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Problem Solving By
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2. Cutting the cheese Fraction frazzle Lateral thinking Tireless
Magic triangle
Lateral
thinking
Lateral
thinking
Bacon and
eggs
Speedway
trials
Lateral
thinking
Lateral
thinking
Magic square
Bad current
Lateral
thinking
Lateral
thinking

3. Cutting the cheese
Chef Ferdinand claims he can cut round of cheese into eight identical pieces with only three straight cuts. Can it be done? a
Yes b No

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6. Fraction frazzle Walters stuck on a fraction …
What is one twentieth of half of one tenth of 10,000 can you help him? a 45 b 20 d 30 c 25

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9. Tireless
George and his faithful dog Alf are coming in hiking along at a steady three miles per hour .just as they are six miles out Alf takes off for home loping along at a steady seven miles per hour immediately upon reaching the cabin he reverses course and then runs continuously back and forth until George reaches the door himself to the nearest mile how far did Alf run during his dash for mile six ? B
16 miles a
13 miles c
10 miles d
14 miles

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12. Magic triangle
Mrs.holderman the math teacher has given Karen a special math problem she is to arrange the numbers from 1 to 6 in the triangle
So that the sum of each straight line of three circles gives the same result. how would you place the numbers? b 12 d 4 a 7 c 3

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15. Speedway trials
To qualify for the big race enzo needs to average 60 miles per hour overall in his 2 warm up heats each heat one mile long in his first heat he could only muster a 30 mile per hour average how fast must enzo drive in his second heat to qualify for the final will he be able to qualify? b
He will qualify if he goes at an average 30 miles per hour in 2nd lap a
He does not qualify for his slow first time c
he is disqualified for his slow time

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18. Bacon and eggs a b 11 pigs and 6 ostriches 14 pigs and 8 ostriches d c
Laurens latest entrepreneurial venture is raising Vietnamese pot belly pigs and ostriches for fun and profit. Among her animals she has 17 heads and 56 legs in all how many pigs and how many ostriches does Lauren have? a
11 pigs and 6 ostriches b
14 pigs and 8 ostriches d
6 pigs and 17 ostriches c
10 pigs and 4 ostriches

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21. Bad current
Oh no buzzys powerboat is caught in the current and is being sucked towards the waterfall the boat can run at 16mph but the current is pulling him towards the falls at 9mph buzzys motor uses 5 gallons of gas an hour he has 16 gallons left and first safe landing is 21 miles back up the river will he make it b
yes c no

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24. Magic square
Mrs holdermen the math teacher has given Johnny a special math problem he must place the remaining numbers on the wall chart so that the sum in each row and column as well as both diagonals is the same Mrs. h has already spotted Johnny three numbers 2,5 and 8 across the diagonal of the square how should he position the other numbers to solve the problem? c
237
657
938 a
276
951
438 b
294
754
618
276
951
438

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27. How many species of animals did mosses take into the ark ?
Lateral thinking
How many species of animals did mosses take into the ark ? b
2 animals of each specie a
none

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30. Some months have 31 days some have thirty how many have 28 days?
Lateral thinking
Some months have 31 days some have thirty how many have 28 days? c 12 a 2 b 1

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33. How far can you walk into the woods?
Lateral thinking
How far can you walk into the woods? b
halfway a
All the way to the other side

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36. Lateral thinking
If you drove a bus leaving St.Andrews with 11 people you got to Dundee 4 got on and 6 got off you drove to coupar and picked up 25 you then dropped off 4 you got back to St.Andrews, who was driving the bus? a
Bus driver b
the train driver c
you

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39. Take two apples away from twelve how many do you have?
Lateral thinking
Take two apples away from twelve how many do you have? c 6 a 10 b 2

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42. Which country has a 4th of July?
Lateral thinking
Which country has a 4th of July? d
France b
Canada c
All of them a
USA

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45. Lateral thinking a He stood on a block of ice and the ice melted b
There has been a death at a house an investigation team got there and found a man in a locked up room in a noose tied to the roof with a puddle of water under him how did he get up there? a
He stood on a block of ice and the ice melted b
He stood on a stool and then he kicked it away

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48. Lateral thinking
There are two jugs of water they are exactly the same in every way apart from one what is it? c
The jugs are different sizes a
The jugs are different colours b
Ones water ones ice

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