Maths teasers
Sep 26, 2003
Take the number of your fingers multiplied by the number of you toes
Take the number of your fingers multiplied by the number of you toes divided by one half and add it to the number of months in a year. What is the total?
A mother and father have six sons and each son has one sister. How many people are in that family?
Joan and Jane are sisters. Jean is Joan's daughter and 12 years younger than her aunt. Joan is twice as old as Jean. Four years ago, Joan was the same age as Jane is now, and Jane was twice as old as her niece. How old is Jean?
John weighs 147 kilogrammes plus half of his weight. How much does he weigh?
A mother and father have six sons and each son has one sister. How many people are in that family?
Joan and Jane are sisters. Jean is Joan's daughter and 12 years younger than her aunt. Joan is twice as old as Jean. Four years ago, Joan was the same age as Jane is now, and Jane was twice as old as her niece. How old is Jean?
John weighs 147 kilogrammes plus half of his weight. How much does he weigh?