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Brain Teaser 1

Pronounced as one letter,  And written with three,  Two letters there are,  And two only in me.  I’m double, I’m single,  I’m black blue and grey,  I,m read from both ends,  And the same either way. . Brain Teaser 1. www.mathsrevision.com. Eye. Brain Teaser 2.

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Brain Teaser 1

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  1. Pronounced as one letter,  And written with three,  Two letters there are,  And two only in me.  I’m double, I’m single,  I’m black blue and grey,  I,m read from both ends,  And the same either way.  Brain Teaser 1 www.mathsrevision.com Eye

  2. Brain Teaser 2 Light as a feather,  there is nothing in it;  the strongest man can't hold it  for much more than a minute?  www.mathsrevision.com Breath

  3. Brain Teaser 3 A word I know, Six letters it contains, Subtract just one, And twelve is what remains. www.mathsrevision.com Dozens

  4. Brain Teaser 4 It is weightless, you can see it and if you put it in  a barrel  it will make the barrel lighter?  What is it? www.mathsrevision.com A hole

  5. Brain Teaser 5 A school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally  between the pupils, if there were more than 20 pupils, how many  sweets did each receive?  www.mathsrevision.com 19 sweets for the 37 pupils.

  6. Haretown and Tortoiseville are 44 miles apart. A hare travels at 8 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 3 miles per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown. If both set out at the same time, how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route?  Brain Teaser 6 www.mathsrevision.com The hare and the tortoise are together covering the distance at 11 miles per hour

  7. John's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child? Brain Teaser 7 www.mathsrevision.com John ! 

  8. Brain Teaser 8 How many days before 17th August is it, if 50 days ago, it was four times as many days since March 30th? www.mathsrevision.com 72 days

  9. There is a low railroad bridge in your town.  One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass.  When you ask what has happened, the driver tells you that his truck is one inch higher than the indicated height of the opening.  This is the only road to his destination.  What can he do to get through the underpass the easiest way? Brain Teaser 9 www.mathsrevision.com

  10. Brain Teaser 10 If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASYWhat does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal? www.mathsrevision.com Hard

  11. Brain Teaser 11 I have a very large barrel that is extremely heavy. What can I  put in it that will make it lighter. It is not a gas and by lighter, I mean less heavy?  www.mathsrevision.com A hole

  12. Brain Teaser 12 Using eight eights and addition only, can you make 1000?  www.mathsrevision.com 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000. 

  13. Brain Teaser 13 Bill and Ben takes turns tossing a coin. Whoever gets the head  first is the winner. If bill has the first toss, what is the  probability that he will win?  www.mathsrevision.com

  14. Brain Teaser 14 An old fashioned bike wheel has 21 spokes. How many spaces are between the spokes? www.mathsrevision.com 21

  15. A carpenter agrees to work on the condition that he is paid 2 units for everyday that he works, while he forfeits 3 units for  everyday that he does not work. At the end of 30 days he finds that he has paid out exactly as much as he has received. How  many days did he work?  Brain Teaser 15 www.mathsrevision.com He worked on 18 days and did not work on 12 days. 

  16. You have accidentally left out the plug and are attempting to fill the bath with both 2 taps full on.  The hot tap takes 6  minutes to fill the bath, the cold tap takes 4 minutes, and the water empties through the plug hole in 12 minutes.  In how many  minutes will the bath be filled? Brain Teaser 16 www.mathsrevision.com 3 minutes. This is solved by 1/6 + 1/4 - 1/12 = 0.166 + 0.25 - 0.083 = 0.3331/0.333 = 3 minutes 

  17. Brain Teaser 17 An old lady left $33,333 to be divided equally among two fathers and two sons and each was to receive $11,111. How was this possible? www.mathsrevision.com There were only three beneficiaries - son, father and grandfather. 

  18. Brain Teaser 18 There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English  word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after  removing one letter at a time? www.mathsrevision.com The base word is Startling  starting - staring - string – sting sing - sin - in - I 

  19. Brain Teaser 19 What has six faces,  But does not wear makeup.  It also has twenty-one eyes,  But cannot see?   www.mathsrevision.com A dice

  20. Brain Teaser 20 Pretend you have a bucket of water, a 5 litre container and a 3 litre container.  How do you come up with exactly 4 litres of water? www.mathsrevision.com Fill the 3 litre container and pour it into the 5 litre container.  Fill the 3 litre again and then pour it into the 5 litre until it fills up. It should take 2 litres to fill up the 5 so you should have 1 litre left in the bottom of the 3 litre container.  Empty the 5 litre container back into the pool. Pour the 1 litre from the 3 into the 5 litre.  Fill up the 3 litre and pour it into the 5 litre. The 5 litre should now contain 4 litres. 

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