Tag: general knowledge

A 26" x 26" square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden board. The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there are 27 nails on each side of the square. Each nail is at the same distance from the neighboring nails. How many nails does the carpenter use?

Haretown and Tortoiseville are 33 miles apart. A hare travels at 9 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 2 miles per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown. If both set out at the same time, how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route?

Last weekend, I went to play in the nearby park. It was real fun! I rode my new bicycle that Mom had gifted me on my birthday. On reaching the park, I saw that there were a total of 12 bicycles and tricycles. If the total number of wheels was 30, how many tricycles were there?

Man Wrinkle spent one-fourth of his life as a boy, one-eighth as a youth, and one-half as an active man. If Man Wrinkle spent 12 years as an old man, then how many years did he spend as an active man?