Reachany & Stella
What is it? A mentally challenging problem or puzzle whose solution requires great ingenuity.
Why is it important? Develops and challenges your brain Opens your mind Increases creativity Learns how to think from different perspectives
Facts of brain The brain is the center of the humans nervous system, controlling our thoughts, movements, memories and decisions. The brain of an adult human weighs around 3 pounds (1.5kg). Although it makes up just 2% of the body’s weight, uses around 20% of the energy. Every time your heart beats, your arteries carry 20-25% your blood to the brain. The harder you think, the more oxygen and fuel your brain will use from your blood – up to 50%.
Rules You will be split into two teams First to write the answer on the board will get a point The team with the most points by the end of the week will receive a treat on Friday
Daily Activity Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Thursday
Clever Brain Teasers Riddles that require extra brain power Read sentences carefully You will have 1 minute to answer each teaser Back
Questions (Monday) If it takes six men one hour to dig six holes, how long does it take one man to dig half a hole? How many apples can you fit into an empty box? You walk across a bridge and you see a boat full of people yet there isn't a single person on board. How is that possible? Answer
Answer 1 There is no such thing as half a hole Back
Answer 2 One, then it isn’t empty anymore Back
Answer 3 All of the people on the boat are married Back
Math Games Use your math skills to figure out the answers Back
Questions (Tuesday) You have a 4 gallon and a 7 gallon jug of water. How can you measure exactly 6 gallons of water using these two jugs? A man weighing 14 stone and his two sons weighing 7 stone each were stranded on an island. All they had to get off the island was a small boat, but it could only hold 14 stone. How did the man and his sons get off the island? This riddle must be done IN YOUR HEAD and NOT using paper and pen or a calculator. Try it! Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 to it. Now add 30. And another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total? Lilly has 15 pop can tabs all together they equal $30. She dropped one and lost 2. But she has $26. Explain. Answer Answer Answer Answer
Answer 1 Fill up the 7 gallon jug completely. Now pour as much of the 7 gallons as you can into the 4 gallon jug. You should have 3 gallons in the 7 gallon jug. Dump out the 4 gallon jug, pour the 3 gallons from the 7 gallon jug into the 4 gallon container. Finally, fill up the 7 gallon jug completely and pour what you can, 1 gallon, into the 4 gallon jug until it is full. Taking 1 gallon from seven gallons leaves 6 gallons. Back
Answer 2 The two sons get in the boat and go back to shore, one jumps out, the other rows back to the island and gets out. The dad gets in and rides back to shore where he jumps out and the other son gets back in. The son goes back to the island and collects the other son and together the two of them row back to the safety of the shore! Back
Answer 3 Did you get 5000? Way to go. Most of us did, but that’s wrong. The answer is 4100. Believe it: use a calculator. Back
Answer 4 One pop can tab equals $2. She lost 2 so there goes $4. She dropped one but didn’t lose it, so she has $26 Back
Poem Riddles Teasers worded as poems Back
Questions (Wednesday) I have streets but no pavement, I have cities but no buildings, I have forests but no trees, I have rivers yet no water. I am small as an ant and big as a whale, I can soar through the air like a bird with a tail. I can be seen by day and not by night, I can be seen with a big flash of light. I follow whoever controls me by the sun, but I fade away when dark fell like a ton. Answer Answer
Questions (Wednesday) 3. You may enter, but you may not come in, I have space, but no room, I have keys, but open no lock. 4. He who builds me doesn't want me, he who buys me doesn't use me, he that uses me doesn't know he's got me. Answer Answer
Answer 1 A map Back
Answer 2 A shadow Back
Answer 3 Keyboard Back
Answer 4 A coffin Back
Rebus puzzle Pictures that represent phrases or words Example: What does this say? QTPI Answer: Cutie Pie Back
Questions (Thursday) What does this say? TOIMWN What does this say? Yyuryyubicuryy4me What does this say? MEREPEAT What does this say? FriendsMisunderstandingFriends Who is this: 1d2r3a4c5u6l7a8? Answer Answer Answer Answer Answer
Questions (Thursday) 6. What does this say: T RN? 7. What does this say? Pot oooooooo. 8. What does this say? STOOD MISS 9. What does this say? I'm A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z 10. What does this say? REET T S Answer Answer Answer Answer Answer
Answer 1 I’m in town Back
Answer 2 Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me Back
Answer 3 Repeat after me Back
Answer 4 Misunderstanding between friends Back
Answer 5 Count Dracula Back
Answer 6 No U turn Back
Answer 7 Po t8 os (Potatoes) Back
Answer 8 Misunderstood Back
Answer 9 I’m missing you Back
Answer 10 Street corner Back
What am I Guess the answers by the clues given Back
Questions (Friday) I am so fragile that sound can destroy me, what am I? When I was born I was big but the older I get the smaller I am. What am I? I travel around the world but never leave the corner. What am I? I have holes but hold water, what am I? Answer Answer Answer Answer
Questions (Friday) 5. I am bare in the winter and covered in the summer, what am I? 6. I start with an E, end with an E and I only have one letter, what am I? 7. You buy me to eat, but you don't eat me. What am I? Answer Answer Answer
More Facts! Size doesn’t matter in the brain. There is no evidence that a larger brain is smarter than a smaller brain. According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, adults who participated in the mind-challenging activities were 63% less likely to develop dementia. The rate at which your brain processes information can range from 0.5 meters/second (about 1 mile/hour) to 120 meters/second (268 MPH).
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Answer 1 Silence Back
Answer 2 A candle Back
Answer 3 A stamp Back
Answer 4 A sponge Back
Answer 5 A tree Back
Answer 6 An envelope Back
Answer 7 A plate Back