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Train
Journey
Mr.
Grumper grumbles about bad time-keeping
trains like everybody else. On one particular
morning he was justified, though. The train
left on time for the one hour journey and
it arrived 5 minutes late. However, Mr.
Grumper's watch showed it to be 3 minutes
early, so he adjusted his watch by putting
it forward 3 minutes.
His watch kept time during the day, and
on the return journey in the evening the
train started on time, according to his
watch, and arrived on time, according to
the station clock.
If the train traveled 25 percent faster
on the return journey than it did on the
morning journey, was the station clock fast
or slow, and by how much.
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Four
members of a band
Four members of a band are
walking to a night concert. They decide
to take a shortcut, but must cross a bridge.
Luckily they have one flashlight. Because
of the varying size of their instruments,
it takes each member a different amount
of time to cross the bridge - it takes the
first person one minute, the second person
two minutes, the third person five minutes
and the fourth person ten minutes.
They must cross the bridge in pairs, travelling
at the slower speed so if the one minute
person went with the ten minute person,
it would take a total of ten minutes. Since
there is only one flashlight, one person
must come back across the bridge, then another
pair can cross. They only have 17 minutes
to cross the bridge and still get to the
concert on time. What order should they
cross to get everyone across and get to
the concert?
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A
large truck is crossing a bridge
A large truck is crossing
a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only
hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight
of the truck. The truck makes it half way
across the bridge and stops. A bird lands
on the truck.
Does the bridge collapse? Give a reason.
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I
am a three digit number.
I am a three digit number.
My tens digit is five more than my ones
digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than
my tens digit.
What number am I?
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