A nonstop train leaves Moscow for Leningrad at 60 miles per hour. Another nonstop train leaves Leningrad for Moscow at 40 miles an hour. How far apart are the trains 1 hour before they pass each other?
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10 Chairs 4 Walls
In a rectangular dance hall, how do you place 10 chairs along the walls so that there are an equal number of chairs along each wall?
Riddle AnswerThree Equal Squares
You have 8 small matches, 4 of which are half the length of the other 4. Make three equal squares out of the 8 matches.
Riddle AnswerRoll Them Out
In a long, narrow chute there are 8 balls: 4 black ones on the left, and 4 white ones-slightly larger-on the right. In the middle of the chute there is a small niche that can hold 1 ball of either color. The chute’s right end has an opening large enough for a black but not a white ball.
Roll all the black balls out of the chute. You can’t pick them up from the chute.
Riddle AnswerGuess Your Weight
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper, then you have to give me $50 but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.”
The boy looks around and sees no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less. In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
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