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(#M40000367) A WEBSITE QUESTION Snacks for children Keep an EYE

Five children want a snack.
There is an orange, a muffin, an apple, chocolate bread and raisin bread.
Hints:
- Michelle hates chocolate and oranges.
- Irne loves raisins.
- Pierre et Sarah don't want chocolate bread.
- Pierre et Jean are the only ones who like apples.

Question: What was their snack?.

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(#M40000351) A WEBSITE QUESTION Elevator problem Keep an EYE

A Man works on the 10th floor and always takes the elevator down to ground level at the end of the day.

Yet every morning he only takes the elevator to the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to the 10th floor, even when is in a hurry.

Why?

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(#M40000354) A WEBSITE QUESTION Birthday Keep an EYE

Q. When asked about his birthday, a man said: "The day before yesterday I was only 25 and next year I will turn 28." This is true only one day in a year - when was he born?

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(#M40000350) INFOSYS QUESTION Coloured dice Keep an EYE

Two people are playing with a pair of dice. Instead of numbers, the dice have different colors on their sides. The first person
wins if the same color appears on both the dice and the second person wins if the colors are different. The odds of their winning
are equal. If the first dice has 5 red sides and 1 blue side, find the colour(s) on the second one.

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(#M40000361) A WEBSITE QUESTION Number sequence Keep an EYE

Q. What is the next term in this sequence?

1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221,... ?

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(#M40000356) A WEBSITE QUESTION Make 100 Keep an EYE

Q. Using the numerals 1,7,7,7 and 7 (a "1" and four "7"s) create the number 100.

As well as the five numerals you can use the usual mathematical operations +, -, x, / and brackets ().

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(#M40000364) A WEBSITE QUESTION Next number Keep an EYE

Q. What is the next term in this sequence?

2, 9, 3, 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7,.....

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(#M40000369) A WEBSITE QUESTION Bridge Keep an EYE

Five persons are standing on one side of a bridge.
They want to cross the bridge.

Without a torch, they cannot proceed.
Only one torch is available.
The torch has a remaining battery life of only 30 seconds.

Only two people can go over the bridge at one time.
The torch needs to be returned to the remaining persons.

The five people take different times to cross the bridge.
One takes 1 second to cross the bridge.
The others take 3 seconds, 6 seconds, 8 seconds and 12 seconds.

Everyone crosses the bridge within 30 seconds.

Question : How do they proceed?

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(#M40000357) A WEBSITE QUESTION Maths trick Keep an EYE

Q. The following equation is wrong: 101 - 102 = 1

Move one numeral to make it correct.

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(#M40000371) A WEBSITE QUESTION How many fruits? Keep an EYE

Q. One day I went to the market to buy apples. A vendor had a basket full of apples. When asked for the number of apples in the basket, the vendor replied that

if arranged in 2s the remainder = 1
if arranged in 3s the remainder = 2
if arranged in 4s the remainder = 3
if arranged in 5s the remainder = 4
if arranged in 6s the remainder = 5
if arranged in 7s the remainder = 0

How many apples were there in the basket?

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