Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? - Page 27

BigV · 01-08-2012, 12:05 PM

27 jumps

HungLikeJesus · 01-08-2012, 12:11 PM

Is that the answer to tomorrow's puzzle?

classicman · 01-09-2012, 01:37 PM

????????

Spexxvet · 01-09-2012, 01:44 PM

How many trees were there? Were the slaves allowed to go around the trees? Was the guy below one of the slaves?

classicman · 01-09-2012, 02:24 PM

The worst part of that is that it was homework from a school.

ZenGum · 01-09-2012, 06:20 PM

It's absolutely shocking that a school would set that as a puzzle.

I mean, oranges are a countable noun, so the question should be "... how many..." not "...how much...".

Oh and they spelled "Mexicans" wrong.

Lamplighter · 01-09-2012, 06:30 PM

Re the slaves picking oranges.... Another 3rd grade homework on that test was:

"If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?"

The Principal is collecting the homework and destroying it, and looking for a teacher named Fred.

ZenGum · 01-09-2012, 06:56 PM

A high-school science teacher in Western Australia got in hot water a while back.

Use "problem-based" teaching, they had told him. Make it interesting, they had told him.

Quote:

Assignment: design a terror attack using the WMD of your choice - chemical, biological or nuclear. Your goal is to inflict maximum causalties

Apply for a new job, they told him...

Lamplighter · 01-09-2012, 07:07 PM

Finish the sequences below

A E F H I K L M N T....

B C D G J O P Q R S...

infinite monkey · 01-10-2012, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Finish the sequences below

A E F H I K L M N T....

B C D G J O P Q R S...

A E F H I K L M N T....VWXYZ

B C D G J O P Q R S...U

Yes? No?

Spexxvet · 01-10-2012, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

A E F H I K L M N T....VWXYZ

B C D G J O P Q R S...U

Yes? No?

Show your work. In other words, how the hell did you figure that out?

footfootfoot · 01-09-2012, 07:57 PM

two new nuts since I didn't post yesterday

ZenGum · 01-09-2012, 08:48 PM

#39 depends on whether James and William share their sandwiches with each other as well, i.e. form a pool of eight sangers shared among three eaters. I interpret this nut as NOT being like this.

I take it that stranger eats 2.5 of James' sangers, and 1.5 of William's sangers.

Assuming equal value of sandwiches, stranger should pay James 5 cents and William 3 cents.

HungLikeJesus · 01-10-2012, 07:57 AM

Five and eight sandwiches! That must have been the beginning of the obesity epidemic. These problems don't show up until 50 or 60 years later.

Lamplighter · 01-10-2012, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

#39 depends on whether James and William share their sandwiches with each other as well,
i.e. form a pool of eight sangers shared among three eaters. I interpret this nut as NOT being like this.

I take it that stranger eats 2.5 of James' sangers, and 1.5 of William's sangers.

Assuming equal value of sandwiches, stranger should pay James 5 cents and William 3 cents.

The stranger shared equally (50 %) and so paid 4 cents to each.

It's the law of supply and demand.
It just happened that William's were just worth more per sandwich
Or, maybe William's sandwich had squirrel meat, which is harder to come by

01-08-2012, 12:05 PM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	27 jumps __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-08-2012, 12:11 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Is that the answer to tomorrow's puzzle? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-09-2012, 01:44 PM	#4
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	How many trees were there? Were the slaves allowed to go around the trees? Was the guy below one of the slaves? Attached Images __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-09-2012, 02:24 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	The worst part of that is that it was homework from a school. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-09-2012, 06:20 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It's absolutely shocking that a school would set that as a puzzle. I mean, oranges are a countable noun, so the question should be "... how many..." not "...how much...". Oh and they spelled "Mexicans" wrong. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-09-2012, 01:37 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Mental Nuts WTF??? ???????? Attached Images __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-09-2012, 06:30 PM	#7
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Re the slaves picking oranges.... Another 3rd grade homework on that test was: "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?" The Principal is collecting the homework and destroying it, and looking for a teacher named Fred.

01-09-2012, 07:07 PM	#9
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Finish the sequences below A E F H I K L M N T.... B C D G J O P Q R S...

01-09-2012, 07:57 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	two new nuts since I didn't post yesterday Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-09-2012, 08:48 PM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	#39 depends on whether James and William share their sandwiches with each other as well, i.e. form a pool of eight sangers shared among three eaters. I interpret this nut as NOT being like this. I take it that stranger eats 2.5 of James' sangers, and 1.5 of William's sangers. Assuming equal value of sandwiches, stranger should pay James 5 cents and William 3 cents. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-10-2012, 07:57 AM	#14
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Five and eight sandwiches! That must have been the beginning of the obesity epidemic. These problems don't show up until 50 or 60 years later. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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