Brain Teaser Of The Week

  • From: "R. Chartrand" <pedagonet@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "teaseroftheweek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <teaseroftheweek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 08:12:26 -0800 (PST)

Cyber Monday
After waiting in line for an exaggerated amount of time on Black Friday, 
Pierre, Claude ,Michel and Suzanne are searching for online deals.
Each person buys a different product : an iTouch, a shop vac, a TomTom GPS and 
an Acer Notebook.
They each make their online purchase at a different store : Best Buy, Home 
Depot, Future Shop and Staples.
Hints :
1 The Acer Notebook was not sold at Future Shop.
2. Neither Pierre nor Michel bought at Staples or Best Buy.
3. Claude didn't buy a TomTom GPS or an Acer Notebook.
4. A man bought the shop vac at Home Depot.
5. The iTouch was not bought at Staples.
Question :
Can you find each one's purchase and online store?
 
See answer:
http://www.pedagonet.com/brain/ans957a.htm
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Facebook Fibs
Upon registering for a Facebook account, two members of a family, Jack and 
Jill, were asked for their ages.
They decided to add the two ages together. 
Jack submitted 44 as the answer
Jill inserted 1280.
Jack's answer was obtained by subtracting one age from the other;
Jill chose to multiply their true ages together. 
Question:  What were their ages?
 
See answer:
http://www.pedagonet.com/puzzles/fibs1.html
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Video Puzzle
Sliding Pennies
http://www.pedagonet.com/Maths/slidingpennies.html
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