Brain Buster 626
A man bought a number of turkeys at a cost of $60.00, and after reserving
fifteen of the birds he sold the remainder for $54.00, thus gaining .10˘ a head
by these. How many turkeys did he buy?
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Brain Buster 627
Jennifer didn't like to tell her age, so when she was asked, her mother
answered for her. Her mother said, "I'm just seven times as old as she is
now. In twenty years, she'll be just half the age that I will be then."
How old is Jennifer?
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Brain Buster 628
Nicole was sure she got the right answer when her botany teacher asked her to
pick out the plant that was not a tree from the list below. Which one
would you choose?
Peach, Plum, Walnut, Linden, Banana
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Brain Buster 629
There are several chickens and rabbits in a cage (with no other types of
animals). There are 72 heads and 200 feet inside the cage. How many chickens are
there, and how many rabbits?
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Brain Buster 630
What's the missing letter in the sequence below?
B C E G K
M Q S ?
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Brain Buster 631
Can you change the word FAIL into SOUR by changing one letter at a time (each
time making a new word) in 4 steps?
FAIL
____
____
____
SOUR
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Brain Buster 632
The four words below can be rearranged into four new words. In some
cases, there are multiple answers.
SHOP
BELIED
STARCH SPACE
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Brain Buster 633
Two years ago, a man was offered a motorcycle for $1024, but he declined to
buy it. A year later, he was offered the same motorcycle for $640, but again
decided not to buy it. A little while after that, he was again offered the
motorcycle, this time at $400. Again, he refused to buy it. Last week, he turned
the motorcycle down even though the price had now fallen to $250. If the owner
offers it for sale yet again, and he makes a consistent reduction, how much will
it be for sale for the next time?
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Brain Buster 634
One school found that all 32 of its students were successful in at least one
of the three exams that each of them had taken. Of the students who did
not pass Exam One, the number who passed Exam Two was exactly half of the number
who passed Exam Three. The number who passed only Exam One was the same as
the number who passed only one of the other two exams, and three more than the
number who passed Exam One and at least one of the other two exams. How
many students passed more than one exam?
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Brain Buster 635
The ages of Old and Young total 48. Old is twice as old as Young was
when Old was half as old as Young will be when Young is three times as old as
Old was when Old was three times as old as Young. how old is Old?
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Brain Buster 636
What are the missing numbers?
31 62
__ 25 56
__ 19
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Brain Buster 637
While
Thomas is shopping at Tom Mart, he picks out five items that he
wishes to purchase. He has a magazine, an orange, a hose, a
television, and an apple. Which item out of the six
listed below does he need to purchase to complete his order?
Belt
Table
Torch
Sandwich
Magazine
Bananas
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Brain Buster 638
A
company gets 16 cans of paint each month. The problem is
that one of the 16 cans is always contaminated with lead.
Fortunately, the company has the capacity to test for lead
by opening and testing the paint. However, due to time and money constraints, the
results of the tests cannot be made known until after all
of the tests have been performed. What is the fewest
number of tests that must be made in order to know for
certain which of the 16 cans is contaminated.
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Brain Buster 639
What two words, formed from different arrangements of the following ten
letters, will complete the sentence below.
C E F G I I N R T Y
The accountant, anxious to be accurate in ___________ his client's accounts,
found himself ___________ errors made by an amateur bookkeeper.
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Brain Buster 640
A businessman and his 4 sons originally took out a lease on their building
for 99 years. When I asked them how much time was left on the lease, the
father said, "two-thirds of the time past is equal to four-fifths of the
time to come. How much time is left on the lease?
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Brain Buster 641
The names of four people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find
them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)
Don't be so critical, ice skating is fun!
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Brain Buster 642
An electrician agrees to work on the condition that he is paid 2 monetary
units for everyday that he works on wiring a house, but he must forfeit 3 units
on the days that he fails to work on the house. After 30 days, he finds
that he has paid out exactly as much as he has received. How many days did
he work on the house?
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Brain Buster 643
Ryan has three times as many sisters as he has brothers, but each of his
sisters has just as many brothers as she has sisters. How many boys and
girls are in the immediate family if there are not more than ten siblings?
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Brain Buster 644
Reduce the high-flown language below to a common saying.
It is impossible to compare the lack of sapience of a youthful injudicious
person with the lack of sapience of a person of more advanced years.
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Brain Buster 645
Midge lives on the twelfth floor of a modern elevator apartment building.
Whenever she gets into the automatic elevator on the ground floor, and no one
else is in the elevator, she pushes the button for floor 6, gets off on the
sixth floor, and walks up the stairway to the twelfth floor. She would much
prefer to ride the elevator all the way up to her floor. Why does she do this?
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Brain Buster 646
A man left a legacy of $10,000 to three relatives and their wives. 'Together,
the wives received $3960. June received $100 more than Camille, and Martha
received $100 more than June. Jack Smith was given just as much as his wife,
Horace Saunders got half as much again as his wife, and Terry Connors received
twice as much as his wife. What was the first name of each man's wife?
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Brain Buster 647
Before Copernicus, everybody thought the sun revolved around the earth; it
took a while (and several inquisitions) to catch on, but nowadays most people
know better. Here are a couple of persistent scientific myths. Or maybe not.
Which are true?
1. Water swirls down the drain the other way in Australia.
2. You can catch a bird if you put salt on its tail.
3. You can't stare too long at the sun.
4. There is no such fish as a sardine.
5. Hair and fingernails keep growing after death.
6. Mixing milk and meat is dangerous.
7. Owls see perfectly well during the day.
8. It's okay to mix alcoholic drinks.
9. When you freeze food, it kills the bacteria.
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Brain Buster 648
Here's a palindrome: How do you describe a car whose usual habitation
has been destroyed?
_ _ G _ _ A _ _ D
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Brain Buster 649
What is the number which is 10 more than one-fourth of one-tenth of one-fifth
of 800.
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Brain Buster 650
Change the first letter in each pair of words below to create two new
words. Then put the new letter on the line provided. When you have
finished, you will have a new word, reading down.
WARP __ BAND
OIL __ RIM
PUT __ TAIL
RUG __ HOG
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