Brain Teaser 2/12/2014

1. Every student in a second grade class sends a valentine to each of the other students in the class, for a total of 306 valentines. How many students are in the class?

2. If 1 red valentine equals 3 purple valentines, and 1 purple valentine equals 4 white valentines, how many red valentines are in 24 white valentines?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's Coffee Time! Check this out...

Brain Teaser 2/11/2014

I have one, you have one.
If you remove the first letter, a bit remains.
If you remove the second, bit still remains.
After much trying, you might be able to remove the third one also, but it remains.
It dies hard!
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Can You Master The Ken Ken Puzzle?

Brain Teaser 2/10/2014

1. A grandfather clock chimes the appropriate number of times to indicate the hour, as well as chiming once at each quarter hour. If you were in another room and heard the clock chime just once, what would be the longest period of time you would have to wait in order to be certain of the correct time?

2. Gary began peeling a pile of 44 potatoes at the rate of 3 per minute. Four minutes later, Christen joined him, and peeled at the rate of 5 potatoes per minute. When they were finished, how many potatoes had each peeled?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Art Of Optical Illusions

Brain Teaser 2/9/2014

1. A word I know, Six letters it contains, Subtract just one, And twelve is what remains.

2. Most of us use it every day in our homes. If we purchased 100 pounds of it, it would contain approximately 87 pounds of water; 4 pounds of fat; 4 pounds of casein, ash and albumin; and 5 pounds of sugar. What is it?

3. Is the number of people in the world who have shaken hands with an odd number of people odd or even?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Get Hooked On Cryptograms....

Brain Teaser 2/8/2014

Which of the following sentences given below means approximately the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens until they are hatched?"

1."Some eggs have double yolks, so you can't really count eggs and chickens."
2."You can't walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it will disturb the hens and they won't lay eggs"
3."It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet happened and may not ever happen"
4."Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your count of future chickens."
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon Books - Enjoy a good read!

Brain Teaser 2/7/2014

How many four sided shapes are in this diagram?


Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Best In Mahjong Games and Puzzles

Brain Teaser 2/6/2014

1. A certain family party consisted of 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother, 2 fathers, 2 mothers, 4 children, 3 grandchildren, 1 brother, 2 sisters, 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 father-in-law, 1 mother-in-law and 1 daughter-in-law. This may appear to add up to 23 people but was in fact only 7.
Who all was the party?

2. A man went into a bank with exactly $1,000 in silver dollars. He gave them to a cashier and asked the cashier to put the money into 10 bags is such a way that if he later needed any amount of dollars up to $1,000, he could lay his hands on that amount without needing to open any of the bags. How did the cashier achieve this?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We all love food - Check This Out!

Brain Teaser 2/5/2014

Twice ten are six of us,
Six are but three of us,
Nine are but four of us;
What can we possibly be?
Would you know more of us?
Twelve are but six of us,
Five are but four, do you see?
What are we?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slingo Lovers! We have your game.....

Brain Teaser 2/4/2014

WHAT KIND?

1. What kind of water never freezes?

2. What kind of rocks are on the bottom of the Mississippi River?

3. What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?

4. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don't Just Think Green - Go Green!

Brain Teaser 2/3/2014

1. Little Johnny buys 10 trees at a local nursery. How does he plant these 10 trees in 5 rows with 4 in each row?

2.  How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel?

3. A railway line has a double track, except in a tunnel where there was no room for a double track. A train goes into the tunnel in one direction, and another one enters in the opposite direction. Both trains are traveling fast. However, they do not crash. Why?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon Prime 30-day Free Trial

Brain Teaser 2/2/2014

Thinking Of Casino's

1. Even though the odds are always in favor of the gambling house, why does the establishment insist on a house limit on stakes?

2. Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues?
There is a two to the right of a king.
A diamond will be found to the left of a spade.
An ace is to the left of a heart.
A heart is to the left of a spade.
Now, identify all three cards.

3. What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon Prime 30-day Free Trial

Brain Teaser 2/1/2014

"How old are your daughters?" Fred asked a friend one day.
"The product of their ages is 36," replied his friend.
"You are not giving me enough information," protested Fred.
"The sum of their ages is the age of your oldest son."
"I still need more information."
"All right, then. I can tell you that the oldest daughter, who is at least a year older than the other two, is a very fine pianist."
"Ah! Now I know how old your daughters are."
What are the ages of Fred's friend's daughters?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Download The Best Wordsearch Puzzle Games

Brain Teaser 1/31/2014

Tom went to town with $50, but returned at night with $150. He bought a hat at a clothing store and some apples at the market, then he had his eyes tested.
Here are a few facts:
Tom gets paid every Thursday by check.
The banks are only open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
The eye doctor is closed on Saturday.
The market stays closed on Thursday and Friday.
On what day did the man go to town?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Download The Best Crossword Puzzle Games

Brain Teaser 1/30/2014

2 For Fun...

1. How can a woman in New York, without getting a divorce or becoming a widow, or otherwise legally separated, legally marry 10 men?

2. Hi! Ma and Pa told me I'd better say that all the two-letter words in this paragraph have something in common ...... or else! What's the common factor here?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Very Best In Puzzle Magazines

Brain Teaser 1/29/2014

All In The Family

1. In the Smith family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters. Each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons and daughters are in the family?

2. A pregnant woman is preparing to name her seventh child. Her children's names so far are Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child -- Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?

3. A girl has as many sisters as she has brothers. But each brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many brothers and sisters in the family?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Download The Best Sudoku Games

Brain Teaser 1/28/2014

In the Art Gallery is a new conceptual art piece. The artist created a huge pile different paintings; periodically he picks up one of the paintings and hangs it on the wall, and adjusts it.
At 11:00, the painting titled "Number 30" was hung.
At 4:00, the painting titled "Number 240" was hung.
At 7:30, the painting titled "Number 315" was hung.
What painting will the artist hang on the wall at 9:20?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Download Gamehouse Games For Free

Brain Teaser 1/27/2014

A certain day was yesterday when the day before yesterday was yesterday . On that certain day Kim's parents said "we'll go on a picnic the day after tomorrow if it doesn't rain". It rained the day before yesterday but not since.
Did the family go on the picnic?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Will Shortz KenKen Puzzles

Brain Teaser 1/26/2014

The old lady who lived in a shoe was having some real trouble buying Christmas presents for her enormous family. Although she bought the least expensive stocking stuffers she could find, the bill was high. Of course, both a 15 percent sales tax and a 5 percent luxury tax were added to the original price. She paid a total of $100. What was the cost of the stuffers before taxes?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Will Shortz KenKen Puzzles

Brain Teaser 1/25/2014

One Word Answers

1. When young, I am sweet in the sun.
When middle-aged, I make you gay.
When old, I am valued more than ever.
What am I?

2. Which word that begins with the letter I, and by adding the letter A, becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Box - New Deals Every Hour!

Brain Teaser 1/24/2014

A Couple Of Logic Teasers

1. There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

2. One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancels his trip. Sure enough the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray

Brain Teaser 1/23/2014

ALL ABOUT NUMBERS

1. Find a five-digit number in which the last number is the sum of the first, second, and third; the third is four less than the last; the fourth is two less than the last; and the first and fourth added are one less than the last. The last number is also three times the second.

2. What is the smallest integer that can be expressed as the sum of two squares in three different ways? The answer is less than 500.
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Super Bowl - Big Game Day

Brain Teaser 1/22/2014

1. Inside the drawer of a dressing-table in a dark room, there are 28 black socks and 28 brown socks. What is the minimum number of socks that I must take out of the drawer to guarantee that I have a matching pair?

2. Timothy and Urban compete in a car rally, going several times around a closed circuit. Timothy can drive the circuit in 25 minutes, but Urban takes 30 minutes. If the two drivers start at the same time, how long will it take Timothy to lap Urban?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Gigantic Sudoku Puzzle Book. 1500 Puzzles. Easy through Challenging to Nail Biting and Torturous. Largest Printed Sudoku Puzzle Book ever. All puzzles are guaranteed to have only ONE SOLUTION!

Brain Teaser 1/21/2014

WHAT KIND?

1. What kind of water never freezes?
2. What kind of rocks are on the bottom of the Mississippi River?
3. What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
4. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ultimate IQ Tests: 1000 Practice Test Questions to Boost Your Brain Power

Brain Teaser 1/20/2014

Peter is playing around with a two-plate scale and finds that the scale stays in equilibrium if one plate is filled with two keys, two coins and three toy soldiers OR one apple, one toy soldier and one lemon, and the other plate with a weight of 100 grams. One coin, one key, one soldier and one plum together weigh 50 grams. The lemon, the apple and the plum weigh exactly the same as one coin, one key, one soldier and one pen.
How much does the pen weigh?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon Books - Enjoy a good read!

Brain Teaser 1/19/2014

DO YOU KNOW???

1. Can any creatures besides humans get a sunburn?
2. Do birds sing only in trees?
3. What is a nutria?
4. Do Siamese fighting fish fight?
5. Do fish sleep?
Solution

Brain Teaser 1/18/2014

Very few people bother to determine what an amazing potential for overpopulation they have. Let us consider yours. If you and your wife have a meager two children, it would seem you are not adding much to the world. But let's suppose that in 5 years each of your children has two children. In another 25 years, each grandchild has two kids. In another 25 years, each great-grandchild has two offspring-and so on for a thousand years. How many descendants would you have?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9....

Brain Teaser 1/17/2014

1. Johnny, despite his mother's objections, spent his whole allowance of $2.16 ($2.00, with 16¢ left from last week) on bubble gum. If the pieces of gum had been a penny cheaper, he would have received three more pieces than he did. How many did he actually buy?

2. At my favorite fruit stand,
an orange costs 18¢,
a pineapple costs 27¢,
and a grape costs 15¢.
Using the same logic, can you tell how much a mango costs?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Got Some Time For Word Jumble....

Brain Teaser 1/16/2014

1. A woman gave birth to two boys on the same date, within about twenty minutes of each other, and yet they were not twins. How could this be?

2. If 8-22-5-22-13 equates to seven, and 7-4-12 makes two, how would you write ten?

3. Which one of the following five is least like the other four?
Celery - Lettuce - Onion - Tomato - Asparagus
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If It's Sudoku You Love Check This Out!

Brain Teaser 1/15/2014

In this type of verse, "first" and "second" and so on refer to the individual letters of a word. Find the correct letter for each definition or explanation, and complete the word.
My first is in sugar but not in tea
My second in swim but not in sea
My third in apple and also pear
My fourth in ring and also hare
My last in ten but not in herd
My whole a very complimentary word.
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Download Gamehouse Games For Free

Brain Teaser 1/14/2014

Two For Today

1. Joe said to his friend at a New Year's Eve Party, "Yesterday I was twenty, but next year I will be twenty-two." When is Joe's birthday?

2. What is the next number in this series;
18, 46, 94, 63, 52, ?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plant Vs. Zombies - Get hooked and play today!

Brain Teaser 1/13/2014

A man bumps into his mathematician friend on the street that he hasn't seen in 5 years. The man asks the mathematician how old his children are. The mathematician, who always replies in riddles said, "I now have three children. The sum of their ages is equal to the number of windows on the building in front of you and the product of their ages equals 36." The friend then says "I need one more piece of information." The mathematician then replies "My youngest child has blue eyes." What are the ages of the mathematicians three children?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Talk to a psychic for a $1/minute.

Brain Teaser 1/12/2014

Let's Talk About Words...

1. There are many English words to which you can add one s to make plural nouns. There are very few that become singular again if you add another s. Can you name two?

2. Four of the words below have one significant feature in common which distinguishes them from the fifth word. Which is the odd man out?
REACT, TRACE, CATER, SCARE, CARTE

3. 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?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Take Surveys at GlobalTestMarket Sign up with GlobalTestMarket to receive cash for online surveys and help make a difference.

Brain Teaser 1/11/2014

1. What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one third the second, the third is the sum of the first and second, and the last is three times the second?

2. Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?

3. If today, is today, today. What will tomorrow be yesterday?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Puzzles for Every Interest, Romantic Board Games & Murder Mystery Parties at Are You Game

Brain Teaser 1/10/2014

Somehow or other I got talked into buying something on the installment plan. I'm not sure I got a good deal. The payments to date, according to my checkbook, have reached $96. The second year cost $2.00 more than the first year; the third year cost $3.00 more than the second; and the fourth year cost me $4.00 more than the third. What were my payments the first year?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Get free Brand Name samples from SampleVille!

Brain Teaser 1/09/2014

Which one of the designs is least like the other four?

Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Panda Research! Share your unique opinion and get paid for it!

Brain Teaser 1/08/2014

A total of 15 delegates from Africa, Asia, America, and Europe meet at an international conference.
Each continent sends a different number of delegates, and each is represented by at least 1 delegate.
America and Asia send a total of 6 delegates.
Asia and Europe send a total of 7 delegates.
Which continent has sent 4 delegates?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Access More Career Tools, Advice, and Information. Create a FREE Monster Account Today!

Brain Teaser 1/07/2014

A Set Of Random Brain Teasers

1. Can someone marry his brother's wife mother-in-law?

2. Place the nine digits, so that the sum of the odd digits may be equal to the sum of the even ones.

3. Add the figure 2 to 191 and make the answer less than 20.

4. If five times four are thirty-three, what will the fourth of twenty be?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Find the Best Daily Deal in Your Neighborhood

Brain Teaser 1/06/2014

1. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

2. Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?

3. Monique is 24 years old. She is twice the age that Valerie had when Monique was the same age that Valerie is now. How old is Valerie?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discover Music Unlimited on Sony Entertainment Network for free!

Brain Teaser 1/05/2014

Glenn and Jason each have a collection of cricket balls. Glenn said that if Jason would give him 4 of his balls they would have an equal number; but, if Glenn would give Jason 4 of his balls, Jason would have 3 times as many balls as Glenn. How many balls does Jason have?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Join Surveyhead today and make your voice heard!

Brain Teaser 1/04/2014

1. There are three houses in a straight row. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. The red house is left of the middle. The blue house is right of the middle. Where's the white house?

2. In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem: If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be?

3. A boy leaves his house one summer day, and began to run into the woods to his grandmother’s house which is on the other side of the woods. It should also be known that the boy reached his grandmother’s house. How far did the boy run into the woods?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Things You Never Knew Existed...where the UNUSUAL is usual!

Brain Teaser 1/03/2014

Why is the letter D like a hoop of gold?
Why is the letter F like a cow's tail?
Why is the letter T like Easter?
Which two letters are definitely not hard?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Play YOUR way at WildTangent.com! Over 1,600 games to choose from - Play FREE, Rent or Buy.

Brain Teaser 1/02/2014

1. X is less than Y; Y is not equal to Z. Therefore the statement that: X is not equal to Z, is: a) correct b) incorrect c) undetermined

2. What would be the next number in this series?
144 ... 121 ... 100 ... 81 ... 64 ... ??

3. If you had a piece of paper that was 0.001 inch thick, how tall a pile would it make if it was doubled fifty times?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free Online Casino Games!

Brain Teaser 1/01/2014

1. Everyone knows that both Christmas Day and New Year's Day always fall on the same day of the week. However, in 1939, the year of the outbreak of World War II, Christmas fell on a Monday and New Year's fell on a Sunday. Why?

2. My quiz for this today, is most unusual. As is this paragraph. What is so unusual about it? If you look hard, you should find what it is without too much difficulty. Try hard to spot it. How long did you think about it?
Solution
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Play Blackjack Free!