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Brain Teasers

Calculate the velocity of water coming out of a double-entry pipe
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Calculate the velocity of water coming out of a double-entry pipe

Byadmin November 1, 2012June 1, 2016

If we know the volumetric flow rates of the water going into the two branches, then what would be the velocity of the water coming out?

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Brain Teaser: Fill in the Blanks
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Brain Teaser: Fill in the Blanks

Byadmin November 7, 2011June 1, 2016

Four words with the letters SNT, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters below to fill in the blanks.
_ _ S _ N T _ _ _
S _ _ N T
S _ N _ _ T
S _ _ _ N T
Letters to use: A, A, E, E, E, I, I, L, L, Q, S, S, U, U

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Brain Teaser: A Sliding Ladder
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Brain Teaser: A Sliding Ladder

Byadmin November 7, 2011June 1, 2016

A 25 ft ladder (assume it is not an extension ladder) is placed with its foot 7 ft away from a building. If the top of the ladder slips down 4 ft, how many feet will the bottom slide out?

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Brain teaser – A distribution manager’s dilemma
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Brain teaser – A distribution manager’s dilemma

ByDoug Fred E.I. March 22, 2010June 1, 2016

John the distribution manager for a leading mobile phone company has a dilemma. The warehouse has 10 unlabelled rows of pallets, each row contains thousands of phones destined for different…

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Brain Teaser – Determine the code to open the briefcase
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Brain Teaser – Determine the code to open the briefcase

ByKen James January 23, 2010June 1, 2016

Doug had forgotten the 5 digit code to his briefcase. However, he did remember five clues: The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen; The fourth number is one…

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The Raffle Tickets Brain Teaser
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The Raffle Tickets Brain Teaser

ByKen.Kabaki October 1, 2009June 1, 2016

Challenge your brain with this interesting brain teaser. Given a number of statement find the solution to the question asked.

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Challenge your brain – Boys vs. Girls jigsaw puzzle
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Challenge your brain – Boys vs. Girls jigsaw puzzle

ByDoug Fred E.I. September 3, 2009July 5, 2016

A team of 6 girls and 4 boys put together a 2200-piece jigsaw puzzle in 4 hours. The same jigsaw puzzle was put together in 8 hours by a team of two girls and five boys.

Who are better at putting jigsaw puzzles together, boys or girls, and by how much?

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Brain teaser – Make this equation true, 999999999999999 = 1990
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Brain teaser – Make this equation true, 999999999999999 = 1990

ByKen.Kabaki August 20, 2009May 30, 2016

Insert +, -, x or / in suitable places on the left hand side of = so as to make the above equation true:

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Cross a Rope Bridge in 17 minutes
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Cross a Rope Bridge in 17 minutes

ByDoug Fred E.I. August 10, 2009June 1, 2016

Can you figure out a way for four people to cross a rickety bridge in exactly (or under) 17 minutes?

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Which of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the given argument
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Which of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the given argument

ByKen.Kabaki July 30, 2009December 26, 2009

Discuss. No electoral system will ever produce the right leaders.

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