Math Teasers
Sometimes it is fun to work math just because. Give some of these teasers a try.
What day is the day after tomorrow's yesterday if yesterday's tomorrow was Thursday?
What is the smallest possible number of fish caught? Two fathers and three sons went fishing. They caught one fish each.
"I am going to a party," said Missy. Missy is an only child. "It is my mother's husband's daughter's birthday party." Whose party was it?
Bill had six blue socks and six green ones all mixed in his drawer. One morning, he pulled some socks out without looking. What is the smallest number he had to puill out to be certain of getting two of the same color?
teasers adapted from
Tyler, J. (1993). The usborne book of brain benders. Usborne Publishing Ltd. Belgium.
Answers
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