Navtej Kohli Career Mission Blog

Try your luck with these maths questions. Seems easy but tricky… 

1. There are 8 Apples on the table, you take 3. How many do you have?

2. 10 Birds in a field. 2 were shot, how many were left?

3. Take away the first letter, take away the last letter, then take away all the other letters. What do you have left?

4. If you have 4 melons in one hand, and 7 apples in the other - What do you have?

5. A box has nine ears of corn in it. A Squirrel carries out three ears a day, and yet it takes him nine days to carry out all the corn. Explain?

6. Why do white sheep eat more than black sheep?

7. A man wanted to plant 4 trees, but all 4 had to be equal distances from each other. How did he do it?

8. I have 2 coins in my hand that add up to 60c. One of the coins isn’t a 50c piece. What are the coins?

9. A fisherman was asked how long was the fish he had caught. He said “it is 30cms plus half its length” How long was the fish?

10. A Hammer and a Nail cost $31. If the Hammer cost $30 more than the Nail, what is the cost of each?

11. It takes 7 men 2 hours to build a wall. How long does it take 3 men to build the same wall?

12. “I will bet you $1″ said Fred, “that if you give me $2, I will give you $3 in return.”
“Done,” replied Tom. Was he?

13. “How much will one cost?”
“25 cents”
“How much will fifteen cost?”
“50 cents”
“OK then, I’ll take one hundred and sixteen”
“Thank you, that will be 75 cents please”
Explain.

14. What comes next in the following sequence ?
1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11,…

15. In a scientific context, what could the following phrase mean?
How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics

Good luck - Navtej Kohli