16mathematicsIf a bicyclist rides at 10 miles per hour for 10 minutes, and then speeds up to 20 miles per hour for the next 20 minutes, what is her average speed for this ride?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
9mathematicsAs you sit in your stopped car at a railroad crossing, a train travelling at 60 miles per hour takes twenty seconds to pass you. How many feet long is the train?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
12mathematicsCan you describe in words the set of all numbers, if any, that are larger than their squares?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
5mathematicsLast year a dinner cost $32 and a bottle of wine cost $18. This year the cost of the dinner increased by 5% and the cost of the wine increased by 10%. What was the percent increase in the combined cost of the dinner and wine?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
5mathematicsA nine-meter long piece of wood is cut so that one piece is 50% longer than the other. Exactly how long is the longer piece?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
11mathematicsFrom February 29, 1896, through February 29, 1996 inclusive, how many February 29th's were there?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
12mathematicsIf 40% are of the people at an event are women and 20% of the people at the event are left-handed, then at most what percentage are right-handed men?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
13mathematicsIf a rocket could fly from the earth to the sun at a speed of 1,000 km per hour, about how many years would the trip take?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
3mathematicsOn your paper draw a line segment which is 10 inches long. Now you draw all the points on the paper which are exactly 5 inches from the line, and you will get a closed figure. What is the area of this closed figure?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
8mathematicsHow many liters of water would fill a container which is one cubic meter in volume?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
14mathematicsThe numbers game: if I said, 24 = h. in a d., you would say "hours in a day." See if you can figure out this one: 206 = b. in the h.b.Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
6mathematicsIf a 6'8" foot long piece of wood is cut so that one piece is one-fourth the size of the other, how long will the longer piece be, in feet and inches?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
3mathematicsIf you draw one card from a normal deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing a jack, queen, or king? answer as a simple fraction.Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
8mathematicsIn a non-leap year, what month and date can be called the exact "middle day" of the year?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare