Cryptic Quiz
1.
WHO INVENTED THE FIRST AIRPLANE THAT DIDN'T FLY?
ANSWER:
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800
40
25
350
400
15,
30,000
350
800
30,000
40
3500
400
134
350
6
2. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUY WHO LOST THE PIE-EATING CONTEST?
ANSWER:
40
400
2000
300
50,000 400 3080
3500
6
3080
2000
120
·400
3500
400
. 2275
TO DECODE THE ANSWERS TO THESE TWO QUESTIONS:
Work any problem below and find your answer in the code. Each time the answer
appears, write the letter of that problem above it. Keep working and you will decode
the two answers.
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15% of
CD 560
=
= 45
70% of __
@ 8% of
®
®
182
72 = 1800/0 of __
= 201
150% of
CD 2772
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= 90% of --
0.5% of
® 6.75
®
®
= 45% of __
225% C{
= 13.5
9 = 7;'J/o of __
@ A salesman
earns 5% of his sales as a commission.
he have to sell to earn $1500?
®B
= 250
How much does
ANSWER:
A certain type of fertilizer contains 8% nitrogen. !.: 2 kilograms of
nitrogen are needed to fertilize a lawn, how many kilograms of
fertilizer are needed?
ANSWER: __
$
.__
kilograms
® year.
Profits of Calculess Corporation this year were 140% of profits last
If profits this year were $4900, what were profits last year?
$
ANSWER:
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C An ore is 1'2% pure silver. How much ore is needed to obtain 30
kilograms of silver?
ANSWER:
kilograms
® Safe
Side Savings and Loan pays 5~ % interest per fear on savings.
How much money must be put into an account to arn $21 annually?
ANSWER: $_
®
R A scale drawing of an elephant is 1% of actual size. If the drawing is
1
f
3.5 centimeters high, what is the actual height of th ; elephant?
ANSWER:
104
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