math & puzzles Online Quiz - 110

Let the slower pipe's rate be x. The faster pipe's rate is 3x. Combined rate is 4x. In 36 minutes, they fill 4x * 36 = 144x units. The slower pipe alone takes (144x / x) = 144 minutes.

The hour hand moves 360 degrees in 12 hours, which is 30 degrees per hour. From 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM is 6 hours. 6 hours multiplied by 30 degrees per hour equals 180 degrees.

A non-leap year has 365 days, which is 52 weeks and 1 day. Therefore, the same date in the following year usually shifts by one day. Since 2007 is not a leap year, Jan 1, 2008, is one day after Monday, which is Tuesday.

The prefix 'ex-' in English comes from Latin meaning 'out of' or 'from'. For example, 'extract' means to pull out, and 'exclude' means to keep out.

The word 'verb' comes from Latin 'verbum' meaning 'word'. It refers to a part of speech that expresses action, occurrence, or state of being.

The Greek prefix 'hypo-' means 'under', 'below', or 'less', as in 'hypodermic' or 'hypothermia'. 'Up' is 'ana', and 'equal' is 'iso'.

The Greek root 'pan' means 'all', as in 'panorama' or 'pandemic'. 'Among' is 'epi', and 'like' is 'sim'.

The Latin root 'terr' means 'land' or 'earth', as in 'terrain' or 'territory'. 'Break' is 'frag' or 'rupt', and 'water' is 'aqua' or 'hydr'.

The Greek prefix 'peri-' means 'around' or 'enclosing', as in 'perimeter' or 'periscope'. 'Together' is 'sym' or 'con', and 'through' is 'per'.

The Latin root 'rect' means 'straight' or 'right', as in 'rectify' (to make right) or 'correct'. 'Write' is 'graph' or 'scrib'.

The Latin root 'pend' means 'to hang' or 'to weigh', as in 'pendant' or 'expend'. 'Act' is 'ag', and 'follow' is 'seq'.

The Latin root 'sim' means 'like' or 'resembling', as in 'similar' or 'assimilate'. 'All' is 'pan' or 'omni', and 'under' is 'hypo' or 'sub'.

The Greek root 'phil' means 'love', as in 'philanthropy' or 'philosophy'. 'Know' is 'sci', 'weigh' is 'pend', and 'law' is 'nom' or 'leg'.

The Latin root 'sci' means 'to know' or 'to understand', as in 'science' or 'conscious'. 'Learn' is 'disc', and 'see' is 'vis' or 'vid'.

The Latin root 'seq' (or 'secut') means 'to follow', as in 'sequence' or 'consecutive'. 'Find' is 'found', and 'join' is 'junct'.

The prefix 'par-' comes from Latin meaning 'equal' or 'beside'. Words like 'parallel' (equal distance apart) and 'parity' (equality) demonstrate this meaning.

The Greek root 'path' means 'feeling' or 'suffering', as in 'empathy' or 'pathology'. 'Move' is 'mot', 'good' is 'eu' or 'ben', and 'know' is 'sci'.

The Latin root 'put' means 'to think' or 'to consider', found in 'computer' or 'dispute'. 'Follow' is 'seq', and 'make/do' is 'fac'.

The Latin root 'ped' means 'foot', as in 'pedal' or 'pedestrian'. Note that the Greek 'ped' can mean 'child', but in this context, 'foot' is the standard Latin root meaning.

The Greek root 'soph' means 'wisdom', seen in 'philosophy' (love of wisdom) or 'sophisticated'. 'Death' is 'thanas' or 'mort', and 'make/do' is 'fac' or 'fic'.