MAT

GRAND PRIX
Rev your brainsfeel the heat...
Circuit#1
Time:30mins
Date:10.08.10
1)Youareonanislandandtherearethreecratesoffruitthathavewashedupinfrontofyou.Onecrate
containsonlyapples.Onecratecontainsonlyoranges.Theothercratecontainsbothapplesandoranges.
Eachcrateislabelled.Onereads"apples",onereads"oranges",andonereads"applesandoranges".Youknow
thatNONEofthecrateshavebeenlabelledcorrectlytheyareallwrong.Ifyoucanonlytakeoutandlookat
justoneofthepiecesoffruitfromjustoneofthecrates,howcanyoulabelALLofthecratescorrectly?
2)Barbarahasboxesinthreesizes:large,standard,andsmall.Sheputs11largeboxesonatable.Sheleaves
someoftheseboxesempty,andinalltheotherboxessheputs8standardboxes.Sheleavessome
ofthesestandardboxesempty,andinalltheotherstandardboxessheputs8(empty)smallboxes.Now,102of
alltheboxesonthetableareempty.HowmanyboxeshasBarbarausedintotal?
3)Twofriends,AlexandBob,gotoabookshop,togetherwiththeirsonsPeterandTim.Allfourofthembuy
somebooks;eachbookcostsawholeamountinshillings.Whentheyleavethebookshop,theynoticethatboth
fathershavespent21shillingsmorethantheirrespectivesons.Moreover,eachofthempaidperbookthesame
amountofshillingsasbooksthathebought.ThedifferencebetweenthenumberofbooksofAlexandPeteris
five.Howmanybooksdideachpersonbuy?
4)Jackandhiswifewenttoapartywherefourothermarriedcoupleswerepresent.Everypersonshookhands
witheveryoneheorshewasnotacquaintedwith.Whenthehandshakingwasover,Jackaskedeveryone,
includinghisownwife,howmanyhandstheyshook.Tohissurprise,Jackgotninedifferentanswers.Howmany
handsdidJack'swifeshake?

5)ThelegendarykingMidaspossessedahugeamountofgold.Hehidthistreasurecarefully:inabuilding
consistingofanumberofrooms.Ineachroomtherewereanumberofboxes;thisnumberwasequaltothe
numberofroomsinthebuilding.Eachboxcontainedanumberofgoldencoinsthatequalledthenumberof
boxesperroom.Whenthekingdied,oneboxwasgiventotheroyalbarber.Theremainderofthecoinshadto
bedividedfairlybetweenhissixsons.Isafairdivisionpossibleinallsituations?

6)EightexecutivesJ,K,L,M,N,O,P,andQaresittingaroundacirculartableforameeting.Jissecondtothe
rightofPwhoisthirdtotherightofK.MissecondtotheleftofOwhositsbetweenPandJ,Lisnotaneighbour
ofKorN.Whichofthefollowinggroupsofpersonshavethefirstpersonsittingbetweentheothertwo?
(1)PJO (2)OPJ (3)OPM(4)MPO(5)Noneofthese
7)Givenarectangular(cuboidalforthepuritans)cakewitharectangularpieceremoved(anysizeororientation),
howwouldyoucuttheremainderofthecakeintotwoequalhalveswithonestraightcutofaknife?

8)FourfriendsArjan,Bhuvan,GuranandLakhawerecomparingthenumberofsheepthattheyowned.Itwas
foundthatGuranhadtenmoresheepthanLakha.IfArjangaveonethirdtoBhuvan,andBhuvangaveaquarter
ofwhathethenheldtoGuran,whothenpassedonafifthofhisholdingtoLakha,theywouldallhaveanequal
numberofsheep.Howmanysheepdideachofthempossess?Givetheminimalpossibleanswer
9)WhenIwasmarried10yearsbackmywifewasthesixthmemberofmyfamily.TodaymyfatherdiedandI
hadanewbaby.NowtheaverageageofmyfamilyisthesameasthatwhenIwasmarried.Findtheageofmy
fatherwhenhedied.
10)Therearetwolengthsofrope.Eachonecanburninexactlyonehour.Theyarenotnecessarilyofthesame
lengthorwidthaseachother.Theyalsoarenotofuniformwidth(maybewiderinmiddlethanontheend),thus
burninghalfoftheropeisnotnecessarily1/2hour.Byburningtheropes,howdoyoumeasureexactly45
minutesworthoftime?
11)Grassinlawngrowsequallythickandinauniformrate.Ittakes24daysfor70cowsand60daysfor30cows
toeatthewholeofthegrass.Howmanycowsareneededtoeatthegrassin96days?
12)Completetheseries:0,6,24,60,120,210,___,___
13)Thereisafivedigitnumber.The4thdigitisfourgreaterthan2nddigit,while3rddigitis3lessthan2nddigit.
Thefirstoneisthricethelastdigit.Therearethreepairswhosesumis11.Findthenumber.

14)BigJim,engineeroftheOvalExpresssays:"Weblewoffacylinderheadanhourafterhavingthestation
andhadtocontinuethetripatthreefifthsoftheformerspeed,whichbroughtusintwohourslate.Ifthe
accidenthadoccurredfiftymilesfartheron,thetrainwouldhavearrivedfortyminutessooner".Howlong
wastherunbetweenstations?
15)Thereisaescalatorand2personsmovedownit.Atakes50stepsandBtakes75stepswhiletheescalatoris
movingdown.GiventhatthetimetakenbyAtotake1stepisequaltotimetakenbyBtotake3steps.Findthe
no.ofstepsintheescalatorwhileitisstationary.?
16)Somepeoplewentforavacation.Unfortunatelyitrainedfor13dayswhentheywerethere.But
wheneveritrainedinthemorning,theyhadcleanafternoonandviceversa.Inalltheyenjoyed11morning
and12afternoons.Howmanydaysdidtheystaytheretotally?
17) Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 and 12 hours respectively while third pipe will make the tank empty in 20
hours.Ifallthreepipesoperatesimultaneously,inhowmanyhoursthetankwillbefilled?
18)Atadinnerpartyeverytwoguestsusedadishofricebetweenthem.Everythreeguestsusedadishofdhal
betweenthemandeveryfourusedadishofmeatbetweenthem.Therewerealtogether65dishes.Howmany
guestswerepresent?
19) Three bandits divided some bullets equally among themselves. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total
numberofbulletsremainingwasequaltothebulletseachhadafterdivision.Findtheoriginalnumberdivided
20)Twoseriesare16,21,26,..and17,21,25,Whatisthesumoffirst100commonnumbers?
a.101100

b.110100

c.101110

d.110101