1) Can you prove that half of 8 = 3?
2) Thought the last one was easy? how about half of 9 = 4? or half of 11 = 6?
3) Late one night BOOKWORM was studying for his examinations when the lights went out. He lighted two candles of equal length, one thicker than the other. The thich candle is supposed to last six hours and the thin one two hours less. When BOOKWORM finally went to sleep the thick candle was twice as long as the thin one.
For how long did BOOKWORM study?
4) If the day after tommorow was yesterday, Sunday would be what today was if the day before yesterday was the day after tomorrow.
What day is it Today?
5) In a gathering of 50 people what is the probability of finding 2 persons whose birthday falls on the same date?
6) What, in connection with this question, is the next number below?
4, 13, 19, 21, 29, ?
7) What word is indicated from the clues below?
The bottom of the heap,
The end of the line,
The first of all,
The center of artichoke,
The beginning of the end.
