What shall I have on my toast?
I have four different things I can spread on my toast. If I want to taste them all, I need four slices of toast.
Posts Tagged ‘puzzle’
Pratas and Sesame Street
15
Feb
As a kid, I watched Sesame Street. One segment was on sharing. Bert has a cookie, and Ernie comes and asks him “will you share your cookie with me, Bert?”
Coconuts and Diamonds
21
Feb
One of my favourite puzzles of all times is a bit tough for a typical lower-school kid. It goes like this :
Five men and a monkey are stranded on a desert island. They spend the day searching for food, and by evening, they have collected a big pile of coconuts. Too tired to do anything but sleep, they agree to share the coconuts out in the morning.
However, one of the men wakes up just before midnight. He doesn’t trust his companions, so he goes to the pile of coconuts to take his share. he divides the coconuts into five equal piles, with one left over. He takes his share and hides it, gives the spare coconut to the monkey, collects the rest back into a pile, and goes back to sleep. Read the rest of this entry »
Pumpkin Puzzle
20
Feb
A Young Pumpkin Plant
We have some pumpkin plants growing in our yard. I counted them at one point, and there were 24 plants. This inspired a little puzzle -
If I have 24 pumpkin plants, and half of them grow a pumpkin, and half of those that grow a pumpkin grow another, and half of those that grow another grow yet another still – then how many pumpkins do I get in the end? Read the rest of this entry »