Buzzy’s powerboat is caught in the current and is being sucked towards
the waterfall. The boat can run at 16 mph, but the current is pulling him
towards the falls at 9 mph. Buzzy’s motor uses 5 gallons of gas an hour.
He has 16 gallons left and the first safe landing is 21 miles back up river.
Will he make it?
At the Social everybody shakes hands only once with every other person.
Altogether there are 15 handshakes. How many people attended the social?
Suppose there were 78 handshakes?
Drill sergeant Fibius was born on the 256th day of 20 B.C. and died on
the 24th day of 20 A.D. How old was Fibius when he died?
In Arnold’s Tic Tac Toe, three in a line (row, column, or diagonal) loses!
You are playing the "O"’s and it is your turn. What move can you make to
force Arnold to end up with three "X"’s in a line, so he loses?
Chad and Blossom (brother and sister) come from a large family. Chad has
as many brothers as he has sisters, but Blossom has only half as many sisters
as she has brothers. How many brothers and sisters altogether are in the family?
When Helen and Frank were married 21 years ago, Frank was three times as old
as Helen. Today he is twice as old as she. How old was Helen on her wedding
day?
Every minute the cellular creature splits in two halves, each one immediately
grows to the same size as the parent. In 60 minutes the multitude of creatures
completely fill their container. To the nearest minute, how much time was
needed to half-fill the container?
Kimberly headed to the mall with $60. If she spends 1/4 of her money on clothes,
$30 on CD’s and 10% of her original amount pigging out at the food-court,
how much cash will she have left?
Frank and Helen’s annual singles elimination tennis tournament has drawn 18
players this year. How many matches must be played before there is a winner
for the year?
The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Monday. What day is today?
Lauren drove the 50 miles to the coast at 50 mph, but got stuck in traffic
and averaged 25 mph on the way back. What was Lauren’s average speed for the round trip?
