FUN MATH PUZZLES

Two boxes are labeled "A" and "B". A sign on box A says "The sign on box B is true and the gold is in box A". A sign on box B says "The sign on box A is false and the gold is in box A". Assuming there is gold in one of the boxes, which box contains the gold? If 8 crows can steal 8 buttons in 8 minutes, how many buttons can 16 crows steal in 16 minutes? 32 buttons. 12 members were present at a board meeting. Each member shook hands with all of the other members before & after the meeting. How many hand shakes were there? 132. A farmer buys a horse for $60. He sells it to his neighbor for $70. Then he discovers he could have made a better deal. He borrows $10 from his wife, and buys the horse back for $80. He then sells it to another neighbor for $90. How much money did he make. 1 train leaves from NYC heading towards LA at 100 mph. three hours later, a train leaves from LA heading towards NYC at 200 MPH. Assume there's exactly 2000 miles between LA and NYC. When they meet, which train is closer to NYC? Ok, imagine a large empty bin with. Say that each minute people would come and put in one golf ball a piece. The first minute(Starting at 12 noon), 1 person came and put in a ball. The second minute, 2 people put in one ball a piece. A minute later, 4 people put in 1 ball a piece. This pattern continued until the bin was exactly full at 6 pm. At what time was the bin half empty?

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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The highlighted column on the right, displays the total for each row. The highlighted row on the bottom, displays the total for each column. Fill in the missing boxes to complete the puzzle

41 41 35 40

26 50

14 43 5

24 41 41 15 3 36

13 46 29 30 21 42 35 32 29 34 12 18

23 10 30 31 28 34 5 18 44 18

180 300 219 193 224 202 223

43 18

8 26

11 45

5 28 6 39

29

10

14

135

252 201 184 217 208 218 196 200

36

41 3

6 9 11

16

37 38

34 12 30

206 175 222 171 184

22 8 32 45 7

9 3 9 27 19 11

47

31 41 2 24 26 32 37 12 9 41 36

13

21 17

30 7 48

16 41 22 24

47 2

260 165 198

46

25

193 151 248 149 195 203 269 173

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Directions: Write the answer to each problem in the space to the right.

1. To order meat to be grinded at the meat factory costs 1/10 of the meat as the fee. If you need 2 pounds of meat, how much meat will the meat factory have to grind? 2. Charles sold two-thirds of his candy bars for 44 cents each. He has 12 left for sale in his store. How much money does Charles have from those bars already sold? 3. If after 31 games in chess, the winner was ahead 18 points, how many points does the loser have? Assume a win is worth 1 point and a tie or loss is worth no points. 4.You purchased one pound of candy for $7. At what price do you need to mark the candy for sale in your candy shop, if you wish to offer a 48% discount to your customers, but you need to earn a 56% profit on the original cost? 5. 12 members were present at a board meeting. Each member shook hands with all of the other members before & after the meeting. How many hand shakes were there?

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6. I am a three digit number.My tens number is five more than my ones digit.My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.What number am I? 7. Two boxes are labeled "A" and "B". A sign on box A says "The sign on box B is true and the gold is in box A". A sign on box B says "The sign on box A is false and the gold is in box A". Assuming there is gold in one of the boxes, which box contains the gold?

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8. If 8 crows can steal 8 buttons in 8 minutes.How many buttons can 16 crows steal in 16 minutes?

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If 8 crows can steal 8 buttons in 8 minutes, how many buttons can 16 crows steal in 16 minutes? invested at 9% ? 9. At $4.47 per hour, what is the least amount of full hours needed to work to earn at least $240? 10. Zane can paint a room in 5 hours. Terry can paint a room in 6 hours. How long will it take both of them to paint a room together?

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