A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

Naturalwaves,the riddler!

Ur answer is thieves were cot...not men

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Tinkybabe: Naturalwaves,the riddler!

Tinkybabe,The Maths Aficionado!

naturalwaves: A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

lure the dragon into the other room

@tinky...this is specially 4 u

1) 10, 30, 32, 96, 98, 294, 296, ?, ?...What two numbers should replace the question marks??

2) IK has four times as many as CHUKS, and CHUKS has three times as many as GODS-CHILD. Altogether they have 192. How many has each??

3) How many minutes is it before 12 noon if nine minutes ago it was twice as many minutes past 10 am??

4) Find five consecutive numbers in the series that total 22: 7 3 9 6 4 1 3 7 9 3 5 4 1 7 6 5....

5) What is the longest word in the English language that can be produced from the following set of letters?? Letters may only be used once in the word produced...FEUMOPXCTW...

dlex21: @tinky...this is specially 4 u

1) 10, 30, 32, 96, 98, 294, 296, ?, ?...What two numbers should replace the question marks??

2) IK has four times as many as CHUKS, and CHUKS has three times as many as GODS-CHILD. Altogether they have 192. How many has each??

3) How many minutes is it before 12 noon if nine minutes ago it was twice as many minutes past 10 am??

4) Find five consecutive numbers in the series that total 22: 7 3 9 6 4 1 3 7 9 3 5 4 1 7 6 5....

5) What is the longest word in the English language that can be produced from the following set of letters?? Letters may only be used once in the word produced...FEUMOPXCTW...

its for tinkybabe right but u don't mind if i try abi? Ok 1) 1480, 1482
2) godchild =12, chuks=36, ik=144.
3) 93 minutes
4) 1 5 7 9

dlex21:
lure the dragon into the other room

The dragon cannot be lured.

dlex21: @tinky...this is specially 4 u

1) 10, 30, 32, 96, 98, 294, 296, ?, ?...What two numbers should replace the question marks??

2) IK has four times as many as CHUKS, and CHUKS has three times as many as GODS-CHILD. Altogether they have 192. How many has each??

1)888,890

2)God's child =12
Chuks= 36
IK =144.

Solution to others on d way.

dlex21: 5) What is the longest word in the English language that can be produced from the following set of letters?? Letters may only be used once in the word produced...FEUMOPXCTW...

COMPUTE seems to be d longest.Am I right? I got COMPUTE.

dlex21: @tinky...this is specially 4 u

1) 10, 30, 32, 96, 98, 294, 296, ?, ?...What two numbers should replace the question marks??

2) IK has four times as many as CHUKS, and CHUKS has three times as many as GODS-CHILD. Altogether they have 192. How many has each??

3) How many minutes is it before 12 noon if nine minutes ago it was twice as many minutes past 10 am??

4) Find five consecutive numbers in the series that total 22: 7 3 9 6 4 1 3 7 9 3 5 4 1 7 6 5....

5) What is the longest word in the English language that can be produced from the following set of letters?? Letters may only be used once in the word produced...FEUMOPXCTW...

dlex21!!! you are wicked o..I never claimed to be a maths guru now..

1)296 x 3=888
888+ 2 =890
...888,890

2)IK has 12 times as many as GC
if GC has b
Chuks has 3b and IK 12b
b+3b+12b= 192
16b= 192
b=192/16 =12

IK=12x12 =144
Chuks =3x12=36
GC= 12

3)It's best to change the hr time to mins
these are all the figures given
so 12 x60=720mins
and 10x60= 600mins
then 9mins

nine mins ago from present time is twice the no of mins past ten
since we do not know what the current time is ..we can work our equation or ans to 9 mins to 12.In essence we are looking at how many mins it is to 9mins to 12(11.51am)assuming the current time is twice the no of mins past ten.

so;
10 past the unknown mins =12 to (2 x unknown) mins -9
In equation,let unknown mins be 'm' and change all hrs to mins

600+m =720-2m-9
600+m =720-9-2m
600+m =711-2m(take like terms)
m+2m =711-600
3m =111
m=111/3 =37

therefore 9 mins ago the time was 'twice 37mins' past 10
which is 11.14
and current time is 11.14+9mins =11.23am
no mins to 12 is 37

I don tire abeg..will attempt the fourth question later ..as for 5,I think naturalwaves's got the answer.

naturalwaves:
Tinkybabe,The Maths Aficionado!

You!!!!!

Tinkybabe:
You!!!!!

i dint go dia ;Di dint go dia

dlex21: 3) How many minutes is it before 12 noon if nine minutes ago it was twice as many minutes past 10 am?

Let d no of minutes after 10 o'clock = X
Then,9 minutes ago,d time = X-9
By 12 noon, 'X' will be = 120 minutes
Anytime before 12 noon = (120-X)


Since d no of minutes b4 12 was 2wice as many minutes past 10 9 minutes ago,

Therefore, 2(120-X)= (X-9)
240-2X= X-9
3X = 249
X = 249/3
X=83. This means that d time is about 83 minutes past 10 and 83 minutes past 10 is d same thing as 11:23 am(wen u add it up).Current time =11:23 am

Amount of minutes it is b4 12pm= 12:00-11:23
=37 minutes.
Ans = 37 minutes.

Welldone Tinkybabe,U beat me to dis one....U won't believe I spent almost 2hrs on it(*covers face with palms*)...d question was a lil bit ambiguous to me initially....I will try and crack d sequence question now.I'm yet to understand d pattern.

^^ Your method is even shorter,welldone too.The question is indeed ambiguous.I've attempted the fourt,nothing is forthcoming.

^^^ Thank U Tinkybabe,I initially used exactly d same approach as urs where I first converted everything to minutes but got lost somewhere in d middle.It was d "TWICE AS MANY MINUTES PAST 10" part I couldn't decipher....was not sure wich of d times Dlex was referring to.

ATMC: its for tinkybabe right but u don't mind if i try abi? Ok 1) 1480, 1482
2) godchild =12, chuks=36, ik=144.
3) 93 minutes
4) 1 5 7 9

sure i dont...

1. wrong
2. correct
3. wrong
4. wrong

naturalwaves:

1)888,890

2)God's child =12
Chuks= 36
IK =144.

Solution to others on d way.

correct

naturalwaves:



COMPUTE seems to be d longest.Am I right? I got COMPUTE.

yep...u are

Tinkybabe:

dlex21!!! you are wicked o..I never claimed to be a maths guru now..

1)296 x 3=888
888+ 2 =890
...888,890

2)IK has 12 times as many as GC
if GC has b
Chuks has 3b and IK 12b
b+3b+12b= 192
16b= 192
b=192/16 =12

IK=12x12 =144
Chuks =3x12=36
GC= 12

3)It's best to change the hr time to mins
these are all the figures given
so 12 x60=720mins
and 10x60= 600mins
then 9mins

nine mins ago from present time is twice the no of mins past ten
since we do not know what the current time is ..we can work our equation or ans to 9 mins to 12.In essence we are looking at how many mins it is to 9mins to 12(11.51am)assuming the current time is twice the no of mins past ten.

so;
10 past the unknown mins =12 to (2 x unknown) mins -9
In equation,let unknown mins be 'm' and change all hrs to mins

600+m =720-2m-9
600+m =720-9-2m
600+m =711-2m(take like terms)
m+2m =711-600
3m =111
m=111/3 =37

therefore 9 mins ago the time was 'twice 37mins' past 10
which is 11.14
and current time is 11.14+9mins =11.23am
no mins to 12 is 37

I don tire abeg..will attempt the fourth question later ..as for 5,I think naturalwaves's got the answer.

indeed u did!!! u answers can testify 2 dat...and ur 3 answers are correct...ur no 3 long sha...the numb 4 is d simplest...

una try sha...it isnt easy!!!

[quote author=dlex21 4) Find five consecutive numbers in the series that total 22: 7 3 9 6 4 1 3 7 9 3 5 4 1 7 6 5.....[/quote]

The answer is 7,9,3,5,6. Here is d xplanation.
To my solution ;

7,3,9,6,4,1,3,7,9,3,5,4,1,7,6,5 is d given sequence. On a closer look,I observed d ff;

1)There is either an increase or a decrease in d value of consecutive terms with d smallest being 1 and d highest being 6.

2)There are only 7 numbers in d whole sequence which are ; 1,3,4,5,6,7,9

Taking d first number in d series I.e 7 as d 1st term,u will observe that there is a decrease btw 7 and 3,an increase btw 3 and 9,a decrease btw 9 and 6 etc etc. I observed d variation and saw that this is d pattern in groups of 5s xcluding our 1st term I.e 7. Here is d pattern;

D I D D D. 3,9,6,4,1
I I I D I. 3,7,9,3,5
D D I D D. 4,1,7,6,5

Where I =Increase and D= Decrease.

Note: There is only ONE INCREASE in d first 5 terms and it starts from d 2nd no from left.

For,d 2nd 5 terms,it was alternated so that there would be only ONE DECREASE wich starts from d 2nd no from back.

For d 3rd 5 terms,we had 1 increase also but started from d 3rd term from d front.

Now,to decide what pattern we will av for d 4th 5 terms,it will be 1 decrease(alternation) which will start from d 3rd no from d back.

Therefore,our next pattern is;

I I D I I

Observe also that wen a 5 series ends with a decrease and d nxt starts with an increase,we shall add 2 to continue d nxt but wen a sequence ends with an increase and d nxt starts with a decrease,we shall add 1.

Our new sequence starts with an increase and d 3rd sequence ends with a decrease,so ,our first unknown term =5+2 =7.
For d 2nd term,d only possible increase after 7 is 9 so,our second unknown =9.
Our nxt unknown is a decrease and that is d only decrease in d whole term.Anytime there is just a single decrease or increase,we chose d widest diff possible which is 6 .So,our third unknown term= 9-6= 3.
An increase after a decrease in wich such increase is not d only one in d sequence is a +2. Therefore,our fourth term in d sequence = 3+2=5. D only possible term for our last increase and last term of d unknown is 6 since we av already used a 7 in d sequence.

Therefore the answer for d nxt 5 terms is

7, 9, 3, 5, 6. Q.E.D

naturalwaves:

i admire the effort u put in but sowee 2 disappoint u...thats not the answer

the question says 5 consecutive numbers that u'll add up to give 22...thats all...no need for long work

dlex21:

i admire the effort u put in but sowee 2 disappoint u...thats not the answer

the question says 5 consecutive numbers that u'll add up to give 22...thats all...no need for long work

Haaaaa......U did not ask d question well. We all thought u meant there are 22 terms in all and we should find d next 5 terms from where u stopped(*hits head on d table*).WTF!... But I will keep my solution anyway and test it on pple. ...Thanks for d compliment. Since I know what U meant now,then d answer is;
9,3,5,4,1. This couldn't av posed any prob.I'm sure others tot d same thing as I did think....u will see what they will say wen they come back.U don enter am today.

I'm with naturalwaves on it..this just goes on to confirm my observation.Dlex21 is one wicked guy..he framed the question to pose confusion..You must not be an examiner o.lol.

Thanks for activating our brain cells though..It seems you and naturawaves belong to the same league

Tinkybabe: I'm with naturalwaves on it..this just goes on to confirm my observation.Dlex21 is one wicked guy..he framed the question to pose confusion..You must not be an examiner o.lol.

Thanks for activating our brain cells though..It seems you and naturawaves belong to the same league

Tinkybabe,me I'm innocent o.Dlex21 made me skip lunch and dinner cos I could not decipher his question on time. Are U in lagos?

no

^^^ Okay. What happened to my 2 riddles?

we don't know jor..come out with the answers

^^^Okay

naturalwaves: A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

The man will wait till evening when d sun goes down and then take d door of d room constructed from magnifying glass.

naturalwaves: Hello dlex,tinkybabe,valiantvaliant and everyone.Here is another brain teaser.Try and solve it.

3 surgeons decided to go for a camp and hired a guide for assistance. Over campfire , they met with an accident and the guide got seriously injured. The guide needs surgery(a minor one). The 3 surgeons decide to operate but they have only two medical gloves. To save the guide , all three surgeons are needed to operate on the guide, in sequence.
How can this be done without any of them being exposed to the blood of any of the others?

The 1st surgeon will use glove A and will pull it off wen done.Glove A will have one clean side and one blood stained part.

The 2nd surgeon will put on glove B and do d same as d first surgeon.

As for d 3rd surgeon,he will put on glove A exactly d way d 1st surgeon wore it.Since he cannot use d blood stained surface on d patient again,he will reverse glove B leaving d clean side as d outermost and then put it ontop of d glove A he is putting on. By so doing,there won't be a direct lay of blood on his palms,d two blood stained surfaces will contact in-between and he will have a clean surface to perform his own surgery on d patient also.

Tinkybabe: I'm with naturalwaves on it..this just goes on to confirm my observation.Dlex21 is one wicked guy..he framed the question to pose confusion..You must not be an examiner o.lol.

Thanks for activating our brain cells though..It seems you and naturawaves belong to the same league

i'm not wicked o!!!
based on minds of gurus wey una get, u were expecting a complicated question...
to me, the question was very straightforward...make una no vex

answer this: what is 2 + 2=

naturalwaves:

The 1st surgeon will use glove A and will pull it off wen done.Glove A will have one clean side and one blood stained part.

The 2nd surgeon will put on glove B and do d same as d first surgeon.

As for d 3rd surgeon,he will put on glove A exactly d way d 1st surgeon wore it.Since he cannot use d blood stained surface on d patient again,he will reverse glove B leaving d clean side as d outermost and then put it ontop of d glove A he is putting on. By so doing,there won't be a direct lay of blood on his palms,d two blood stained surfaces will contact in-between and he will have a clean surface to perform his own surgery on d patient also.

nawa o!!! now that is a complicated answer

dlex21:

i'm not wicked o!!!
based on minds of gurus wey una get, u were expecting a complicated question...
to me, the question was very straightforward...make una no vex

answer this: what is 2 + 2=

Answer = 4. Am I right?

dlex21:

nawa o!!! now that is a complicated answer

Really?
Fasten ur seat belts and get ready for more brainteasers,situation puzzles and maths teasers today.

Here are some new riddles and teasers.

1)If two's a company, and three's a crowd.
Then what's four and five ?

2) Tinkybabe left on a horse on Thursday , was gone for two days, and came back on Thursday How did that happen?

3) Einstein Knows what 11, 69, and 88 have in common?Do You ?

4) What's the missing letter?
J ? M A M J J A S O N D

5) An explorer goes on an exposition in the jungle. He sets up camp in the middle of the jungle. The next morning he sees something with a head and a tail, but he is not afraid. What did he see in his bag?

Tougher ones coming soon !!!!!!

naturalwaves: Here are some new riddles and teasers.

2) Tinkybabe left on a horse[b] on Thursday[/b] , was gone for two days, and came back on Thursday How did that happen?

5) An explorer goes on an exposition in the jungle. He sets up camp in the middle of the jungle. The next morning he sees something with a head and a tail, but he is not afraid. What did he see in his bag?

2. The name of the horse is Thursday

5. He probably saw a coin or a dice. A coin has a head and a tail

1. Four's shareholder and five's multitude

3. Thε̲̣γ are numbers and 2-digit numbers
Am I on track?