| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| brainteaser | 11/13/2009 | Surajit Basu |
Q: What number goes into the empty bracket? 441 ( 14736) 144 625 ( 12516) 96 756 ( 10832 ) 256 108 ( ...
A: Factorise the Problem 1st col Middle 2nd col 1st col factors 2nd col factors 441 ( 14736) ...
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| Unusual Sentence | 11/5/2009 | Surajit Basu |
Q: What is so unusual about the setence below? (Aside from the fact tht t doesn't make a lot of sense.) ...
A: aha! it's odd. "unusual" has to do with what's usual. Whats the most common button to push on your ...
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| math puzzle | 9/29/2009 | Surajit Basu |
Q: there were 840 pumpkins in a pumpkin patch,but it was difficult for farmer Joe to find the perfect ...
A: I shall solve some similar problems, and leave you to solve the given one. The problem I shall ...
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| It's driving me insane.... | 9/4/2009 | Surajit Basu |
Q: Ok, I was helping my daughter with her homework the other night. She had one problem I could not ...
A: i shall assume that you shall in futre get several such "jane"s in your daughter's homework, so i ...
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| brain teasers | 9/2/2009 | Surajit Basu |
Q: I have a square with 9 dots inside and you can draw 2 boxeas inside the 1st box to make all nine ...
A: interesting this problem has a different angle. that is your first clue. try drawing 1 box at a ...
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| Dots on the foreheads. | 6/16/2009 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: A wealthy ginger is searching for a suitor for his daughter, so he collects the three smartest men ...
A: There are 4 cases All White: Negated as all of them can see atleast one red mark 2 White 1 Red: ...
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| A Riddle That is driving me Nuts. | 1/28/2009 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: I was given this riddle in one of my classes and I thought I had the answer and that I couldn't be ...
A: There are three cases possible: (W stands for White and R for Red) Case I: 2W, 1R In this case, the ...
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| logic | 12/23/2008 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: you have bales of hay. for some reason, instead of being weighed individually, they were weighed in ...
A: The sum of these weights is 856/4 = 214 kgs Let the weights be w1, w2, w3, w4 and w5; where ...
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| patterns and logic | 11/18/2008 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: What are the next two terms in the sequence shown below? 2,U,4,O,8,l,16,E,__,__
A: 32,A The series can be decomposed into two series, one containing the elements at odd places, and ...
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| puzzle | 10/2/2008 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: with 3 lines of 3 dots each, each line next to the ohter, how do you contact all of the dots with 4 ...
A: try the following links then http://www.mazes.com/NineDotsFourLines.html ...
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| Next and Final term | 9/20/2008 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: What is next and final term in the sequence 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, 31, Hope you can help this ...
A: Since there is no pattern visible in the sequence, I googled it up and found this: ...
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| Balance Puzzle | 8/25/2008 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: I have had particular difficulty with this problem and I hope you may help. Instead of explaining ...
A: The answer is as follows: The solid triangle weighs 4 The solid trapezium weighs 8 The semi-solid ...
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| NEED A PUZZLE ANSWER | 8/19/2008 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: HOW CAN I FIND A DEFECT CUBE IN 12 IDENTICAL (IN LOOKING) CUBE BY ONLY THREE TURN WEIGHING.
A: Easy. But we have to make an assumption that we know that the defective cube is heavier than the ...
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| career counselling | 5/24/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: scope, prospects, and future of having msc (masters in mathematics & statistics). where can i aplly ...
A: hmmm this is not the kind of question i expect to answer in this group. i will do my best on this. ...
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| maths | 5/15/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: My son gave me this puzzle to do help. using the numbers 0 to 9 what is the lowest integer that ...
A: My son gave me this puzzle to do help. using the numbers 0 to 9 what is the lowest integer that ...
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| mathlogic puzzle | 4/19/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: in one family there are several children in which each boy has as many sisters as he has brothers ...
A: A little girl sells oranges door to door one day on her rounds. Suppose she had A oranges. .. and ...
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| riddle | 4/15/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: you have a scale of justice and eight balls. seven balls weigh the same and one is heavier. you can ...
A: take any three on one side; three others on the other side. There are two possibilities: A and B. ...
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| mathlogic puzzle | 4/13/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: in one family there are several children in which each boy has as many sisters as he has brothers ...
A: n one family there are several children in which each boy has as many sisters as he has brothers but ...
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| math( probability) | 4/4/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: You are the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IHI Insurance and last week one of your major ...
A: Let's solve a similar problem. The chance that it will rain tomorrow where I stay is 0.25 ( once in ...
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| alphabet pattern | 3/28/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: My son has written down the alphabet in a certain way and asked me to find the pattern. I can't!! ...
A: you should not ask this .. as the solution and the expert is there with you :-) ask him to join all ...
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| Rebus question | 3/19/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: I have been informed that an answer to my previous question is available in All Experts pages. I ...
A: Made me think a lot. I thought it had something to do with Dr.Crippen, heard of him? a murderer ...
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| Rebus Question | 3/18/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: What does Dr. Cri__en mean?
A: Dr.Crippen, heard of him? a murderer he is supposed to be... search for him on the web Ok, that ...
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| LOGICAL PUZZLE | 3/17/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: FIVE PEOPLE ARE QUEUING AT THE CHECKOUT.EACH SHOPPING CART HAS ONLY ONE TYPE OF PRODUCT.FOR EXAMPLE, ...
A: Number the statements 1) $3,$4,$5,$8 AND $10 ARE THE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS SPENT. 2) THE ONE WHO SPENT ...
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| geo puzzle has me stumped | 3/13/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: Each letter corresponds to one single digit, 0-9. Each digit corresponds to only one letter. Solve ...
A: MATH TEST ----- CACHE ----- C must be 1; assume it is not 0.. and it cant be anything else. ...
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| Need Missing Numbers | 3/3/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: Put the digits 1 through 9, each used exactly once, into the circles so that the total of numbers ...
A: A------B------6 C------D------E X------3------Y where can 9 be: not at A and B where can 9 be: ...
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| maths problem | 2/12/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: February is month 2. use six 2's to write an expression for each day of the month. e.g ...
A: ( (2/2) + (2/2) ) * (2/2) = 2 (2/2) + (2/2) + (2/2) = 3 ( (2/2) * (2/2) ) * (2*2)=4 ( (2/2) * (2/2) ...
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| Puzzle | 2/3/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: ABC+ACB=CBA Each letter is a different digit
A: ABC ACB ---- CBA ---- Looking at the first digits, A+A (+any carryovers here) = C. So, C>A ...
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| spellling scrambles | 1/10/2008 | Surajit Basu |
Q: Is there a website for unscrambling letters to make words?
A: There are some; I am not sure how good they are. Try these: ...
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| next numbers | 12/19/2007 | Surajit Basu |
Q: what's next in the series, and how did you get it? Thanks 110, 20, 12, 11, 10, , , , I don't ...
A: i think it is 6. lets try the different numbers with different bases 110 in base 2 = 6 20 ...
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| Analytical Thinking Question | 10/23/2007 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: Sars a communicable disease, is becoming increasingly prevalent in major portions of the world ...
A: 1. Let us assume that 100 immigrants are planning to settle in the US. 12 of them have the disease. ...
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| new riddle | 10/15/2007 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: my name is Jennifer and i would like to check the answer to thisTwo trains 200 km from each other ...
A: This is a very good question and there are two approaches to answer it. The obvious approach is ...
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| The Test | 10/9/2007 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: I've been trying to figure this out for 2 days. hope you can helpMs. Jackson announces that a test ...
A: This is a well-known and well-discussed problem. I have also analysed this problem quite deeply and ...
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| rebus | 10/5/2007 | Bernard Hawkes |
Q: RALROAD CROSSNG Do you know what this is?
A: The missing 'i's (eyes) suggest 'blind' might be part of the answer. That's all I've managed so far. ...
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| maths (proplem solving) | 10/2/2007 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: calum was floating down on a raft,when half a mile downstream,his brother duncan set off in a canoe. ...
A: Let's assume that the velocity of the stream in the river is 'v' miles per hour. Then, the velocity ...
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| A hard maths brainteaser | 10/2/2007 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: my name is Jennifer and i need help for this brainteaser. I've working on it for days but still cant ...
A: I'm sorry if I didn't make the solution clear before. What I meant to say was that keep the ...
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| Please Help | 10/2/2007 | Bernard Hawkes |
Q: I was given this riddle years ago and I never got the answer. I'm not sure if there is one. "There ...
A: This is a really tricky one not helped by the fact that situation is highly unlikely in the extreme. ...
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| A hard maths brainteaser | 10/1/2007 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: my name is Jennifer and i need help for this brainteaser. I've working on it for days but still cant ...
A: .. This is a relatively easy problem (compared to the others I've encountered). You put the ...
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| rebus puzzles | 9/26/2007 | Bernard Hawkes |
Q: T ...
A: Lo Dianne Well, although some of them cam through a bit scrambled, I can offer you answers to all ...
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| Need an answer to this puzzle. | 9/24/2007 | Bernard Hawkes |
Q: My niece had presented me with a puzzle that she needed the answer to for school but his has now ...
A: I did send this before but maybe something didn't work somewhere, so I'll send it again. Bernard. ...
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| Hep solving a riddle homework | 9/16/2007 | Rohit Agarwal |
Q: Here is the riddle: Two days ago I was 20. Later next year I will be 23. How is that possible?
A: This is quite easy. Let today be 1st January 2007. And let your b'day be on the 31st of Dec 1985. ...
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