Brain Teaser 1
For the Nine (9) questions below, write your answers or your description of how you solved
the problem on your own blank sheet of paper. For some problems it may be necessary to
draw or create objects from your own paper to use to help solve.
Problem 1
The arrows below represent a simple code. What fairly common English word do they spell?
Problem 2
Which city is farther west: Reno, Nevada or Los Angeles?
Problem 3
Divide the circle below into seven pieces with only three straight cuts.
Problem 4
True or False. There is three errers in this sentence.
Problem 5
If the average height of a giraffe is 10 feet plus half his own height, how tall is he?
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Problem 6
A man went to a hardware store and asked the clerk,
“How much will one cost?”
“One dollar,” replied the clerk.
“And how much will twelve cost?”
“Two dollars,” replied the clerk.
“Okay,” said the man, “I’ll take one hundred and twelve.”
“Fine,” replied the clerk, “that will be three dollars.”
What did the man buy?
Problem 7
Can you divide the space below into three parts, each having the same size and shape?
Distances are in cm.
1.1
3.3
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2.2
1.1
4.1
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Problem 8
Can you arrange 8 dots in the squares so that no two dots are on the same line, either
vertically, horizontally or diagonally?
Problem 9
The first three glasses are filled with water and the last three are empty. Now, by moving just
one glass, can you arrange them so that every other glass is full?
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