Tag: math & puzzles

Teeka made a design using tiles. For every 2 square tiles she used, she used 8 triangles. When she was finished, Teeka had used 48 square tiles. How many triangles did she use

f 6 computer disks cost $8.00, what is the greatest number of the same computer disks you can buy for $40

The letters of the words AMERICAN PIES are placed in a bag. What is the probability that you will draw an E or an I if you chose one letter from the bag

An average of 35 paperback books fit on each shelf of a bookcase. There are 4 shelves in each bookcase. How many bookcases will be needed to shelve 1540 books?

what is the value of sec 90?;

Sherlock Holmes has been an immortal character of all time. While solving a case of the lady Mariana he encountered a puzzling problem in 2025. He saw a code encrypted in the form of 1 9 25 4 9 2025. He deciphered it as time of 1:9:25(at 1A.M/P.M 9 min 25 sec) on 4 September 2025. However he didn’t know the place. It was written in from of 13 22 23 21 8 8 23 6 11 4 21 15 8 22 21 18 4 7 Be a Watson and help him in cracking the code. Hint: Number represent alphabet. first number 13 is just a Number.

Sherlock Holmes finds another clue on reaching the spot. It leads him to a potential witness. The witness informs him that “I reached the spot at 2 A.M. Since it was dark I was carrying a lantern. The lantern has 50 ml of oil when I lit it up at 1 A.M at the station. The lantern burns 1 ml of oil every 2 minute. At 2:45 I saw a person walking down the lane toward main gate. I asked him to stop. He started running and I followed. I finally nabbed him at 2:55 and in lantern light I saw his face. He punched me and ran away” Sherlock accuses him of lying. Why??

The witness tells The Sherlock Holmes. I am impressed. Now I will tell you the truth. Though I don’t know who the killer is but I can tell the name of people I suspect. Lady Mariana has been survived by 1 spouse and 3 children. His husband William is an alcoholic. Her younger kid is just 5 year old. However, her two sons named Kyle and Don are 22 and 20 year old respectively and are from her earlier husband jack. Either of the four can be the murder as the murder was an inside job and victim was well connected with the killer. When they were called, they provided following facts known to be true. Find the killer knowing the murder was committed at 2 A.M. 1. By 12 midnight elder son was sleeping at the bed 2. Till 1 A.M the younger son was spending time with his GF. 3. Jack has been married to Diana and was with her till 1 post midnight. 4. William returned from the pub at 1:45 and directly went to bed. 5. Non of the people related to Mariana by the blood is the Killer 6. Jack went to pub and met William at 1:15 and stayed there till 3

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