Gallon Bottle Riddle
Gallon Bottle Riddle You have an empty three-gallon bottle and an empty five-gallon bottle. How can you measure exactly one gallon of milk without wasting any milk? ANSWER
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Mind-reader
The mind-reader asks a man in his audience to think of a number, multiply it by 5, add 6, multiply by 4, add 9, multiply by 5, and state the result. Audience chooses the number 12, calculates successively 60, 66, 264, 273, 1365, and announces the last number. Mind-reader subtracts 165 from this result, Read More …
Simpson’s Paradox in Maths
Simpson’s Paradox in Maths [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgLUDw8eLB4[/youtube]
NEW HOTEL ROOM PARADOX
NEW HOTEL ROOM PARADOX A group of seven weary men once arrived at a small hotel and asked for accommodations for the night, specifying that they wanted separate rooms. The manager admitted that he had only six rooms left, but thought he might be able to put up his guests as they desired. HOW DID Read More …
OLD ARAB PARADOX
OLD ARAB PARADOX A wealthy Arab who at death left his stable of seventeen beautiful horses to his three sons. He specified that the eldest was to have one half the horses, the next one third, and the youngest one ninth. The three young heirs were in despair, for they obviously could not divide seventeen Read More …