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    Recreational Mathematics

    Puzzles & Riddles


    Puzzles and riddles are perhaps the most well-known activities within recreational math. Math
    puzzles and riddles are fun and interesting, and they help improve problem solving skills and
    thinking capacity! Puzzles and riddles are also an important area of research for many
    mathematicians

    Try Solving These


    ⇒ How can you add eight 8s to get the ⇒ If one and a half hen lays one and a half
    number 1,000 using only addition? egg in one and a half day, how many eggs
    does one hen lay in one day?
    888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000
    To get the daily rate per hen;
    Hens × Days × (Daily Rate) = Eggs
    ⇒ In a certain country, ½ of 5 = 3. If the 1½ × 1½ × (Daily Rate) = 1½
    By solving the equation, we get the answer
    same proportion holds, what is the value of
    as ⅔. Thus, 1 hen will lay two-thirds of an
    ⅓ of 10? egg, in 1 day.
    Answer is 3.
    ½ of 5 = 2.5, which is rounded to the next
    ⇒ Can you find the numbers A, B, C, and D
    number, i.e., 3. Similarly, ⅓ of 10 is 3.33, so that the following calculation is proved?
    which when rounded to the previous number ABCDx4=DCBA
    is 3.
    A = 2, B = 1, C = 7, and D = 8.

    ⇒ Ryan can place 8 large boxes or 10 small ⇒ Use four 9s in a math equation that
    boxes into a carton for transporting them. In equals 100.
    one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If
    there are more large boxes than small 99 + (9 ÷ 9) = 100
    boxes, how many cartons did he ship?
    ⇒ What number comes next?
    1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, ___
    11 cartons.
    7 large boxes (7 × 8) = 56 boxes Answer is 28!
    4 small boxes (4 ×10) = 40 boxes As you see, we get 3 by adding 2 to the first
    11 total cartons consisting of 96 boxes digit 1. Similarly, when we add 3 to the next
    digit, 3 we get 6, and so on.
    ⇒ Brian, Rennie, and their dog start walking
    down a road in the same direction. They ⇒ I add five to nine, and get two. The
    start at the same point and at the same answer is correct, but how?
    time. Brian walks at 12 km/h, while Rennie
    walks at the speed of 10 km/h. Their dog When it is 9am, add 5 hours to it and you will
    runs from Brian to Rennie and back again get 2pm.
    with a constant speed of 15 km/h. How far
    does the dog travel in 1 hour?

    15 km. Because the dog's speed is 15 km/h.


    ⇒ Jammy is a milkman. He has 3-liter and
    5-liter milk cans. Now, he want to measure
    4 liters from these milk cans. How can he do
    it?
    First, he will completely fill the 5-liter can,
    and then pour milk in the 3-liter one. So, he
    is left with 2 liters of milk. He empties the 3-
    liter can and pours the remaining 2 liters in
    it. Now, he again fills the 5-liter can, and
    pours only 1 liter in the 3-liter can, because it
    already has 2 liters in it. So, he is left with 4
    liters of milk in the 5-liter can.

    ⇒ There are 12 kids in a classroom. 6 kids


    are wearing socks and 4 are wearing shoes.
    3 kids are wearing both. How many are bare
    feet?
    As we know, 3 kids are wearing both. So,
    only 3 kids are wearing only socks (6 - 3 = 3),
    and 1 is wearing only shoes (4 - 3 = 1). So, in
    total, 3 + 3 + 1 = 7. Now, 12 kids are there, so,
    12 - 7 = 5. That means 5 kids are bare feet.

    ⇒ Peter, Ricky, John, and Sam played


    basketball and scored different points: 24,
    10, 6 and 28. Peter scored 4 times as many
    points as Sam. John scored more points
    than Ricky and Sam. Who scored how
    much?

    Peter scored four times more points than


    Sam, which means, Sam scored 6 points,
    and (6 × 4) 24 points were scored by Peter.
    John scored the most points, i.e., 28, and the
    remaining points, i.e., 10, was scored by
    Ricky.

    ⇒ What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of


    4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of
    1,000?

    100

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