Puzzles contest - 10 With Answers

[HELP]

1. The product of three consecutive numbers when dicided by each of them in turn,the sum of the three quotients will be 74. what are the numbers?

2. I bought a sari and a blouse for Rs. 110 at the New Market. The sari cost Rs. 10 more than the blouse, how much does the sari cost?

3. Some months back, this year, I was walking through
the Central Park in New York.I saw an intelligent looking little boy playing all by himself on the grass. I decided to talk to him and just as an excuse to start the conversation I asked him his age. A mischievous glint flickered in his eyes and he
replied, 'Two days back I was ten years old, and next year I shall be thirteen. If you know what's today !,you'll be able to figure out my birthday and that'll give you my age.' I looked at him bewildered. How old was the boy?

4. A cement block balances evenly on the scales with three quarters of a pound and three quarters of a block. What is the weight of the whole block?

5. Two unemployed young men decided. to start a business together. They pooled in their savings. Which came to Rs. 2.000. They were both lucky, their business prospered and they were able to increase their capital by 50 per centevery three years. How much did they have in all at the end of eighteen years.


Answers



1. 4. 5 and o.

2. If the sari cost Rs. 100 and the blouse Rs. 10 the difference would be Rs. 90. and.therefore.the sari must cost more and the blouse less. A little thought indicates
the sari costs Rs. 105 and the blouse Rs. 5. So. The difference in cost is Rs. 100.

3.The date on which r met the boy was 1st January 1977. and the boy's birthday was on 31st December. 1965 The boy was 11 years old on the day r met him.

4.The whole block weighs 3 Ibs.

5.They had Rs. 227R1.25
Edited by: HELP

[Hemanth_2u]

2. I bought a sari and a blouse for Rs. 110 at the New Market. The sari cost Rs. 10 more than the blouse, how much does the sari cost?

Ans: Sari cost is 60 Rupees
Blouse Cost is 50 Rupees

[keerthi]

5. Two unemployed young men decided. to start a business together. They pooled in their savings. Which came to Rs. 2.000. They were both lucky, their business prospered and they were able to increase their capital by 50 per centevery three years. How much did they have in all at the end of eighteen years.
Ans)22,781.25 rs Edited by: keerthi

[keerthi]

1. The product of three consecutive numbers when dicided by each of them in turn,the sum of the three quotients will be 74. what are the numbers?


Let the number be (x-1) , x , (x+1)


product = (x-1)*x*(x+1)


sum of the quotients =(x-1)x + (x-1)(x+1) + x(x+1) = 74


solving we get x =5


so the numbers are 4,5, 6

[keerthi]

3. Some months back, this year, I was walking through
the Central Park in New York.I saw an intelligent looking little boy playing all by himself on the grass. I decided to talk to him and just as an excuse to start the conversation I asked him his age. A mischievous glint flickered in his eyes and he
replied, 'Two days back I was ten years old, and next year I shall be thirteen. If you know what's today !,you'll be able to figure out my birthday and that'll give you my age.' I looked at him bewildered. How old was the boy?
Today is 1st january .He is 11 years old on that day.
the boys birthday is on 31st December.

[keerthi]

4. A cement block balances evenly on the scales with three quarters of a pound and three quarters of a block. What is the weight of the whole block?
Ans) 3 pounds
let the weight of block be ='x'
given x = 3/4th pound + 3/4 (x)
x/4 = 3/4 ( pound)
x = 3 pounds

[Abhinav]

The product of three consecutive numbers when dicided by each of them in turn,the sum of the three quotients will be 74. what are the numbers?


x,x+1,x+2


(x)(x+1)+(x+1)(x+2)+(x)(x+1)=74


3x2 +6x +2=74


x2 +2x -24=0


(x+6)(x-4)=0


=>x=4


the numbers are 4,5,6


[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]Abhinav Saxena

[deepakbtech]

Sari cost - Rs. 60.


Because the difference between sari and blowse is Rs. 10 only. So


only possibility is 50 +60 =110


Ad sari is Rs.10 more than blowse. so sari is Rs.60

[xelvaaaa]

BLOUSE COST="X"


SARI COST (S)=X+10


GIVEN : X +(X+10)=110 ;


2X+10=110


X=50


S=60,

[shatrughana]

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Let the number be (a-1) ,a , (a+1)


product = (a-1)*a*(a+1)


sum of the quotients =(a-1)a + (a-1)(a+1) + a(a+1) = 74


solving we geta =5


hence numbers 4, 5, 6


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sari cost=60 and blouse cost is =50/


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confused


x= 3 pounds/