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Answer to Q1

If Vivian’s daughter is my daughter’s mother, who am I to Vivian?

Answer: Daughter!
Answer to Q2

This is actually a trick question. If you pay attention to the question, you will see it asked how many apples you have not how many apples are remaining!

So the correct answer is 6! Because both 4 apples you took and the remaining 2 in the bowl are all yours.
Answer to Q3

Divide 40 by half and add 15!

Divide 40 by ½
40 ÷ ½ = 40 x 2 = 80

Add 15 to 80
80 + 15 = 95

Answer: 95
Answer to Q4

What is the solution for 6÷2(1+2)?

Remember BODMAS - Bracket Order Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction

So we do Brackets first (1+2) = (3)
6÷2(3) but we can rewrite that as 6÷2x3

So we do our division next: 6÷2 = 3
3x3 = 9

Answer: 9
Answer to Q5

If you choose an answer to this question randomly, what's the probability you will be correct?

Since 4 options were given, the probability of you choosing a correct answer will be 1 (the number of answer you can choose at a time) divided by 4 (total number of answers you can choose from) multipled by 100%

Answer: (1÷4)x100% = 25%
Answer to Q6

If 32° Fahrenheit equals 0° Celsius and 212° Fahrenheit equals 100° Celsius. At what temperature will Fahrenheit and Celsius be the same?

If,
32°F = 0°C [eqn i]
212°F = 100°C [eqn ii]

When will x°F = x°C [eqn iii]

From eqns i, ii, and iii above, we can say

(212 - 32) ÷ (212 - x) = (100 - 0) ÷ (100 - x)

180 ÷ (212 - x) = 100 ÷ (100 - x) [eqn iv]

Cross multiplying eqn iv
100(212 - x) = 180(100 - x)

21,200 - 100x = 18,000 - 180x [eqn v]

Collecting like terms of eqn v

-100x + 180x = 18,000 - 21,200

80x = -3,200 [eqn vi]

Dividing eqn vi through by 80

x = -3,200 ÷ 80 = -40

Answer: -40
Answer to Q7

Which is largest, ⅓ or 30%?

⅓ of 100% = 33.33%

Answer: ⅓
Answer to Q8

If a number is x, can x - x = x ÷ x?

Substracting a number from itself will always gives zero (x - x = 0), dividing a number by itself will always give one (x ÷ x = 1), so that equation can never be true!

Answer: No
Answer to Q9

On average, rabbits start breeding when they are 3 months old and produce 4 offsprings every month.

If I put a day old rabbit in a cage for a year, how many offsprings will it produce?


Many will rush to calculate (12 months - 3 months) x 4 offsprings = 36 offspings but note the question says putting just one rabbit inside a cage, it takes a male and female rabbit to make a baby!

Answer: 0 (only one rabbit can't make babies)
Answer to Q10

What is the maximum number of times a single page of a newspaper can be folded in half by hand?

The question asked how many times it can be folded into half, not quarters, not 10 times. You can only fold a paper into half once, if you fold it again it's now quarter.

Answer: Once
Answer to Q11

Mr. Green has four daughters and each daughter has a brother. How many children does Mr. Green have?

Mr. Green has 4 daughters and the daughters have a brother, that means Mr. Green has 4 daughter and 1 son.

Answer: Five children
Answer to Q12

Figure out the correct code
6 | 8 | 2 - One number correct and placed well
6 | 1 | 4 - One number correct but placed wrongly
2 | 0 | 6 - Two numbers are correct but placed wrongly
7 | 3 | 8 - Nothing correct
8 | 7 | 0 - One number correct but placed wrongly

First clue says 6 | 8 | 2 - One number correct and placed well so we know the correct code will be like one of these 6 _ _, _ 8 _ or _ _ 2

Second clue says 6 | 1 | 4 - One number correct but placed wrongly so we know our code might contain one of 6, 1, or 4 and it won't be at their current positions

Third clue says 2 | 0 | 6 - Two numbers are correct but placed wrongly so we know either 2|0, 0|6 or 2|6 is correct but not in their current positions

Fourth clue says 7 | 3 | 8 - Nothing correct so we know our code can never be _ 8 _ (so we are left with 6 _ _ or _ _ 2)

Fifth clue says 8 | 7 | 0 - One number correct but placed wrongly but from fourth clue we can't have 7 and 8 as part of our code so we know 0 is part of our code

Now we know 0 is part of our code and if we go back to the third clue we now know 0 is one if the two correct numbers and the 0 can't be in the middle position and from fifth clue it can't also be in the last position of our final code so our code is definitely in the format 0 _ _

Going back to first clue we now know 6 _ _ (since that is starting with 6 and not 0) and _ 8 _ (earlier proved) can't be correct so our correct format is _ _ 2 (i.e. 0 _ 2)

Going back to second clue, we now know 6 is out and we are left with either 1 or 4 and since we are now looking for the middle number, we know it can't be 1 so it's definitely 4

Answer: 0|4|2
Answer to Q13

If,
A + A = B
B + B = D
A + D = E

What then is B + D + E

Numbers are been replaced with alphabets here: A = 1, B = 2, etc

1 + 1 = 2 (A + A = B)

So, B + D + E = 2 + 4 + 5 = 11. K is 11th on the list!

Answer: K
Answer to Q14

2 + 2 × 🐧 + 2 - 2 - 2 = 0
What is 🐧?

Remember BODMAS - Bracket, Order, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Substraction

So, 2 × 🐧 = 2🐧
We now have 2 + 2🐧 + 2 - 2 - 2 = 0
Collecting like terms 2🐧 = 2 + 2 - 2 - 2
2🐧 = 0
So, 🐧 = 0 ÷ 2 = 0

Answer: 0
Answer to Q15

How many seconds are in a year?

What first comes to mind here is that the question is asking for the number of seconds in time in a years, so let's calculate that!

365 days x 24 hours x 60 minutes x 60 seconds = 31,536,000 seconds

That is not in the options so the 21,920,000 was placed there as a bait.

What could the question be asking then? The second of every month i.e. 2nd of January, 2nd of February, etc...

Answer: 12
Answer to Q16

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Before and after it was discovered, Mount Everest remains the highest point on Earth.

Answer: Mount Everest
Answer to Q17

A lady didn't sleep for 30 days, how do you think she was able to survive that?

Answer: She sleeps by night!
Answer to Q18

If 1 + 4 = 5; 2 + 5 = 12 and 3 + 6 = 21

What is 5 + 8 = ?

This is a sequence that follows the pattern x + (x*y), let's check!

1 + 4 = 1+(1x4) = 1 + 4 = 5
2 + 5 = 2+(2x5) = 2 + 10 = 12
3 + 6 = 3+(3x6) = 3 + 18 = 21

So we are right!

5 + 8 = 5+(5x8) = 5 + 40 = 45

Answer: 45