Two friends meet and part of their conversation goes like this:Answer tomorrow.
John: "I can't remember how old your three children are Jane."
Jane: "Well, the product of their ages is 36."
John: "I still can't think what their ages are."
Jane: "The sum of their ages is the same as your house number."
John: "I'm still not sure"
Jane: "The oldest one has red hair."
John: "Ah, of course. Now I know."
How old are Jane's children?
When I was a youngster my parents bought me a pair of braces to hold up my new trousers. Of course these were 'Trousers to grow into' and without such support I would have been running around bare arsed. The braces were blue and had pictures of planets and rockets and, in the box, was a genuine ticket to the Moon.
I know, because it said so.
Somewhere in a landfill site, many many years ago...
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Another brain teaser
I enjoyed the maths problem last week, it's good to keep practising these skills. Here's another little teaser to confuse and amuse.
I love this puzzle. It has that perfect blend of 'that's not fair!' combined with the bl**dy obvious. Admittedly, I needed a small clue when I did it - but only just one of the many factors (ahem) I needed to solve it. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBTW - My favourite 'maths joke' is
"There are 10 types of people in the world - One who understands binary notation and the other who doesn't."
I'm feeling a bit simple. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI hate these sort of things
ReplyDeleteGggrrrrr !!!
goes without saying I haven't a bloody clue what the answer is
ReplyDelete@Randomfish - that's one of my faves too. And I used to know a guy who could add up in hexadecimal, in his head! (he also wrote Leeds/Bradford airport for Microsoft Flight Sim)
ReplyDelete@yorksnbeans - you are not simple. Folks have different abilities and different insights, I can't draw or paint for instance. These differences are what make us all so interesting.
@Duncanr - Do you have any heavy, steel toe-caped boots to kick yourself with when you see the answer?
Got a new pair of steel toe-capped safety boots at work the other day that I'm still breaking in.
ReplyDeleteJust the thing for kicking your arse when you reveal the answer and I feel like a total dork !!!
Oh yes please duncanr, have you got a traffic warden's uniform too?
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