Brain Buster #201
Arrange the ten digits 0 to 9 in three arithmetical sums, using three of the
four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and
using no signs except the ordinary ones implying those operations. Here is
an example to make it quite clear:
3 + 4 = 7 9 - 8 =
1 5 X 6 = 30
But, the example is not correct, as the number 2 has not been used and the
number 3 has been used twice. Can you come up with a valid solution?
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Brain Buster #202
One four-letter word will fit on all three lines below to make new words with
the word preceding and the word following. (example:
IN DOOR
STOP) The same 4-letter word must be used for all 3 lines. What's
the word?
BACK
_______ SOME
FREE
_______ MADE
SECOND _______ BAG
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Brain Buster #203
Several cartons of candy are being shipped from a manufacturer to warehouses
where they will be prepackaged to sell to stores. The candy in each carton
needs to be divided equally among 3, 4, 5, or 7 stores. What is the least
number of pieces of candy that each carton can have?
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Brain Buster #204
If today is Monday, what is the day after the day before the day before
tomorrow?
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Brain Buster #205
Kevin flew to Puzzleland at the fantastic speed of 1000 miles per hour.
There he picked up his friend and flew back, burdened by the extra weight, at
only 500 miles per hour. What was his average speed?
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Brain Buster #206
Can you find common English words containing the following groups of
three letters consecutively? For example, MMU exists in AMMUNITION, but
you should be able to come up with an alternative word.
BBT GGH
MMU SSP
FFH HHO
NNK TTH
RRH KKN
PPH VVY
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Brain Buster #207
What three-letter word inserted in the blands below will create two new words
from those on either side?
HIGH
__________ WARD
DRIVE
__________ SIDE
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Brain Buster #208
What is the number that is 5 more than the number which is one-fifth of
one-fifth of one-half of 1050?
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Brain Buster #209
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.
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Brain Buster #210
The following multiplication example uses every digit from 0 to 9 once (not
counting the intermediate steps). Fill in the missing numbers.
7 x x
4 x
x x x x x
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Brain Buster #211
Below are four words that share an interesting feature in their
construction. Can you solve this in less than two minutes?
1. Federation
2. Conmoto
3. Spontaneous
4. Jihad
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Brain Buster #212
Nancy's cousin's uncle's wife's sister is what relation to Nancy? Think
of the closest relations!!
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Brain Buster #213
There are 7 tennis balls which are
identical in all aspects except that one of them weighs slightly less than the
other 6. How can you identify the one that weighs less on a balance scale with
no more than 2 separate weighings?
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Brain Buster #214
Fill in the missing numbers in the following series:
101 99 102 98 103 97 ? ?
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Brain Buster #215
Can you arrange the odd digits 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, and the even digits, 2, 4,
6, and 8, in such a way that the odd ones add up to the same as the even
ones? You can use arithmetical signs and decimals, but the idea is to try
and arrive at the simplest possible solution. There are, of course, many
possible answers.
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Brain Buster #216
When the following words are unscrambled, which one is the odd man out?
HECTARE
STINTED
RIOTED RACED
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Brain Buster #217
Many years ago when gasoline was only 46 cents a gallon, I stopped to fill up
my car. I gave the attendant a $20.00 bill and waited for my change.
Unexpectedly, he charged me for the number of gallons that the car needed
instead of the dollar amount. (for example if the car took 8.4 gallons he
would have charged me $8.40. Because he did this, I received less in
change than I should have. The funny thing is that I had received in
change exactly the amount that I should have been charged for the gas in the
first place. Remembering that the cash indicator on a gas pump will only
charge to the nearest half-cent, how many gallons of gas did I buy that day?
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Brain Buster #218
With thieves I consort
With the vilest, in short,
I'm quite at my ease in depravity;
Yet all divines use me
And savants can't lose me
For I am the center of gravity
Who or what am I?
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Brain Buster #219
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
S _ R _ _ _ _ _ C
_ T I O N
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Brain Buster #220
What is the four-digit number (no zeros) in which the third digit is the
number of "winds," the first digit is one-half of the third, the
second digit is double the third and the last digit is one-half the sum of the
first three?
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Brain Buster #221
From doing the wacky words puzzles on our website, you know that the letters
CCCCCCC can be interpreted as The Seven Seas. Can you make sense out of
the following?
a. milonelion
b. Sympho
c. gunGUNgun
GUNgunGUN
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Brain Buster #222
What would be the next number in the following sequence?
11
1,331
161,051
19,487,171
?
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Brain Buster #223
"My first is in run, but not in won; my second in apple and also in
talk; my third is in miss but not in score; my last in win but not in
more."
What am I?
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Brain Buster #224
The square of 13 is 169. Take the last digit of the square, 9, and
place it in the middle, making 196. This is the square of 14, the next
number above 13. What are the next numbers which also have this property?
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Brain Buster #225
Find the word that fits the first definition, then add a "T" in
front of it to make a new word that matches the second definition.
Place a "T" in front of the place you are, and make the other
place.
Place a "T" in front of a male possessive, and get something you
can point to.
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