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1. What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?
2. Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?
3. Name one eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end.
4. A logician with some time to kill in a small town decided to get a haircut. The town had only two barbers, each with his own shop. The logician glanced into one shop and saw that it was extremely untidy. The barber needed a shave, his clothes were unkempt, his hair was badly cut. The other shop was extremely neat. The barber was freshly shaved and spotlessly dressed, his hair neatly trimmed. Why did the logician return to the first shop for his haircut? cuz the first barber must have trimmed and shaved the second barber
5. How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick? one
6. What hath but two feet, three hands, and three eyes?
7. A professional fisherman caught 30 fish during a 5-day tournament. Each day, he caught three more fish than the day before. How many fish did the fisherman catch on the first day? 0
8. How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday? the horse was named Friday
9. In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable? 8 men and 14 horses (and I actually used that two algebra statements thing to figure it out--Ryan's homework is paying off!)
10. A king decided to let a prisoner try to escape the prison with his life. The king placed 2 marbles in a jar. One of the marbles was supposed to be black, and one was supposed to be white. If the prisoner could pick the white marble, he would be given his freedom. If he picked the black marble, he would be executed. However, the king was an evil man, and he wickedly placed 2 black marbles in the jars and no white marbles. The prisoner witnessed the king only putting 2 black marbles in the jar. If the jar was not see-through, and the prisoner was mute, so he could not say anything, how did he escape with his life?
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