Problem Solving 46

Quick Quiz III
1.
(a)
If you drive a bus with 42 people on board from Perth to Kalgoorlie,
drop off three people at each of six stops and pick up four people at half
the stops, when you arrive at Kalgoorlie 10 hours later, what is the
drivers name ?
(b)
Write down as one number: 15 thousand, 15 hundred and 15.
(c)
What do Kermit the Frog and Attila the Hun have in common ?
(d)
How many times can you subtract 3 from 25 ?
2.
Justin Minute owns two conventional watches. One watch doesn't work at all and the other
loses a minute a day. Which watch is more correct ?
3.
Tom Bowler has a bag that contains a marble that he knows is either black or white. He
then places a white marble into the bag, shakes it and draws out a white marble. What now
is the chance of Tom drawing out a white marble ?
Neurological Nasties
Problem Sheet 46
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