Brain Busters

[Residential Bob]

On return from the battlefield, the regiment is badly battle-scarred. If 70 percent of the soldiers have lost an eye, 75 percent have lost an ear, 85 percent have lost a leg, and 80 percent have lost an arm, what percentage at least must have lost all four?

[driabyor]

i guess 0% .... sounds like a trick ?

[super cool ski instructor]

I saw numbers and my eyes glazed over :neutral:

[Dr. Funkenstein]

On return from the battlefield, the regiment is badly battle-scarred. If 70 percent of the soldiers have lost an eye, 75 percent have lost an ear, 85 percent have lost a leg, and 80 percent have lost an arm, what percentage at least must have lost all four?
I have a feeling I'm missing a trick question here, but is it 35.7%

[Buffalo]

10

[Residential Bob]

Not a trick question, and Buffalo wins the prize (your check is in the mail).

Add the percentages together, which gives 70 + 75 + 85 + 80 = 310 among 100 soldiers. This gives three injuries each and four injuries to 10 soldiers (the remainder when dividing 310 by 100). The last percentage is, therefore, 10.

[Buffalo]

Not a trick question, and Buffalo wins the prize (your check is in the mail).

Add the percentages together, which gives 70 + 75 + 85 + 80 = 310 among 100 soldiers. This gives three injuries each and four injuries to 10 soldiers (the remainder when dividing 310 by 100). The last percentage is, therefore, 10.
Woo Hooo mathmagic baby!

[driabyor]

dang... I would have tried harder, if I'd known there was a prize.

[CID_0687]

Math sucks.

[GoBucks]

good job Buffalo.... too late for me to think like that!!!

[Residential Bob]

Another one?

Okay, if you insist.

An old lady left $33,333 to be divided equally among two fathers and two sons, and each was to receive $11,111. How was that possible?

[Buffalo]

Another one?

Okay, if you insist.

An old lady left $33,333 to be divided equally among two fathers and two sons, and each was to receive $11,111. How was that possible?
Her husband, her son, and her grandson?

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Her husband, her son, and her grandson?
seems right

[RTchoke]

Oh maaannnnnnnnnn......................I didn't know there was going to be math on this forum. :((

[super cool ski instructor]

More numbers? :confused:

[Buffalo]

You all are making me feel like a nerd today :mrgreen:

[ALBOB2]

A father and son are for a Sunday drive and get into a terrible wreck. The father is killed instantly and the son is mortally wounded. They rush the son to the hospital and immediately into surgery. The surgeon takes one look at the boy and says, "I can't operate on him, he's my son." How can that be?

[Dr. Funkenstein]

A father and son are for a Sunday drive and get into a terrible wreck. The father is killed instantly and the son is mortally wounded. They rush the son to the hospital and immediately into surgery. The surgeon takes one look at the boy and says, "I can't operate on him, he's my son." How can that be?
Because the surgeon's his mother.

[texan_rep]

ALBOB, that one's older than you are...

[JimGP20]

It's 4:30 AM and you're the milkman getting ready to make the morning rounds. You deliver 3 quarts of milk at the first house, and collect 2 empty bottles... 2 quarts and the 2nd house and pick up 3 empties... 4 quarts at the 3rd house and pick up 4 empties... and 6 quarts at the 4th house and pick up 3 empties. So.... how old is the milkman??

[CID_0687]

It's 4:30 AM and you're the milkman getting ready to make the morning rounds. You deliver 3 quarts of milk at the first house, and collect 2 empty bottles... 2 quarts and the 2nd house and pick up 3 empties... 4 quarts at the 3rd house and pick up 4 empties... and 6 quarts at the 4th house and pick up 3 empties. So.... how old is the milkman??
As of 4:30 this morning I was still 28. :mrgreen:

[Dr. Funkenstein]

It's 4:30 AM and you're the milkman getting ready to make the morning rounds. You deliver 3 quarts of milk at the first house, and collect 2 empty bottles... 2 quarts and the 2nd house and pick up 3 empties... 4 quarts at the 3rd house and pick up 4 empties... and 6 quarts at the 4th house and pick up 3 empties. So.... how old is the milkman??
Purple trapezoid

[Residential Bob]

Her husband, her son, and her grandson?Okay, that was easy. Here's a riddle that doesn't involve math.

I take what has been projected upwards by a member of the Talpidae family and, in a very short time, create what a major orogeny has taken centuries to produce during the earth's geological history. What am I doing?

[JimGP20]

Okay, that was easy. Here's a riddle that doesn't involve math.

I take what has been projected upwards by a member of the Talpidae family and, in a very short time, create what a major orogeny has taken centuries to produce during the earth's geological history. What am I doing?


Making a mountain from a molehill.

[Residential Bob]

Making a mountain from a molehill.Dang, another easy one. Sorry, but Buffalo took all the prize money.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Okay, that was easy. Here's a riddle that doesn't involve math.

I take what has been projected upwards by a member of the Talpidae family and, in a very short time, create what a major orogeny has taken centuries to produce during the earth's geological history. What am I doing?
purple trapezoid

[Residential Bob]

purple trapezoidNope. It's violet.

[JimGP20]

What 4 letters can be anagramed into the most words using all 4 letters each time??

[Residential Bob]

what 4 letters can be anagramed into the most words using all 4 letters each time??stop ?

[nortman]

on return from the battlefield, the regiment is badly battle-scarred. If 70 percent of the soldiers have lost an eye, 75 percent have lost an ear, 85 percent have lost a leg, and 80 percent have lost an arm, what percentage at least must have lost all four?70%?

[nortman]

good job Buffalo.... too late for me to think like that!!!
Don't be so giving of your praise to him, he's a Wolverine's fan.

[nortman]

Another one?

Okay, if you insist.

An old lady left $33,333 to be divided equally among two fathers and two sons, and each was to receive $11,111. How was that possible?Father/son/grandson.

[JimGP20]

stop ?


That is correct. The anagrams are...
STOP
POTS
TOPS
OPTS
POST
SPOT

Oh.... and TSOP is the name of a 70's and 80's band. It was an acronym for "The Sound Of Philadelphia".

[nortman]

A father and son are for a Sunday drive and get into a terrible wreck. The father is killed instantly and the son is mortally wounded. They rush the son to the hospital and immediately into surgery. The surgeon takes one look at the boy and says, "I can't operate on him, he's my son." How can that be?If anyone comes up with any answer other than it's his mom doing the surgery, they're sexist.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Nope. It's violet.
What do you get if you put three equilateral triangles together and color it to match Grimace?

[nortman]

It's 4:30 AM and you're the milkman getting ready to make the morning rounds. You deliver 3 quarts of milk at the first house, and collect 2 empty bottles... 2 quarts and the 2nd house and pick up 3 empties... 4 quarts at the 3rd house and pick up 4 empties... and 6 quarts at the 4th house and pick up 3 empties. So.... how old is the milkman??
I'm 44.


Don't tease me about my age or I'll beat you with my cane!

[CID_0687]

What do you get if you put three equilateral triangles together and color it to match Grimace?
Purple trapezoid.

[JimGP20]

Purple trapezoid.

Heavens to mergatroid. :cool:

[nortman]

stop ?
2nd one that I didn't have a clue on, but it sounds right

[Residential Bob]

What do you get if you put three equilateral triangles together and color it to match Grimace?A 12-sided purple trapezoid that loves extra pickles.

[nortman]

What do you get if you put three equilateral triangles together and color it to match Grimace?:rolleyes:

[Residential Bob]

2nd one that I didn't have a clue on, but it sounds rightWe'll just have to wait for JimGP20 to give us the answer.

[nortman]

We'll just have to wait for JimGP20 to give us the answer.

He did, it was.
http://forums.hannity.com/showpost.php?p=59904211&postcount=33

[nortman]

By moving one of the following digits, make the sum correct. 62 - 63 = 1

[nortman]

By moving one of the following digits, make the sum correct. 62 - 63 = 1

You'll have to wait until I get back from takingh my daughter to her flute lesson for the correct answer.

[Residential Bob]

By moving one of the following digits, make the sum correct. 62 - 63 = 1Is this a trick question? Sums are answers to addition problems.

[ALBOB2]

By moving one of the following digits, make the sum correct. 62 - 63 = 1

Move the 1 from the right side and add it to the 62. That leaves 63-63=0.

That's the best guess I got.

[Residential Bob]

Move the 1 from the right side and add it to the 62. That leaves 63-63=0.

That's the best guess I got.But then you don't move the 1. You change it. I'd say move the first 6 to the right side of the equation and add a negative sign.

2 - 63 = -61

[ALBOB2]

But then you don't move the 1. You change it. I'd say move the first 6 to the right side of the equation and add a negative sign.

2 - 63 = -61

And you didn't CHANGE +61 to -61? :confused:


(Just givin' ya' crap. I have no idea what the answer is.:mrgreen: )

[JimGP20]

I'm 44.


Don't tease me about my age or I'll beat you with my cane!

Look here you young whipper snapper.... I'm 52, soon to be 53, so my cane is bigger'n yours. :cool:

[Residential Bob]

And you didn't CHANGE +61 to -61? :confused:


(Just givin' ya' crap. I have no idea what the answer is.:mrgreen: )Yea, it's a poser. But maybe we can make a digit perform another function. Something like this: 2^6 – 63 = 1 (2 to the 6th power).

[JimGP20]

Is this a trick question? Sums are answers to addition problems.

I think this will end up being the correct answer.

[nortman]

Think EXPONENTIALLY

Move the 6 behind the 2 so it becomes:
. .6
2 - 63 = 1

Or:

(2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2) - 63 = 1

Or: 64 - 63 = 1

[nortman]

Is this a trick question? Sums are answers to addition problems.

Okay, I'll give you that it was a poorly phrased question.

[CID_0687]

Think EXPONENTIALLY

Move the 6 behind the 2 so it becomes:
. .6
2 - 63 = 1

Or:

(2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2) - 63 = 1

Or: 64 - 63 = 1
Are you intentionally trying to **** me off and keep me out of this thread? :eh:

[nortman]

Are you intentionally trying to **** me off and keep me out of this thread? :eh:Okay, I'll give you an easy one.

If a plane crashes on the border between the US and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?

[Dr. Funkenstein]

A 12-sided purple trapezoid that loves extra pickles.
this made me snort

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Okay, I'll give you an easy one.

If a plane crashes on the border between the US and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?
purple trapezoid

they don't bury survivors

[JimGP20]

"Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son."

[Dr. Funkenstein]

"Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son."
Speaking of your son...is he still playing football?

[Buffalo]

"Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son."
that man is your son.

[JimGP20]

Speaking of your son...is he still playing football?

No... he graduated this year so football is over. :cry: I was the game announcer for 7 years, but with no more kids on the team, it's just too far to travel just to announce, so I'm retired.

[SisterMary]

"Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son."
It's himself, but I'm fairly sure it's grammatically incorrect.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

What is the largest amount of money you can have, in coins (not counting dollar coins), without being able to make change for a dollar?

[texan_rep]

$1.19

3 quarters
4 dimes
0 nickles
4 pennies

[Dr. Funkenstein]

$1.19

3 quarters
4 dimes
0 nickles
4 pennies
well done, sir

[ALBOB2]

Edit: Disregard. Needed to read the original question more carefully.

[optrader]

3 men check into a hotel and decide to share the cost of a room. The clerk tells them the room is $300.00 a night. Each man gives the clerk a $100.00 bill.

A while later, the clerk realizes that the room was actually only $250.00 a night and gives the bellhop $50.00 and tells him to take it up and return it to the men.

The bellhop reasons that $50.00 would be difficult to split 3 ways and he was after all entitled to a tip, so he gives the men $30.00 and pockets the other $20.00 for himself.

The men then paid $90.00 each for the room for a total of $270.00. The bellhop kept $20.00 bringing the total to 290.00.

Where is the other $10.00?

[JimGP20]

3 men check into a hotel and decide to share the cost of a room. The clerk tells them the room is $300.00 a night. Each man gives the clerk a $100.00 bill.

A while later, the clerk realizes that the room was actually only $250.00 a night and gives the bellhop $50.00 and tells him to take it up and return it to the men.

The bellhop reasons that $50.00 would be difficult to split 3 ways and he was after all entitled to a tip, so he gives the men $30.00 and pockets the other $20.00 for himself.

The men then paid $90.00 each for the room for a total of $270.00. The bellhop kept $20.00 bringing the total to 290.00.

Where is the other $10.00?


I would say that the Obama tax plan ate it up, but 10 bucks isn't nearly enough for that scenario. :think:

[Buffalo]

3 men check into a hotel and decide to share the cost of a room. The clerk tells them the room is $300.00 a night. Each man gives the clerk a $100.00 bill.

A while later, the clerk realizes that the room was actually only $250.00 a night and gives the bellhop $50.00 and tells him to take it up and return it to the men.

The bellhop reasons that $50.00 would be difficult to split 3 ways and he was after all entitled to a tip, so he gives the men $30.00 and pockets the other $20.00 for himself.

The men then paid $90.00 each for the room for a total of $270.00. The bellhop kept $20.00 bringing the total to 290.00.

Where is the other $10.00?
In actuality, each man owed 83-1/3 dollars for their room ($250/3 = $83-1/3). They paid $90, leaving each overpaying by 6-2/3 dollars. That 6-2/3 times 3 men is the $20 tip to the bellhop.

[optrader]

In actuality, each man owed 83-1/3 dollars for their room ($250/3 = $83-1/3). They paid $90, leaving each overpaying by 6-2/3 dollars. That 6-2/3 times 3 men is the $20 tip to the bellhop.

You are correct, this stumps people because they try and introduce the mens perception of what they paid (90.00) instead of what they actually paid, this is irrelevant to the equation. You must follow the actual transaction... Give yourself the extra $10.00 :)

[Residential Bob]

Flynn has fallen on hard times, turned to drink, and ended up a homeless tramp on the streets. He collects cigarette butts and uses the tobacco to roll his own cigarettes. For every 8 cigarette butts he finds, he rolls one full cigarette for himself. He has just collected 64 cigarette ends. How many cigarettes can he make?

[putputpanorama]

Flynn has fallen on hard times, turned to drink, and ended up a homeless tramp on the streets. He collects cigarette butts and uses the tobacco to roll his own cigarettes. For every 8 cigarette butts he finds, he rolls one full cigarette for himself. He has just collected 64 cigarette ends. How many cigarettes can he make?

none

Well

Depends what a "end" is I guess.

[putputpanorama]

If you had a 5 gallon bucket and a 3 gallon bucket, and complete access to water, how do you measure 4 gallons?

[Ardathair]

Flynn has fallen on hard times, turned to drink, and ended up a homeless tramp on the streets. He collects cigarette butts and uses the tobacco to roll his own cigarettes. For every 8 cigarette butts he finds, he rolls one full cigarette for himself. He has just collected 64 cigarette ends. How many cigarettes can he make?

9

He can make 8 from the butts he found.
64/8 = 8

After smoking those 8 he has enough butts to make one more cigarette.

[Ardathair]

If you had a 5 gallon bucket and a 3 gallon bucket, and complete access to water, how do you measure 4 gallons?

Fill the 5 gallon bucket and pour it into the 3 gallon bucket until it is full, you then have 2 gallons left in the first bucket. Empty the three gallon bucket, pour in the 2 gallons left in the first bucket. Refill the 5 gallon bucket and fill the 3 gallon bucket. Since it already had 2 gallons it only takes one gallon to fill and the 5 gallon bucket is left with 4 gallons.

[Residential Bob]

9

He can make 8 from the butts he found.
64/8 = 8

After smoking those 8 he has enough butts to make one more cigarette.Okay, I reckon.

Why has no one ever scaled the tallest known volcano?

[putputpanorama]

Okay, I reckon.

Why has no one ever scaled the tallest known volcano?

Because it's on mars.

[putputpanorama]

Fill the 5 gallon bucket and pour it into the 3 gallon bucket until it is full, you then have 2 gallons left in the first bucket. Empty the three gallon bucket, pour in the 2 gallons left in the first bucket. Refill the 5 gallon bucket and fill the 3 gallon bucket. Since it already had 2 gallons it only takes one gallon to fill and the 5 gallon bucket is left with 4 gallons.

A+

You get a star for the day!