Word Problems
1.
Take two apples from five apples, How many apples do you have?
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2.
Do they have a fourth of July in England?
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3.
If you only had one match and entered a dark room containing a torch, some firewood,
and a piece of newspaper, what would you light first?
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4.
A farmer had 16 sheep. all but 5 died. How many sheep did he have left?
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5.
How many animals of each species did moses take on the ark?
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6.
A plane full of English tourists flies from Holland to Spain. It crashes in France. Where should the survivours be buried?
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7.
If a redhouse is made of redwood and a whitehouse is made of whitewood, what is a greenhouse made of?
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8.
Mrs Taylor's bungalow is decorated entirely in pink. Her lamps,curtains and chairs are all in pink. What color are her stairs?
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9.
If you drive a bus with 42 poeple from California to Washington,and drop off 2 people at each stop and pick up 5 people at half the stops, when you arrive in Washington, What is the driver's name?
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10.
Write this down as one number: 15 thousand, 15 hundred, and 15.
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11.
What to Kermit the frog and Attilla the Hun have in common?
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12.
What do you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
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13.
If folk is spelled F O L K and joke is spelled J O K E, How do you spell the word for the white of an egg?
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14.
What could you be sure to find in the middle of Toronto?
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15.
Who was the last man to box Joe Louis?
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16.
A daddy bull drinks 10 gallons per hour and a baby bull drinks 4 gallons.
How much would a mommy bull drink?
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17.
Farmer giles has three back pigs, two brown pigs and one pink pig. How many of Farmer Gile's pigs can say
that they are the same color as another of Farmer Giles' pigs?
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18.
How may grooves are there on the average long playing record?
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19.
Old mother Twitchett
has but one eye,
And a long tail
which she cand let fly;
And every time
she goes over a gap,
She leaves a bit
of her tail in a trap.
What is she?
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20.
The pope has it but doesn't use it.
Your dad has it but your mom uses it.
Nuns don't need it.
The queen has it but doesn't use it.
What is it?
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21.
If you can buy 1 for $1.00, 12 for $2.00 and 150 for $3.00,
what are you buying?
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22.
Looking at a picture, a man states: "Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man's father is my father's son." What is the relationship between the man talking and the person in the portrait?
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23.
How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by two feet by four feet?
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24.
A bottle and cork cost $1.05. The bottle costs $1.00 more than the cork. How much does each cost?
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25.
Three people each charged a different price per hour for their services.
Using the clues below, can you identify each person's full name, his or her profession,
and his of her price?
1.The professor charged the least.
2.Ben was not the lawyer
3.Ray charged less than Jones.
4.Ray charged less than jones who did not use the doctor
5.Smith charged $15.
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26.
Can you name ten body parts of three letters each?
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27.
Complete these sequences of letters: O.T.T.F.F_ M.T.W.T._ D.N.O.S.A._
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28.
Who goes with whom? Where did they meet? How old is each of my kids?
1. One of my daughters met her boyfriend Alex at a disco, but he seems Quite nice.
2. Another is very serious about George, she's over 15. They didn't meet at a party.
3. My 14 year old met someone at school; Peter is over 15.
4. My eldest child, Betty, didn't meet her guy on a plane.
5. One of the boys brought home a girl named Molly the other day, but he hadn't met her at school or on a plane.
6. Ray is dating my 16 year old daughter, that's not Rachel.
| George | Molly | Alex | Ray | Michelle | Disco | School | Plane | Holiday | Party | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 |
|---|
| Betty |
| Rachel |
| Peter |
| Max |
| Claire |
| 12 |
| 14 |
| 16 |
| 18 |
| 20 |
| Disco |
| School |
| Plane |
| Holiday |
| Party |
Taken from WWW.catalougues online.com/puzzles.html
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29.
Name at least 3 ways to determine the height of a building with a barometer.