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Riddles!!. KINDLE Class of 2010-2011. Suppose you want to cook an egg for exactly 3 minutes. You have only a 5 minute hourglass timer and a 2 minute hourglass timer . Using these 2 timers, how can you boil the egg for exactly 3 minutes?. Answer??.
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Riddles!! KINDLE Class of 2010-2011
Suppose you want to cook an egg for exactly 3 minutes. You have only a 5 minute hourglass timer and a 2 minute hourglass timer. Using these 2 timers, how can you boil the egg for exactly 3 minutes?
Answer?? Tip both timers over at the same time. When the two minute timer runs out, drop the eggs in and cook them until the 5 minute timer runs out.
With the numbers 123456789, make them add up to 100. They must stay in the same order. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Remember, they have to stay in the same order !!!
Answer?? 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+(8x9)=100
A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and the staff and got these alibis. • -The wife said she was sleeping. • The gardener was picking vegetables. • The maid was getting the mail • The butler was cleaning the closets • The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how do they know?
Answer?? It was the maid she said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday.
How would you rearrange the letters in the word “new door” to make one word?? Note: there is only one correct answer.
Answer?? Rearranging the letters in “new door” you get one word.
What row of numbers comes next in this series?11121121111122131221113112221
Answer?? 1113213211 After the first line, each line describes the previous line:One OneTwo OnesOne Two, One One(and so on...)
A rooster lays an egg at the very top of a slanted roof. Which side is the egg going to roll off on?
Answer?? Neither, roosters don't lay eggs.
I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have?
Answer?? -Four canaries and three cages.If you put one canary in each cage, you have an extra bird without a cage. However, if you put two canaries in each cage then you have two canaries in the first cage, two canaries in the second cage and an extra cage
My daughter has many sisters. She has as many sisters as she has brothers. Each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?
Answer?? Four daughters and three sons.
Answer?? -Mailbox
Tom's mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?