Puzzles

Puzzles Two trains Bag of sweets 111,111,111 Draw 6 Young or old Clockwise or Anti Mental Maths

Read Colour Country & Animal Divide into equal parts Farmer’s Dilemma Ocean & Sea 3 Daughters After 6 Beers

Two electric trains were mistakenly routed onto the same track in opposite directions into a tunnel. One traveling at 200 mph, the other at 220 mph. Each train passed successfully through the tunnel and was able to continue its journey without stopping or colliding. How so? Ask only closed questions to solve the puzzle.

The second train entered the tunnel several minutes after the first one had left it .

A class of twenty-five children is invited to share a bag of exactly twenty-five sweets. After the shareout all the children have a sweet but one sweet remains in the bag. How is this? Ask only closed questions to solve the puzzle.

The last sweet was taken away in the bag.

A class of twenty-five children is invited to share a

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 What’s the answer?

12,345,678,987,654,321

A class of twenty-five children is invited to share a While standing or sitting, lift your right foot and draw circles in clockwise direction. At the same time, repeatedly draw the number 6 in the air with your right hand. What happened?

A class of twenty-five children is invited to share a What do you see?

A class of twenty-five children is invited to share a Clockwise or anti clockwise????? If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses logic detail oriented facts rule words and language present and past math and science can comprehend knowing acknowledges order/pattern perception knows object name reality based forms strategies

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses feeling "big picture" oriented imagination rules symbols and images present and future philosophy & religion can "get it" (i.e. meaning) believes appreciates spatial perception knows object function fantasy based presents possibilities

practical

impetuous

safe

risk taking

Mental Maths

Do this sum in your h ead : Start with 1, 000. Add 60. Add 2, 000. Add 30. Add 1,00 0. Add 10 What’ s the answe r?

4, 100

Read Col our norm al pace) th e

Read out (a t colour o f e ach wo rd , not th e word its elf , with out makin g a mis ta ke.

Red Yellow Blue Green Yellow Red Green Blue Green Red Blue Yellow Yellow Green Red Blue Yellow Blue Red Green Yellow Green Red Blue Red Green Blue Green Green Yellow

Th ink of a n umber b etw een 1 a nd 1 0. Mu lt iply it b y 9 . If you have two d ig its add th em together. Su btra ct 5 . Convert y our n umber in to a le tt er, 1=A 2= B 3=C 4=D

5 =E 6=F 7=G

8=H 9=I

10 =J

Th ink of a countr y that b egin s with that le tte r. Th ink of a n animal that begin s with the se cond le tt er of t hat country .

Denmark & Elephant ????

Div ide into TWO equal parts

Div id e into THREE equal par ts

Divide i nto FOUR equal par ts

Div id e into FIVE equal part s

Farmer’ s Di lemma has a dog, a sack

A far mer of grai n a nd a live c hicken, al l of whi ch he must take across a ri ver . The boat w ill onl y ca rry hi m and one o f the things at a ti me or i t wi ll si nk. W ithout the farmer, the dog woul d k il l the chi cken, a nd the chi cken w ould eat th e grai n. How does he get al l thr ee across saf ely to continue hi s

What di d the ocean say to the sea? Not hing, it j ust waved.

Carol' s mom has 3 daughters . The youngest gi rl is named Penny. Th e mi ddl e daughter i s named Nickl e. Wha t is the ol dest daughter' s name? Carol