scooby_doo_do Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container? Fill up the 5 gallon container then empty into the three gallon container, then empty the three gallon container into the barrall, you then have 2 gallons in the five gallon container so empty the two gallons into the three gallon container, you then fill up the five gallon container and pour into the three gallon container leaving four gallons in the five gallon you then empty the three gallon container and pour three gallons into the three gallon container and you are left with one gallon in the five gallon container. Phew.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_doo_do Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 There's a much easier way.... Fill up the 3 gallon, and pour into the 5 gallon, re-fill the 3 gallon and fill up the remainder of the 5 gallon - thus leaving you 1 gallon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_doo_do Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 queue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_doo_do Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 ok - that's all the one's i know - someone else's turn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Two strangers from different parts of America both build simular apartment buildings in their home towns. By chance, they both forget an important part of thier project. They each, once again by chance, call the same national hardware store and order the missing items. The prices they are quoted are as follows: one will cost them $2. two will cost them $2. twelve will cost them $4. and a hundred and fourty-four will cost $6. What was the item they needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Door numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 A fool wants to tie a rope around the earth. So he buys a rope of 40,000 KM and ties it around the world. His neighbour, also a fool, wants to do the same only he wants the rope on sticks 1 meter above the ground. How much more rope does he need? And how much more rope do you need when you use a tennis ball instead of the earth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsum Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 6.28m as for the ball - need no more you would have enough for a few balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 6.28m as for the ball - need no more you would have enough for a few balls. Yep. It's 6.28m for the tennis ball as well, although a tennis ball with 1m long sticks coming out of it and rope attached would look a bit odd!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsum Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I suppose it is to teach kids about pi being constant. anyways, not sure this has been on yet; Complete the last two in this sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 11 = 6, 12 = 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsum Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 yip another complete the last two in this sequence: 1=2, 2=5, 3=5, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=3, 8=?, 9=? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 8=7 9=6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 8=7 9=6 Huh? I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Took me a while too. Its a bit of a cheat as its nothing really to do with maths. I had a piece of paper and everything out trying to solve it. Think of the numbers as a description of the number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 an easy one.. what gets wetter as it dries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 an easy one.. what gets wetter as it dries? A towel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 A towel. yip another easy one: you must make 30p using only two coins and one of them is not a 10p coin? what two coins do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 10p and a 20p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 10p and a 20p yip got that off scrubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 another one for you guys: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsum Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 8=7 9=6 well done. i made that one up so there could be no searching online for an answer - (not that anyone on here would do that ) Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it? = time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 another one for you guys: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it? Time 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 What is the next line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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