Other pages: Welcome! Home Contents Get your brain teaser solved! View my blog on particle physics here FAMOUS SHAKUNTALA DEVI PUZZLE - Answer! Age group: All Hi! This is the answer to the famous puzzle by Shakuntala Devi! The question was: "Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock, how many minutes is it to six o'clock?" You can also view the question here: Shakuntala Devi Puzzle Now coming to the Answer! Let us first analyse the question. So what does the question really mean? Specifically, what does "four times as many minutes past 3:00" mean? Once we understand this, we will be able to solve the question very easily. "As many minutes" refers to the next part of the question i.e. to 6:00. So basically what this question means is: Fifty minutes ago, the time past 3:00 is 4 times the time left to 6:00. Doesn't this make it even more simple? Proceeding from here is very simple, Let x be the minutes to ...
Other pages: Welcome! Home Contents Get your brain teaser solved! View my blog on particle physics here HOW MANY COINS IN EACH GLASS? - ANSWER Age group: All Hello Readers! Here is the answer to the question I had asked earlier! You can also view the question here: Coins in glasses puzzle The question I asked was: "How can you place 10 coins in 3 glasses such that each glass has an odd number of coins?" Note: You cannot leave any glass empty Now coming to the Answer! First of all, let us get one thing clear, odd number + odd number = even number even number + odd number = odd number i.e. odd number + odd number + odd number = odd number From this, we can conclude two things - 1) Sum of 3 odd numbers can never give an even number; thus, logically, dividing 10 into 3 parts such that each is an odd number is not possible. 2) However, we can get an even number if we place an odd number of coins in two glasses ; however, we were told that no gl...
Other pages: Welcome! Home Contents Get your brain teaser solved! View my blog on particle physics here The cat in the hat puzzle! Age group: 6-12 years old Hi everyone! There are three hats which have a sentence written on each of them: Hat 1: The cat is in this hat Hat 2: The cat is not in this hat Hat 3: The cat is not in hat 1 If only one of these statements is correct, which hat is the cat in? A) Hat 1 B) Hat 2 C) Hat 3 D) None of the hats E) Not enough information Hope you all enjoy this! This is my first post :) Tell me the correct answer in the comments! The correct answer can be found in the below link: The Cat in the Hat - Answer Get your brain teaser solved! See my other posts here: My posts! View the contents of this blog for easy and better navigation! Contents View my blog on particle physics here With Warm Wishes, Lavanya Citation: Only 36% Solve The Cat In The Hat Puzzle – Mind Your Decisions . (2022). Mindyourdecisions....