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Brain Teasers - dudette - 08-02-2005
:mmm:
Tapioca
Rhythm
and Aardvark
leap out at me
Brain Teasers - Jangar - 08-02-2005
dudette Wrote::mmm:
Tapioca
Rhythm
and Aardvark
leap out at me
Well done Dudette
Pat has four more brothers than she has sisters. Her brother Jim has two more brothers than he has sisters. How many siblings in all? (Hint: There are fewer than 10.)
(0124)
Brain Teasers - dudette - 08-02-2005
I am very confused. Here is my reasoning;
Pat has sisters plus 4 brothers, one of which is Jim (so it is Pat + Jim + 3 brothers +sisters) = ?
Jim has sisters, one of which is Pat, plus 2 brothers. (so that is Jim + Pat + sisters + 2 brothers) = ?
Argh! :duh:
Brain Teasers - Jangar - 09-02-2005
Jangar Wrote:Well done Dudette
Pat has four more brothers than she has sisters. Her brother Jim has two more brothers than he has sisters. How many siblings in all? (Hint: There are fewer than 10.)
(0124)
Let's see...
Jim has 2 more brothers than sisters... and the total amount is less than 10...
So therefore jim must have at least 3 boets and a maximum of 7....
But if Jim has 6 boets he must have 4 sisters which makes 10 all in all which is too much...
So if Jim has 5 boets he will have 3 sisters which makes 9.... So far so good
It also matches with the first statement... Pat + 2 sisters = 4 more boets than sisters...If Jim has 4 boets it means that Pat has 1 sister but the question mentions sisters.... so that cannot be the answer and as soon as I figure out what the hang I was trying to work out I'll let you know...
My final answer is 9.... 6 brothers and 3 sisters...
*wonders if his reasoning made sense...*
Brain Teasers - Jangar - 10-02-2005
Woo Hoo !!!!
I was right
The names of three flowers are interlettered below. Can you find them?
A H L Z Y A A D V L R E
E A N A N D E G E A R
(050125)
Brain Teasers - Jangar - 25-02-2005
Shall we move quietly on ?
Brain Teasers - Pronkertjie - 25-02-2005
Jangar Wrote:Woo Hoo !!!!
I was right
The names of three flowers are interlettered below. Can you find them?
A H L Z Y A A D V L R E
E A N A N D E G E A R
(050125)
AZALEA
?
?
Brain Teasers - penelope - 25-02-2005
Jangar Wrote:Woo Hoo !!!!Hydrangea
I was right
The names of three flowers are interlettered below. Can you find them?
A H L Z Y A A D V L R E
E A N A N D E G E A R
(050125)
Brain Teasers - penelope - 25-02-2005
Lavender
Brain Teasers - Jangar - 25-02-2005
Well Done Ladies :thumbs:
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Fill in each blank below with a word that means the same as the word on the left when read normally and fits the definition on the right when read backwards.
Friends ______ Hit sharply
Rinds of fruit ______ What we do with one-third of our lives