Brain Buster #851
What common word contains the consonants l, k, n, w, and t and
the vowels i and e?
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Brain Buster #852
Insert +, -, and/or parentheses between the digits to make
126. No operator between two digits forms a multi-digit
number (for example 3 4 becomes 34).
1 2 3 4 5 6 = 126
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Brain Buster #853
Mr. Hobbs, the math teacher, has separated a list of numbers
into two lists. Can you determine what criterion he used to
separate the numbers?
1, 23, 57, 117, 12555, 222, 3
14, 263, 857, 1179, 1205, 888
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Brain Buster #854
What one three-letter word can be added to the blanks below to
make a new word in each case?
BL________
D________Y
COMM____
BR______ED
W____ERED
ST_____ARD
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Brain Buster #855
Find the six-digit number in which the first and last digits
are the same and each is three times the second and twice the
third; the fourth digit is double the second; and the fifth is
the sum of the second and third.
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Brain Buster #856
Take a word that means "quantity," remove one letter
and find a color.
Take a word that means "piece of cord," remove one
letter and find a sharp sensation.
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Brain Buster #857
Quickly now, besides the words giggle, gaggle, and goggles,
can you think of another common word that has three G's?
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Brain Buster #858
What number divided into 311, 368, 444, and 672 will always
leave the same remainder?
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Brain Buster #859
What common four-letter word can be placed in front of each of
the words below to form new words?
bow
coat
drop
fall
spout
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Brain Buster #860
Insert +, -, x, and or parentheses between the digits to make
22,848. No operator between two numbers forms a multi-digit number
( 3 4 with no -, +, etc. becomes 34 ).
1 2 3 4 5 6 = 22,848
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Brain Buster #861
All the vowels (including "y") have been removed
from the following proverb. Can you read it?
B R D N T H H N D S W R T H T W N T H B S H
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Brain Buster #862
Which of the words below fits with the following set 1, 2, 3,
or 4?
Hope
Mars
Delay
Light
1. Clear
2. Maps
3. Near
4. Cabinet
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Brain Buster #863
A knight in the Middles Ages is talking with a king. The
knight says, "if you give me five of your shields, I will
have twice as many shields as you. If I give you two of my
shields, I will have one quarter as many shields as you."
How many shields do the knight and the king each have to begin
with?
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Brain Buster #864
Molly is buying some new fishing equipment at a sporting goods
store where there is a sale. Everything in the store is 25% off,
and cash purchases receive another 25% off the sale price. What
will Molly pay in cash for fishing equipment with a pre-sale
price of $100?
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Brain Buster #865
John gets to spend the rest of his math class time in the
library if he can solve the sequence below. Can you help him?
8, 61, 42, 23, 04, 84, ?
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Brain Buster #866
The names of three women are squashed together into one big
word:
PRJOBUAUERLLTIAAA
All the letters are in the correct order; use each letter only
once. Find the three women.
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Brain Buster #867
What letter comes next in the following sequence?
B C D G J O P Q R S ?
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Brain Buster #868
James is now his mother's age if the digits are reversed. Only
a year ago, James was exactly one-half his mother's age. How old
are they now?
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Brain Buster #869
Choose the correct letter from each clue in the rhyme below.
When put in order, the four letters will spell the answer to the
riddle.
My first is in want but not in hand.
My second in whistle but not in band.
My third in Susan you'll surely see.
My fourth in hope and also he.
My whole is something we often make
On lighted candles on a cake.
_ _ _ _
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Brain Buster #870
What is the number that is one more than one-fifth of
one-third of one-half of one-tenth of 2,700?
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Brain Buster #871
Alice likes cents but not dollars. She likes dimes but not
nickels. She likes francs but not rupees. Following the same
rule, will she like pounds or shillings?
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Brain Buster #872
What comes next in the following sequence?
2222222222222 33333333333 5555555 77777 11 11 11 ? ?
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Brain Buster #873
Make your way from BLOW to WIND in only seven steps, changing
one letter at a time ane making a good English word at each step.
BLOW
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
WIND
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Brain Buster #874
If a bouquet of six tulips and eight daisies costs $10, but a
bouquet of eight tulips and six daisies costs $11, how much does
each flower cost?
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Brain Buster #875
Two brothers went to a stamp-collecting exhibit where they
wanted to buy some old stamps to add to their collections. On one
table Marcus found sets of 12 stamps selling for eight dollars;
the stamps could also be purchased individually. Julius went to
another table that offered 32 stamps for 20 dollars. They too
could be purchased individually. On the way home from the
exhibit, Marcus remarked that he had spent only two dollars more
for his stamps at one than had Julius, who had purchased his
stamps at table two. Both boys had purchased the same number of
stamps. How many did each have?
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