1 You have baked only one pie when 29 guests drop in unexpectedly for dessert. What is the fewest number of straight up-and down slices you can make to divide the pie in 29 pieces? The portions need not be equal.
2. A clock has just struck five. During the next hour, several things are going to happen. Can you tell when, assuming that the clocks hands run continuously? a. At which time will the two hands coincide? b. At what time will the two hands first stand at right angles to each other? c. At one point the two hands will form an angle of 30 degrees, the minute hand being before the hour hand. Then the former will pass the latter and presently make an angle of 60 degrees. on the other side. How much time will elapse between these two events?
3. A [bad) king was in need of a new steed, so he sent his royal guard to find the fastest horse in the kingdom. They returned with two horses, each with its owner. The captain of the guard complained to the king: "Neither of these men wants to part with his horse, and we dont know which is the faster." The king said, "Let there be a race to determine which horse shall be mine." The king ended up with the fastest horse in the kingdom. What were his final instructions before the race?
4. A sweater normally has a label on the inside of the back of the collar. If you turn the sweater inside out, and then put your right arm where the left arm usually goes and vice-versa, where will the label be? On the inside front, inside back, outside front, or outside back? No fair using a real sweater until you have given your answer.
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited