Friday, 1/31/03
Prepare separate sheet for Test #14.
Mental Floss
Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each
letter once.
A farmer in California own a beautiful pear tree. He supplies
the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer
to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows
that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs
and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of
fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?
How many times can you subtract 6 from 36?
A boat has a ladder hanging off the side that has six rungs.
Each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water.
The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour.
When the tide is at it`s highest, how many rungs are under water?
Natives on a strange island are either Truth-sayers or Liars.
You come across three of them and ask the first, "Are you a Truth-sayer
or a Liar?" He mumbles something that you don't understand. The second
one says (about the first one) "He says that he's a Truth-sayer." The third
one says (about the second one) "He's lying." Who's lying and who's telling
the truth?
A sundial is a timepiece that has the fewest number of moving
parts. Which timepiece has the most moving parts?
