~<:| Puzzle |:>~ of the day !!!

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  1. Franklin

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    The matchstick.:)
     
  2. eurekamind

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    correct answer... Franklin !!!
     
  3. Texcritter

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    From a box of candies.
    John took one-third, Bob took one-quarter,
    Jim took one-fifth, and Dan took one-sixth.
    That left six candies as Teds share. How many candies were there
    altogether?
     
  4. WSFuser

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    is it 120 pieces of candy?
     
  5. Texcritter

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    Yes it is (well done)
     
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  6. Franklin

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    In what circumstance can a "hundred to one" be equal to "fifty fifty"?
     
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    Good for you! Correct answer on both my little riddles!
     
  8. Texcritter

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    Is it a horse race with only 2 horses, one of the horses odds is a 100 to 1
    but it has a fifty fifty chance of winning?
     
  9. eurekamind

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    wow !!! .... It really sounds good to me .
     
  10. Franklin

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    Damn good answer Texcritter and it is relevant!:)

    But this is the answer I was looking for-

    If you add all the numbers from 100 to 1 the sum total is 5050.

    A bit of trivia-
    There is a well known story about Karl Friedrich Gauss when he was in
    elementary school. His teacher got mad at the class and told them to
    add the numbers 1 to 100 and give him the answer by the end of the
    class. About 30 seconds later Gauss gave him the answer.

    The other kids were adding the numbers like this:

    1 + 2 + 3 + . . . . + 99 + 100 = ?

    But Gauss rearranged the numbers to add them like this:

    (1 + 100) + (2 + 99) + (3 + 98 ) + . . . . + (50 + 51) = ?

    If you notice every pair of numbers adds up to 101. There are 50
    pairs of numbers, so the answer is 50x101 = 5050. Of course Gauss
    came up with the answer about 20 times faster than the other kids.
     
  11. Franklin

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    FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

    Now count aloud the F's in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE; do not go back and count them again.

    How many did you count?
     
  12. WSFuser

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    3 "F"s??
     
  13. Franklin

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    Most people at their first try count 3. ;)
     
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  15. Texcritter

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    I like that one

    staying on the subject of numbers
    What makes the characteristics of this number unique?
    8549176320
     
  16. Franklin

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    Arranged alphabetically!:)
     
  17. Texcritter

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    Correct
     
  18. Franklin

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    You get the coconut beetlejuice.6 is right.:)

    Most minds don't see the "f" in "of" as it is seen as it sounds- "ov" so usually these Fs are missed.

    Or something like that.:)
     
  19. eurekamind

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    Puzzle: What two letters come next in this sequence:

    A E F H I K L M _ _




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  20. eurekamind

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    Puzzle: How many triangles can you find of any size in this diagram?

    triangle1.gif



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  21. Texcritter

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    N T then V W X Y Z
    I'll leave the puzzle open to see if anyone can get it with the added clue
     
  22. eurekamind

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    hey... you got it Tex ....kudos! :thumb:
     
  23. beetlejuice

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    I guess 14?
     
  24. Texcritter

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    You need to look a lot harder there's way more than 14
    (I know the answer to this one)
     
  25. Franklin

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    18o_O
     
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