Think Out of the Box

There are three sorts of apples in a basket. How many apples have to be taken from the basket, without looking, to be sure that there are at least 2 apples of the same sort ?

• 3

• 10

• 4

• 8

You have a square and a circle and the perimeter of the square is equal to the circumference of the circle. Which of the two figures covers a bigger area ?

• The square

• The circle

• No conclusion can be drawn from the given information

• Both cover the same area

This food is one of the most versatile and convenient. You can boil it, fry it, poach it, scramble it, and use it in baking. What is it ?

• Sugar

• Wheat

• Lima Bean

• Egg

A tree is 20 meters tall. An ant is climbing it. Every day the ant climbs 5 meters, and each night it descends 4 meters. In how many days will the ant reach the top of the tree ?

• 20

• 16

• 13

• 10

Bob has a book of 100 pages and in 10 seconds he can count out 10 pages. What is the shortest time in which Bob can define where the 60th page is ?

• 60 seconds

• 59 seconds

• 15 seconds

• 40 seconds

10% of all the people living in a certain town in Georgia have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone book, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers ?

• 15%

• 35%

• 10%

• 0%

Five girls are sitting next to each other on a train. Ann and Betty are as close to each other as Ann and Kate are. Dana and Ann are sitting as close to each other as Dana and Kate are. Between which two of her friends is the fifth girl, Jane, sitting ?

• Between Dana and Betty

• Between Ann and Betty

• Between Betty and Kate

• Between Kate and Dana

A farmer had 12 sheep and 3 cows. All of the animals except 9 sheep died.

How many animals did he have left in his farm ?

• 5 cows and 1 sheep

• 9 sheep

• 2 cows

• None

If I had $654,987, how much is that in cents ?

• 66,345,200 cents

• 65,783,500 cents

• 65,498,700 cents

• 65,577,200 cents

Two men were paying for title of championship of the world for the checkers tournament. They each played five games and they each won three. There were no ties, is this possible ?

• No

• Yes