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MENTAL GYMNASTICS
1. A farmer combined two compost
heaps with three others. How many compost heaps does
he have? easy? Try this:
2. A large family consists of
100 Storks
* * How long would it take
100storks to catch 100
frogs, when five storks
need five minutes to catch
five frogs?
Egg Salad
* * Farmer Tuttle has many hens. He knows that
20 of them, housed in
three coops, will hatch 30
eggs in 18 days. How long will it take for
30 hens, housed in
four coops, to hatch the same number of eggs?
Toasts
* * Rick Gooch and his friends decided to get
together to celebrate his birthday. There were 11
people at the party. They clinked glasses with each other--every person with every other person - just
once. How many times did the glasses clink?
Seven Times Three Equals 100
1. In what sequence must you write down the number 3 so that the end result will be 4?
2. Use the number 3 in three
different combinations--seven, eight and nine times respectively - so that the result is
100 every time. You may group the numbers in any way you
like.
Plus or Minus?
* * Which symbols + or - have to be inserted so
that each of the equations below is correct?
1. 293572=9 2. 445728=8 3. 365244=0 4. 843521=7
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