3, and so on. When they were finished counting, the girl
who was 21st was sitting directly across from the girl who was 7th. How many girls were sitting around
the circle?

6. The Fly and The Flea

A fly and a flea are trapped in a flue
said the fly to the flea 'to flee is some number times 3'
Said the flea to the fly 'but 3 squared is too high'
responds the fly 'but it'll also do to have some number times 2'
'Agreed' said the flea 'Then so it shall be'
So now it is up to you.
How far must the fly and the flea fly to flee the flue?

7. Decode the Secret Message

The CIA has intercepted a secret message from Osama bin Laden. The CIA knows that the message contains
plans for terrorist attacks on four different countries. However, the four countries have been encoded
using a method that the CIA cannot seem to figure out. Below are the encoded four countries, your job is to
decode them.
eocqphcffzc urybgafngdp eejqktpxc mdgmpkaqc
8. Ewok Time
Ewoks, being the intelligent creatures that they are, have devised a metric time system that is superior to the
standard time system. The Ewoks decided that one Ewok minute should equal to 10 seconds (10 seconds of
the old time standard). The remaining Ewok time units are defined as follows:
An Ewok hour is 10 Ewok minutes.
An Ewok day is 10 Ewok hours.
An Ewok week is 10 Ewok days.
An Ewok year is 10 Ewok weeks.

If you meet an Ewok who is 32349 Ewok years old, how old is the Ewok in standard years? In this problem,
assume that a standard year is equal to 365 standard days. Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a year.

9. Ball Drop
You are on a foreign planet and drop a ball from a height of 50 meters with no initial velocity. The ball hits
the planet after 5 seconds (assume that the only force acting on the ball is the planets gravity). The gravity
equation governing the balls movement is the same as on earth (D = ½ * G * t2, where D is the distance
traveled, G is the gravitational force, and t is the time in seconds). How long will it take the ball to hit the
ground if you drop it from 20 meters? Remember, the gravitational constant on this planet is not
necessarily the same as on earth. Give your answer to the nearest hundredth.

10. Science Fair

Isaac and Albert were excitedly describing the result of the Third Annual International Science Fair
Extravaganza in Sweden. There were three contestants: Louis, Rene, and Johannes. Isaac reported that Louis
won the fair, while Rene came in second. Albert, on the other hand, reported that Johannes won the fair,
while Louis came in second. In fact, neither Isaac nor Albert had given a correct report of the results of the
science fair. Each of them had given one correct statement and one false statement. What was the actual
placing of the three contestants?

11. Family Reunion

At a family reunion were the following people: one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two
mothers, four children, three grandchildren, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one father-
in-law, one mother-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. But not as many people attended as it sounds. How
many were there, and who were they?

12. Flowers
All of my flowers except two are roses. All of my flowers except two are tulips. All of my flowers except two
are daisies. How many flowers do I have?
13. Father and Son
A father is four times as old as his son. In twenty years, he'll be twice as old. How old are they now?

14. Houses
Along one side of a street there are five houses. These houses are occupied by Jimmy, Gerald, Bill, George,
Richard. The greenhouse in Bill’s yard is a different color than Richard’s house. When George looks out of
the windows on each side of his house he can see a house of a primary color. The colors of the five houses
are brown, red, blue, white and purple. The red house is to the right of the blue house. The brown house
has steel siding while the purple house is made of brick. The addresses of the houses are 1580, 1590 1600,
1610 and 1620 Pennsylvania Avenue. The purple house is to the left of the brown house. Jimmy’s house is
across the street from a gray house. Gerald’s house is red. What color is each house?

15. Logic
Answer each of the 8 questions with a letter from A to D.
The word "answer" in the test refers to YOUR answer, not some hypothetical "best" answer.
After choosing the 8 answers score the test by comparing each question with your answers.
Score 1 point for each question answered correctly, 0 otherwise.
Keep re-taking the test, trying to get the highest possible score.
(Of course you must know what the highest possible score is in order to correctly score
the last question!)

(1) The next question with the same answer as this one is:
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
(2) The first question with answer C is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
(3) The last question with answer A is:
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
(4) The number of questions with answer D is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
(5) The answer occurring the most is: (if tied, first alphabetically)
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
(6) The first question with the same answer as the question following it is:
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
(7) The answer occurring the least is: (if tied, last alphabetically)
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
(8) The highest possible score on this test is:
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 6 (D) 8

16. Letter Cubes

In the game of Letter Cubes, a different letter of the alphabet is on each face of each of the 4 cubes so that
24 of the 26 letters of the alphabet, including J, occur. Words are formed by rearranging and turning the
cubes so that the top letters spell a common 4-letter word. The 14 words below have been made using the
cubes.

CAVE
CLEF
DUPE
FARE
FLUB
GREW
HAZY
KITH
LOIN
POEM
RASP
SMUG
TIRE
VARY
Can you recover the 6 letters on each?
17. Algebra Test
On an algebra test, I had seven times as many correct answers as incorrect ones. There were 120 items on
the test, how many did I get right?

18. Bicycles and Tricycles

Last weekend, I went to play in the nearby park. It was real fun! I rode my new bicycle that Mom had gifted
me on my birthday. On reaching the park, I saw that there were a total of 17 bicycles and tricycles. If the
total number of wheels was 43, how many tricycles were there?

19. Grid
Using logic, fill in the appropriate squares in the grid. The numbers at the beginning of each row and
column tell you how many consecutive black squares are in that row or column. For example, 3,5,2 tells
you there will be three groups containing, in order, 3, 5 and 2 consecutive black squares. There will be at
least 1 empty square between each group.

Fill in the squares to find the hidden code.

4 3 1 1 5 5 1 1 4
1 1 1 1 1 1
1 2 1
34
111
311
4
22
111
112
21
2

20. Chickens and Rabbits

There are several chickens and rabbits in a cage (with no other types of animals). There are 72 heads and
200 feet inside the cage. How many chickens and rabbits are there?

21. Hot Dogs

If a boy and a half can eat a hot dog and a half in a minute and a half, how many hot dogs can six boys eat
in six minutes?

22. Kalabunga Cannibals

The Kalabunga Cannibals of Boohla-Boohla Island have the annoying habit of eating each other. One
evening a few of the Kalabungas decided to throw a dinner party. Six cannibals turned up, however, no one
thought to bring any food. After some discussion, the cannibals decided to eat one of the dinner party
members. After drawing straws, someone was selected for everyone to eat, and when he had been eaten,
someone else was selected, and so on. If it took one cannibal two hours on his own to devour one person
(regardless whether the victim’s stomach was full or empty), how long in hours and minutes was it before
just one Kalabunga Cannibal remained?
23. Farmer Bob
Farmer Bob’s corn is full of weeds and it is time for him to spray them. To kill all of the weeds, he will need
to use three herbicides: Steadfast, Banvel, and the old standby Atrazine. He will also add some Amonium
Sulfate to add nitrogen to the corn and crop oil to help the chemicals stick to the plants. Steadfast costs $17
per ounce and ¾ ounce per acre is needed to kill the weeds. Likewise, Banvel costs $67 per gallon and 3
ounces per acre is needed; Atrazine costs $14 per gallon and 6.4 ounces per acre are needed; Amonium
Sulfate costs $.25 per pound and Bob is planning on applying 2 pounds per acre. Crop oil costs $12 per
gallon and 1 gallon is needed for every 100 gallons of water in the spray tank. Assuming Bob’s spray tank
can hold 500 gallons and will spray out 50 acres per load and 1 gallon contains 128 ounces, how much
per acre will it cost Bob to spray his corn?

24. Hackers
There have been a series of instances where someone has been hacking into government computer systems.
Based on evidence gathered from the NSA, CIA and FBI the detectives believe that a pair of hackers, working
together, has been performing the crimes. The detectives have been able to identify five suspects, of which
they’re sure two of them are the pair of hackers. They have allowed the five suspects to make two
statements each. One of the guilty hackers makes two true statements. The other guilty hacker makes two
false statements. Little is known about the truthfulness of the statements made by the other three suspects.

Suspect A:
1. I haven’t hacked into any government systems.
2. B is innocent

Suspect B:
1. I am innocent.
2. E’s first statement is false.

Suspect C:
1. I have no idea who the guilty ones are.
2. D’s statements are both false.

Suspect D:
1. C’s second statement is not true.
2. A is not guilty.

Suspect E:
1. A and B are the hackers you’re looking for.
2. At least one of D’s statements is true.

Which two are the hackers?

25. Squares
Place the numbers 1-8 in the squares below so that no two consecutive numbers are next to each other,
either vertically, horizontally or diagonally.