Tag: math & puzzles

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 9 bicycles and tricycles. If the total number of wheels was 23, how many tricycles were there?

A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis, i.e., a player is out of the tournament when he loses a match. How many matches are played in the tournament if 40 players totally participate?

A set of football matches is to be organized in a "round-robin" fashion, i.e., every participating team plays a match against every other team once and only once. If 91 matches are totally played, how many teams participated?

Grandpa: "My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 160 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"

Grandpa: "My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 160 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"