To solve the puzzle just arrange the four Fives in the following picture so that their collective value equals 56.

Answer:

What Number?

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Next Domino

Fill in the next domino in this sequence.

Answer:

The letters increase by 3, and the numbers decrease by 8.

Three proverbs!

Can you supply the beginning words of each of the following proverbs?

1. . . .  divided we fall.
2. . . . spoil the broth.
3. . . . justifies the means.

Answer:



1. United we stand, divided we fall.
2. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
3. The end justifies the means.

Two synonyms and an antonym ...

Select two words that are synonyms, plus an antonym of these two synonyms, from the list of words below.

choke, force, thrive, toil, wither, burgeon, strive

Answer:

Synonyms: thrive, burgeon Antonym: wither

Twins Puzzle

Peter and Paul are twin brothers. One of them (we don't know which) always lies. The other one always tells the truth. I ask one of them:
"Is Paul the one that lies?"
"Yes," he answers.
Did I speak to Peter or Paul?



Answer:

I spoke to Peter. If a person always lies or alternately, always tells the truth, he cannot admit that he is lying (if this person were a liar, he would be telling the truth, and if this person were honest, he would be lying). Therefore, Paul could not have answered my question. Peter could answer about Paul without contradicting himself. What we don't know is who the liar is.

How Much Tip

Of the 960 people in a theater, 17% tipped 5 cents to the usher, 50% of the remaining 83% tipped 10 cents, and the rest tipped nothing. How much did the usher get?

Reference: Quick-to-Solve Brainteasers, J.J. Mendoza Fernandez




Answer:
If half of the 83% tip the usher 10 cents and the other half doesn't, it is the same as if all 83% had tipped him 5 cents, which is the same amount as what the remaining 17% tipped. The usher received 4,800 cents, or more simply, 48 dollars.

Can you spot it?

Mrs. Wilson has opened the shutters to let in fresh air through the window. The artist has made a
curious mistake. Can you spot it?

Answer:

Slats slant opposite ways on opposite sides of a shutter. In this picture, the slats slant the same way on both sides.

The Secretary's Daughter

A woman went to visit her bank manager and she took her young daughter with her. The bank manager said that the woman's daughter could stay with his secretary during the meeting. When the woman and her daughter left, the secretary turned to another secretary and said to her, "That little girl was my daughter." How could that be?

Answer:
This does not involve adoptions, step-parents, in-laws, or grandparents. The little girl was the secretary's daughter and she was the daughter of the woman who visited the bank manager.
The secretary was the girl's father.

Two Different Lengths

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Reference:
Puzzles 101: A PuzzleMasters Challenge

Answer:

How Many Squares

In one and half minute, can you determine how many squares (not rectangles) are in the following figure?

Improve Your Brain Power with Variety Puzzles

Answer:

91 squares

3 Squares with 9 Matchsticks

Can you make 3 squares with 9 matchsticks?

Answer:

Duplicate in 15 Seconds!

In the following box, one of the figures appears twice. You have 15 seconds to find it!

Answer:

Divide Flowers!

Can you divide the following figure by two straight lines so that there would be four pieces and each piece with 6 flowers!

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What numbers should replace X and Y?

In 15 seconds, find two numbers that should replace X and Y?

Answer:

44 and 45.


17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45
23, 29, 34, 38, 41, 43, 44

Odd Number Out

You have 10 seconds to detect which number is the odd one out?

Answer:

33
The other numbers are divisible by 9.

Replace the Question Mark!

In the following puzzle, what number should replace the question mark?

Answer:

4

The following figure illustrates how the numbers are related: