Distance Puzzle

#146

Last week, one of my friend travelled from one place "A" to another place "B".
On the first day, he travelled 1st half of the distance.
On second day, he travelled one third of the remaining distance.
On third day, he travelled three quarters of the remaining distance.
Yesterday, he travelled one half of the remaining distance.
Yet, He has to travel 5 miles more to reach at "B".
What is the distance between the two places ?? 

  Difficulty Level - 3/5

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  Solution : 

   120 miles.
( On the first day, he travelled 60 miles, leaving 60 miles. On 2nd day, he travelled 20 miles, leaving 40 miles. On 3rd day, he travelled 30 miles, leaving 10 miles. Yesterday, he travelled 5 miles, leaving 5 miles )
  

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Distance Puzzle - Hint

#146

Last week, one of my friend travelled from one place "A" to another place "B".
On the first day, he travelled 1st half of the distance.
On second day, he travelled one third of the remaining distance.
On third day, he travelled three quarters of the remaining distance.
Yesterday, he travelled one half of the remaining distance.
Yet, He has to travel 5 miles more to reach at "B".
What is the distance between the two places ?? 

  Difficulty Level - 3/5

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  Hint :

   Try going backwards.
  

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Maths Puzzle

#145

Two numbers are created using all the digits from 1 to 9 
and all digits are used exactly once in creating these numbers.
You have to make the product of these two numbers as large as possible.
What are the two numbers which'll create the largest product? 

  Difficulty Level - 5/5

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  Solution : 

   87531 x 9642
  

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Maths Puzzle - Hint

#145

Two numbers are created using all the digits from 1 to 9 
and all digits are used exactly once in creating these numbers.
You have to make the product of these two numbers as large as possible.
What are the two numbers which'll create the largest product? 

  Difficulty Level - 5/5

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  Hint : 

   Series can give some help to you.
  

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Marbles Puzzle

#144

A naughty child had a vast number of marbles. When he was going to play with his friends, one of his friend asked him, how many marbles he has?

He replied : I can't count past 100 but I know that....
If you divide the number of marbles by 2 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 3 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 4 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 5 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 6 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 7 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 8 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 9 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 10 there will be one marble left.  
Finally. 
If you divide the number of marbles by 11 there will be NO MARBLES left!

How many marbles did the naughty child have? 

  Difficulty Level - 4/5

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  Solution : 

   25201 Marbles. 
Explanation : LCM of these numbers >> 2520 >> (2520 + 1) will satisfy 9 constraints but not the last one >> so find the number divisible by 11 >> 2520/11 gives remainder 1 >> two 2520's will  give remainder 2 & so on >> So, (10 * 2520) + 1 will be the number that is divisible by 11 & satisfying all above constraints.
  

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Marbles Puzzle - Hint

#144

A naughty child had a vast number of marbles. When he was going to play with his friends, one of his friend asked him, how many marbles he has?

He replied : I can't count past 100 but I know that....
If you divide the number of marbles by 2 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 3 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 4 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 5 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 6 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 7 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 8 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 9 there will be one marble left.
If you divide the number of marbles by 10 there will be one marble left.  
Finally. 
If you divide the number of marbles by 11 there will be NO MARBLES left!

How many marbles did the naughty child have? 

  Difficulty Level - 4/5

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  Hint : 

   You cant try to find the common multiple.
  

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Chocolates Puzzle

#143

Once upon a time in Mumbai, Imran Hashmi went to a shop to buy chocolates. The shopkeeper was selling the chocolates @ Rs. 5 each and the shopkeeper gave him an offer to exchange 3 wrappers for 1 chocolate. Imran had Rs 45 with him.
How many chocolates, he could buy ?? 
  
  Difficulty Level - 3/5

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  Solution : 

   13 Chocolates. (9 + 3 + 1 )
  

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Onions Puzzle

#142

Due to rumors that there was a shortage of Onions, everyone was stocking up on Onions. By the time I'd got to the store, they had sold out!

However, there were two people at the store, who had already bought 40 and 50 kilos of Onions respectively and they kindly offered to share their Onions with me.
After the sharing, we all had the same kilos of Onions and I paid them $90 for the Onions. 
How did they share the $90 between them? 

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Solution : 

   $30 and $ 60 respectively.
( Total 90 kg Onions >> 3 persons sharing them equally i.e. 30 kg each >> i.e you give $3 for 1 Kg >> Also, 40 kg buyer gives you 10 kg and 50 kg buyer gives you 20 kg  ) 
  

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Onions Puzzle - Hint

#142

Due to rumors that there was a shortage of Onions, everyone was stocking up on Onions. By the time I'd got to the store, they had sold out!

However, there were two people at the store, who had already bought 40 and 50 kilos of Onions respectively and they kindly offered to share their Onions with me.
After the sharing, we all had the same kilos of Onions and I paid them $90 for the Onions. 
How did they share the $90 between them? 

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Hint : 

   The answer is not $40 & $50
  

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Word Riddle

#141

"LOVE is changed into HATE"
So, start with LOVE and change one letter at a time until you have the word HATE.
Each change must leave the other letters in their original places and also result in a proper word.

What will be the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change? 

  Difficulty Level - 3/5

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  Solution : 

   3 steps. >>> LOVE > LAVE > HAVE > HATE
                             OR
                    >>> LOVE > HOVE > HAVE > HATE
  

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Word Riddle - Hint

#141

"LOVE is changed into HATE"
So, start with LOVE and change one letter at a time until you have the word HATE.
Each change must leave the other letters in their original places and also result in a proper word.

What will be the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change? 

  Difficulty Level - 3/5

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  Hint : 

   You can start with any letter L, O or V.
  

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Holes Counting Puzzle

#140

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Solution : 

   Number of holes can be 4 or 8 depending upon whether there are holes on the T-shirt or just paint.

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Another Series Puzzle

#139

Which number will replace the question mark ? 

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Solution : 

   71. (4*2 -1, 7*2-2, 12*2-3, 21*2-4, 38*2-5) 

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Series Puzzle

#138

Find the next two numbers in the series....

2, 11, 25, 44, 68, ........

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Solution : 

   97, 131 (First differences makes an Arithmetic progression with difference = 5)
  

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Mystery Riddle

#137

Two ladies were in a desert. They both have their packs on. 
One of the lady was dead. 
The lady who was alive had her pack open,
The lady who was dead had her pack closed. 
What was in the pack? 

  Difficulty Level - 4/5

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  Solution : 

   Parachute.
  

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Funny Puzzle

#136

A husband tells his wife 'I bet you can't say something that will make me happy and sad at the same time.' She replies and wins the bet. 

What did she say?


  Difficulty Level - 1/5

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  Solution : 

   There can be so many replies. But one of my favorite reply is "I'm going to my mother's house and You will get the divorce papers soon".
Other Replies :- > You have the longest Penis among all of your friends.
 >>  I'm Pregnant, but that's not because of you.

  

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Number of Huts Puzzle

#135

In a village, there are 100 huts,

numbered from 1 to 100.
Someday..a visitor try to find all the huts which contains number "9"
How many huts he should find ??
and how many 9's are there  ?

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Solution : 

   19 huts and twenty 9's.
  

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What Am I ?

#134

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. 
What am I? 

  Difficulty Level - 3/5

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  Solution : 

   Nose. When you are having cold, then nose is running and the thought process follows in the mind which is close behind nose.
  

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English Word Puzzle

#133

Can you guess an English word which contains all the vowels?? 

  Difficulty Level - 3/5

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  Solution : 

   "DICTIONARY" is a word which has all the alphabets including all the VOWELS
     You can think of words like "Education", "Facetious" etc. 

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Fake Note Puzzle

#132

Let's consider that a shopkeeper sell goods at zero profit zero loss.
One day, he sold goods worth $400 to a girl, who gave him a $1000 note. 
The shopkeeper did not have change, so, he took the change from his employee.
The shopkeeper gave the girl $600 and kept $400 with him.
After some time, the employee realized that the $1000 note was fake, so, he returned the note to the shopkeeper and took a genuine note from him.
Can you determine the exact loss, which the shopkeeper suffered ?? 

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Solution : 

   $1000.
  

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Fake Note Puzzle - Hint

#132

Let's consider that a shopkeeper sell goods at zero profit zero loss.
One day, he sold goods worth $400 to a girl, who gave him a $1000 note. 
The shopkeeper did not have change, so, he took the change from his employee.
The shopkeeper gave the girl $600 and kept $400 with him.
After some time, the employee realized that the $1000 note was fake, so, he returned the note to the shopkeeper and took a genuine note from him.
Can you determine the exact loss, which the shopkeeper suffered ?? 

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Hint : 

   Think in one direction only. Don't mess up the situation.
  

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7 Letter Word Puzzle - Hint

#131

Santa challenged Banta to tell him a 7 letter word in which if he remove 1 letter from the word then he will get the same word..
If he remove 2 letters from the word then also he will get the same word..
If he remove 3 letters from the word then also he will get the same word..
If he remove ALL letters from the word still he will get the same word..
What can be the word ?? 

  Difficulty Level - 4/5

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  Hint : 

   Where else you can see the letters ??
  

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7 Letter Word Puzzle

#131

Santa challenged Banta to tell him a 7 letter word in which if he remove 1 letter from the word then he will get the same word..
If he remove 2 letters from the word then also he will get the same word..
If he remove 3 letters from the word then also he will get the same word..
If he remove ALL letters from the word still he will get the same word..
What can be the word ?? 

  Difficulty Level - 4/5

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  Solution : 

   Postbox.
  

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Crossing Road Problem

#130

Which Vehicle will go first ... ?? 

1. Police car
2. School bus
3. Ambulance 
4. V.I.P CAR 

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Solution : 

   Whoever gets the green signal first.
  

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Crossing Road Problem - Hint

#130

Which Vehicle will go first ... ?? 

1. Police car
2. School bus
3. Ambulance 
4. V.I.P CAR 

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Hint : 

   You should know some TRAFFIC RULES.
  

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What Am I Riddle?

#129

I am a 9 letter word of a SPORT.
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Combination of "4th letter and last 4 letters" gives a weapon name used in ancient times.
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Combination of "2nd to 5th letters" is what we all need to do at night.
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Combination of "4th letter and last 3 letters" is what we do with music.
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Combination of "1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th letter" is related to location.
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Combination of "1st letter and last 3 letters" is what birds have.

WHAT AM I ?????

  Difficulty Level - 2/5

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  Solution : 

   Wrestling.
  

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Fire Problem

#128

In a hotel, three most important rooms caught fire.
The 1st room had gold coins, the 2nd room had financial papers 
and the last one had country's economic budget.

If an ambulance was to arrive, then, which room would they put out the fire 1st ?  

  Difficulty Level - 1/5

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  Solution : 

   Ambulance will not put out the fire.. You have to call fire brigade for this.

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