Logic Puzzles Quiz: How Far Can You Climb With 3 Lives?

Logic Puzzles Quiz: How Far Can You Climb With 3 Lives?: questions and answers

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1. Sam is 5th from the front and 5th from the back. How many in line? 9 · 10 · 11

   9 – Sam is counted from both ends, so it's 4 + Sam + 4.

2. 3 pens cost $2. How much do 12 pens cost? $6 · $8 · $24

   $8

3. Which animal has the most legs? Spider · Ant · Crab

   Crab – Crabs have 10 legs counting the claws, spiders 8, ants 6.

4. A dozen dozens is 144.

   True

5. Which word is an anagram of 'LISTEN'? Lisper · Silent · Glisten

   Silent

6. A clock shows 9:00. What time will it show 25 hours later? 10:00 · 9:25 · 8:00

   10:00

7. What's the next letter: A, C, E, G, ...? H · J · I

   I

8. Which of these shapes has the most sides? Octagon · Hexagon · Pentagon

   Octagon – Octo = 8, hexa = 6, penta = 5.

9. Half of a number is 12. What is a third of it? 6 · 8 · 4

   8

10. A day has more seconds than New York City has people.

    False – A day has 86,400 seconds. NYC has over 8 million people.

11. What's the next number: 10, 9, 7, 4, ...? 1 · 2 · 0

    0

12. A dad and his son are 36 years apart. In 10 years, the gap will be... 36 years · 46 years · 26 years

    36 years – Both get 10 years older, so the gap never changes.

13. A square is cut by both diagonals. How many triangles can you find? 4 · 8 · 6

    8

14. Which is heavier: a liter of water or a liter of olive oil? Olive oil · The same · Water

    Water – Oil floats on water because the same amount is lighter.

15. A train leaves at 10:45 and the trip takes 95 minutes. Arrival? 12:20 · 11:40 · 12:40

    12:20

16. A 'score' means 20.

    True – So 'four score and seven years' is 87 years.

17. Which number is both a perfect square and a perfect cube? 16 · 64 · 27

    64

18. A shirt costs $20 after 50% off. What was the price before? $30 · $25 · $40

    $40

19. How many minutes is one eighth of an hour? 7.5 · 8 · 12.5

    7.5

20. Today is Wednesday. What day is it in 100 days? Thursday · Friday · Saturday

    Friday

21. Which number doesn't belong? 9 · 2 · 3 · 5

    9

22. You pass 5 cars, then 3 cars pass you. How many places did you gain? 8 · 5 · 2

    2

23. Which is the biggest: 1/3, 0.3 or 30%? 1/3 · 0.3 · 30%

    1/3 – 0.3 and 30% are equal. 1/3 is 0.333...

24. 3 people dig 3 holes in 3 days. How long does 1 person take for 1 hole? 1 day · 3 days · 9 days

    3 days

25. A clock loses 1 minute every hour. How far behind is it after a day? 1 minute · 60 minutes · 24 minutes

    24 minutes

26. Written the US way (no 'and'), 1 to 999 never uses the letter 'a'.

    True – One, two ... nine hundred ninety-nine. 'A' first shows up in 'thousand'.

27. Which animal can recognize itself in a mirror? Dog · Magpie · Cat

    Magpie – Magpies passed the mirror test, like apes and dolphins.

28. How many 3-digit numbers are there? 900 · 999 · 1,000

    900 – From 100 to 999: that's 900 numbers.

29. A car drives at 60 km/h. How far does it go in 20 minutes? 30 km · 12 km · 20 km

    20 km

30. The angles inside a pentagon add up to... 540° · 360° · 720°

    540° – Split it into 3 triangles: 3 × 180° = 540°.

31. Which weighs more: a US ton or a metric tonne? US ton · Metric tonne · The same

    Metric tonne – A US ton is 907 kg. A metric tonne is 1,000 kg.

32. How many squares of any size are on a tic-tac-toe grid? 9 · 10 · 14

    14

33. On a die, opposite faces add up to 7. What's opposite the 2? 5 · 4 · 6

    5

34. What's the smallest number divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6? 120 · 60 · 30

    60

35. A leap year can have 53 Sundays.

    True

36. How many faces does a triangle-based pyramid have? 3 · 5 · 4

    4

37. What is 111,111,111 × 111,111,111? 12345678987654321 · 11111111111111111 · 123456789

    12345678987654321

38. There are more ways to line up 14 books than people on Earth.

    True – 14 books can stand in about 87 billion different orders.

39. What is half of a quarter of an eighth of 1,024? 32 · 16 · 8

    16

40. A 100 m train crosses a 100 m bridge at 10 m per second. How long? 10 seconds · 15 seconds · 20 seconds

    20 seconds – The front goes 200 m before the back leaves the bridge.

41. About how long is one billion seconds? 32 years · 3 years · 11 days

    32 years

42. Roll two dice. Which total comes up most often? 12 · 7 · 6

    7 – Six ways to make 7, only one way to make 12.

43. Flip two coins. Which is more likely? Two heads · Equally likely · One of each

    One of each – Heads-tails and tails-heads both count: 2 chances in 4.

44. What are the odds of rolling a 6 twice in a row? 1 in 36 · 1 in 12 · 1 in 6

    1 in 36 – 1/6 × 1/6 = 1/36.

45. Rice doubles on each chessboard square, starting with 1. How many on square 10? 1,024 · 512 · 20

    512

46. What is the average of all whole numbers from 1 to 99? 49.5 · 45 · 50

    50

47. A sheet of paper folded 42 times would reach the Moon.

    True – 0.1 mm doubled 42 times is about 440,000 km.

48. What comes next: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ...? 121121 · 312211 · 1112221

    312211 – Read the last one aloud: three 1s, two 2s, one 1.

49. Ann is twice Ben's age. In 5 years their ages add up to 40. Ben's age now? 10 · 15 · 20

    10 – Now 20 and 10. In 5 years: 25 + 15 = 40.

50. How many zeros are at the end of 10 × 9 × 8 × ... × 1? 1 · 10 · 2

    2 – It's 3,628,800: the 10 and the 5 × 2 make two zeros.

51. Fewest US coins (1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢) to make 41 cents? 4 · 5 · 3

    4 – 25 + 10 + 5 + 1 = 41.

52. What comes next: 2, 6, 30, 210, ...? 420 · 2,310 · 1,890

    2,310

53. A bus has 30 people. 8 get off, 5 get on. How many stops so far? 1 · 2 · Not enough info

    1