Brain+Teasers

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Asked about his children, a man replied, "They are all redheads but two, all brunettes but two and all blondes but two". How many children does the man have? (Well done "Bob the Builder"!)
 * Problem No 1**

If a pig weighs 30kg plus half its own weight, how much does it weigh? (Well done William. I liked how you showed your workings in such a logical and methodical approach. It was therefore not a guess!)
 * Problem No 2**

How far can a dog go into a forest? (Hung, you are absolutely correct. Let the rest of the class work it out for themselves.)
 * Problem No 3**

A teapot and a strainer cost $31. If the teapot costs $30 more than the strainer, what is the price of each item? (William was first correct answer. Obviously these are too easy, so I will have to make the next tasks more difficult.)
 * Problem No 4**

Below are five amazing anagrams which you need to unjumble to find the hidden word or phrase: (You need to work out all five answers!!)
 * Problem No 5**
 * Woman Hitler
 * Cash Lost in Me
 * Moon Starer
 * Dirty Room
 * Best in Prayer

Bill made a bet with Ben. Bill said "I bet you $1, that if you give me $2, I will give you back $3." "Sounds good to me!" said Ben giving Bill $1. But is it?
 * Problem No 6**

If four women can knit four stitches in four seconds, how many stitches can 12 women knit in twelve seconds?
 * Problem No 7**

A train takes 2 seconds to enter a tunnel which is 2km long. If the train is travelling at 180 km per hour, how long will it take to pass completely through the tunnel?
 * Problem No 8**

Walter was given a job to proofread a manuscript at the rate of 30 pages per day. Lazy Walter was half way through the document before he realised that he was only working at a rate of 15 pages per day. How fast does he have to proofread the rest of the document in order to reach his target of 30 pages per day?
 * Problem No 9**

I want you to write the longest possible sentence you can with every word starting with the letter "A". eg Awful Angus ate an angry ant. (It must be a proper sentence.)
 * Problem No 10**

I want the greatest number of **three letter words** for parts of the body. eg toe, lip (You need to email your answers to me to ensure that others don't copy your answers.)
 * Problem No 11**

Bonnie's father has 5 daughters. Four are named **Chuchya**, **Cheche**, **Chichi** and **Chocho**. What is the name of the 5th daughter?
 * Problem No 12**

Visit the following link and explain to me how this site always will give you the right answer! []
 * Problem No 13**

Use each of the four mathmatical operations (add + subtract - multiply * and divide /) to give an answer of 4.
 * Problem No 14**

2 2 2 2 2 = 4

You can use as many brackets as you want to complete this task.

When I was 14 my mother was 41, and she is now twice as old as I am; how old am I?
 * Problem No 15**

A man visited Bunnings and found that 1 cost $3.50 yet 50 costs $7.00 and 375 only costs $10.50. What was the man buying?
 * Problem No 16**