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(#M40009125) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Two friends have a nice meal together, and the bill is $25

The friends pay $15 each, which the Waiter gives to the Cashier

The Cashier hands back $5 to the Waiter

The Waiter keeps $3 as a tip and hands back $1 each

So, the friends paid $14 each for the meal, for a total of $28. The Waiter has $3, and that makes $31. Where did the other dollar come from?

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(#M40009124) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

A Teacher thinks of two consecutive numbers in the range 1 to 10, and tells Alex one of the numbers and Sam the other.

Sam and Alex have the following conversation:

Alex: I don't know your number.
Sam: I don't know your number, either.
Alex: Now I know!

Can you find all 4 solutions?

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(#M40009123) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

If one and a half hens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days, how many eggs does one hen lay in one day?

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(#M40009122) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Can you arrange the numerals 1 to 9 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) in a single fraction that equals exactly 1/3 (one third)?

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(#M40009121) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

There is one four-digit whole number n, such that the last four digits of n2 are in fact the original number n.

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(#M40009120) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

A popular mathematical pastime:

Use exactly four 4's to form every integer from 0 to 50, using only the operators +, -, x, /, () (brackets) x2 (square), and ! (factorial).

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(#M40009119) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Using 8 exactly eight times make a 1000.

You can use any mathematical symbols

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(#M40009118) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

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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(#M40009117) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

What 5-digit number has the following features:

If we put the numeral 1 at the beginning, we get a number three times smaller than if we put the numeral 1 at the end of the number.

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(#M40009116) SELF QUESTION Keep an EYE

Find the next number in the series 1, 3 ,7 ,13 ,21 ,31
(a) 43
(b) 33
(c) 41
(d) 45

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