A Classic River Crossing Game...

Here's the classic River Crossing Game that will help you in beginning with logical reasoning.

Puzzles

hi all,
After a long time but i am back with a puzzle.
1-The hour hand moves 25 degree backwards and then it moves 35 degree forwards.Then it moves to the position diametrically opposite from which it moves 100 degree backwards.Finally it moves 60 degree forward.On what hour does it finish.
2-Using two,three and four of these numbers [5,9,17,19,22,36,41,42,64] make three totals of 100.

Check your aptitude

Check your aptitude by solving following 10 Questions in 20 minutes.
1 An orange glass has orange juice and white glass has apple juice both of equal volumes. 50 ml of the orange juice is taken and poured into the apple juice. 50 ml from the white glass is poured into the orange glass. Of the two quantities, the amount of apple juice in the orange glass and the amount of orange juice in the white glass, which one is greater and by how much?

2 A family X went for a vacation. Unfortunately it rained for 13 days when they were there. But whenever it rained in the mornings, they had clear afternoons and vice versa. In all they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons. How many days did they stay there totally?

3 There is one lily in the pond on 1st june. There are two in the pond on 2nd june . There are four on 3rd june and so on. The pond is full with lilies by the end of the june.(i) On which date the pond is half full?

4 A lorry starts from Banglore to Mysore at 6.00 A.M, 7.00 A.M, 8.00 am.....10 pm. Similarly one another starts from Mysore to Banglore at 6.00 am,7.00 am, 8.00 am.....10.00pm. A lorry takes 9 hours to travel from Banglore to Mysore and vice versa.(i) A lorry which has started at 6.00 am will cross how many lorries.

5 A theif steals half the total no of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a backery. A second theif steals half the remaining no of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th thief has stolen there are no more loaves left in the backery. What was the total no of loaves did the backery have at the beginning.

6 The Old car of Mary requires tyres to be changed after each 24000 km. If she wants to go for 42000 km journey then how many minimum number of tyres she will need.

7 Alice and Liu had some berries. The total of Alice's berries and square of number of berries with Liu is 62. The total of Liu's berries and square of number of berries with Alice is 176. How many berries does each of them have?


8 A begger collects cigarette stubs and makes one full cigarette with every 7 stubs. Once he gets 49 stubs. How many cigarettes can he smoke totally?

9 Person spending out 1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the remaining for food and 1/4 of the remaining for travels. He is left with Rs 100/-. How he had in the beginning

10 A can build a wall in 30 days; B can demolish the wall in 40 days. If A and B working on alternate days when will be the first time wall will be completely build.
Note: For analyzing your aptitude reply these questions.

Riddles

Riddles
1 What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
2 You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
3 What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
4 What can you catch but not throw?
5 I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
6 What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
7 I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
8 Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
9 The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
10 What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

A confused bank teller transposed the dollars and cents when he cashed a check for Ms Smith, giving her dollars instead of cents and cents instead of dollars. After buying a newspaper for 50 cents, Ms Smith noticed that she had left exactly three times as much as the original check. What was the amount of the check? (Note: 1 dollar = 100 cents.)

Matchstick Square Puzzle

Problem:

Take eight matches and form the 2x2 square shown in the illustration.

The object is to divide this square with the four additional matches into two parts of the same
area and shape.

You have to use matches with their full lengths without cutting, breaking or overlapping them.

Solution:

mce puzzle solution

Decipher this:

mce
mce
mce

Solution:

"Three Blind Mice"

Explanation:

mce is mice without "i" (eye), that is blind mice!

Crossword solution 10th July

Well guys,

Here is the solution to the puzzle posted at the centre on 10th July