Puzzles

Type of Puzzle: Relatively Hard

There are 7 girls in a class of 6th graders. If there is a total of 28 kids in 6th and 7th grade combined and the number of boys and girls in seventh grade are equal, how many boys are there in 6th? Also, there are more than 15 kids in 7th grade. I'll except more than one answer.

Type of Puzzle: Medium

I  buy 3 books for $1.10 each. Then, I buy 4 packs of gum, each for an eleventh of the cost of one book. When I pay I give the cashier a 40% tip. I pay with $25, how much is my change?

 

Type of Puzzle: So Incredibly Hard That You Will

Never Get It 

The Lerner family has the following chores: laundry, gardening, dusting, and mopping. The chores are done according to the following rules:

• Laundry must be done twice a week, but not on two consecutive days.
• Only one chore can be done each day.
• Mopping must be done immediately after dusting is done.
• Gardening cannot be done on Monday.

Which of the following can be a possible schedule of chores from Monday to Friday:

1. laundry, gardening, mopping, dusting, laundry
2. gardening, laundry, dusting, mopping, laundry
3. laundry, dusting, laundry, mopping, gardening
4. dusting, mopping, laundry, laundry, gardening
5. laundry, dusting, mopping, laundry, gardening

To get credit for solving this puzzle, you not only need to provide the correct answer, but you also must explain your reasoning.

Type of Puzzle: Hard

 Which letter comes next in the series, O, T, T, F, F, S, S?

Type of Puzzle: Medium

There's a train crash and every single person dies. Not everyone in the train crash dies. How is this possible? Don't waste your time. Think wisely and you'll get it.

Type of Puzzle: Easy

A king, a queen, a maid, a princess, and a prince lived in a circular castle. One day someone droopped a chandelier on the prince. The king said that he was dancing with the queen, the queen said she was dancing with the king, the maid said she was scrubbing plates in the corner, and the princess said the she was doing her studies. Who did it?

Type of Puzzle: Hard

Jackie and Matt are moving a couch up four flights of stairs. If they can move up each flight in three minutes and stop for a 2 minute break on each landing, how many minutes will it take them to reach the top?