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| 1. | Assume you are using a basic calculator and press the numbers in the order shown, replacing each question mark with a mathematical sign. Plus, minus, multiply and divide can each be used once only. In which order should they be used to give 24? 2 ? 8 ? 6 ? 9 ? 3 = 24 |
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− ÷ + × | |
| 2. | Which two images match the resulting cube when you fold this cube together? |
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B & F | |
| 3. | At a party everyone shook hands with everyone else. In total, there were 66 handshakes. How many people were at the party? |
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12 (11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=66) | |
| 4. | A man walks east for 4 km. Then south for 3 km. Then west for 2 km. Then north for 1 km. Then west for 2 km. In which direction and for how far should he walk to return to his starting point? |
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North 2 km | |
| 5. | Four sweet items are written here in code. What are they? RMDDCC AMMIGC NMNAMPL DSBEC |
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TOFFEE COOKIE POPCORN FUDGE (Each letter has been replaced by the letter two places before it in the alphabet.) | |
| 6. | If A+B=76 and A−B=38, what is A÷B? |
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3 (B=19, A=57, 57/19=3) | |
| 7. | Santa prefers candy cane to mixed nuts, apple pie to fruitcake, roast turkey to Beef Wellington. Will he prefer mince pies, Dundee cake, or Christmas pudding? |
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Dundee cake (He prefers things with three syllables) | |
| 8. | Stu has three times as many items in his shopping basket as Andy has. Trev has nine more than Andy and Brian has five less than Trev. Brian has 10 items. How many does Stu have? |
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18 (Andy 6 and Trev 15) | |
| 9. | John bought 4 mangoes and 3 limes for 69 baht. The next day, he bought 3 mangoes and 4 limes for 64 baht. How much did each mango and lime cost? |
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Mangoes 12 baht / Limes 7 baht | |
| 10. | I am an alloy. Change one letter and I am pasture land. Change another letter and I am a hard, transparent substance. Change a further letter and I am a group of pupils. Change one final letter and I am a confrontation. What was I and what did I become? |
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Brass / Clash (Brass Grass Glass Class Clash) | |
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