manjula12may
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Q1:
Unusual Paragraph
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any hints or coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for a bit, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Good luck!
What is unusual about the above paragraph?
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A: The paragraph doesn't contain a single letter 'e'.
Q2:
Abracadabra with Apples
In Miss Miranda's class are eleven children. Miss Miranda has a bowl with eleven apples. Miss Miranda wants to divide the eleven apples among the children of her class, in such a way that each child in the end has an apple, but one apple still remains in the bowl.
Can you help Miss Miranda?
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A: Ten children get a single apple, and the eleventh gets the bowl with an apple still in it
Q3:
Strange Sequence
Here is a sequence of numbers:
1 11 21 1211 111221
It seems to be a strange sequence, but yet there is a system behind it...
What is the next term in this sequence?
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A: The system behind the sequence is that each number (except the first one of the sequence) 'describes' the previous number. So 11 means one '1', 21 means two times a '1', 1211 means one '2' and one '1', and 111221 means one '1', one '2', and two times a '1'. The number following on 111221 is therefore 312211 (three times a '1', two times a '2', and one '1').
Q4:
Ten Trees
Joyce has bought ten trees for her garden. She wants to plant these trees in five rows, with four trees in each row.
How must Joyce plant the trees?
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A: The trees must be planted on the edges of a five pointed star
Q5:
You drive a bus from Rotterdam to Delft. At the first bus stop, 33 people get in. At the second bus stop, 7 more people get in, and 11 passengers step off. At the third bus stop, 5 passengers step off and 2 people get in. After one hour, the bus arrives in Delft.
What is the name of the driver?
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A: You are the driver...!
Q1:
Unusual Paragraph
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any hints or coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for a bit, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Good luck!
What is unusual about the above paragraph?
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A: The paragraph doesn't contain a single letter 'e'.
Q2:
Abracadabra with Apples
In Miss Miranda's class are eleven children. Miss Miranda has a bowl with eleven apples. Miss Miranda wants to divide the eleven apples among the children of her class, in such a way that each child in the end has an apple, but one apple still remains in the bowl.
Can you help Miss Miranda?
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A: Ten children get a single apple, and the eleventh gets the bowl with an apple still in it
Q3:
Strange Sequence
Here is a sequence of numbers:
1 11 21 1211 111221
It seems to be a strange sequence, but yet there is a system behind it...
What is the next term in this sequence?
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A: The system behind the sequence is that each number (except the first one of the sequence) 'describes' the previous number. So 11 means one '1', 21 means two times a '1', 1211 means one '2' and one '1', and 111221 means one '1', one '2', and two times a '1'. The number following on 111221 is therefore 312211 (three times a '1', two times a '2', and one '1').
Q4:
Ten Trees
Joyce has bought ten trees for her garden. She wants to plant these trees in five rows, with four trees in each row.
How must Joyce plant the trees?
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A: The trees must be planted on the edges of a five pointed star
Q5:
You drive a bus from Rotterdam to Delft. At the first bus stop, 33 people get in. At the second bus stop, 7 more people get in, and 11 passengers step off. At the third bus stop, 5 passengers step off and 2 people get in. After one hour, the bus arrives in Delft.
What is the name of the driver?
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A: You are the driver...!