Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? - Page 27

Spexxvet · 01-07-2012, 09:40 AM

D'oh! Of course.

footfootfoot · 01-07-2012, 09:56 AM

Just like the eggs and four of their friends, yes. The frog escapes on his 28th jump and therefore does not slide back down the well.

The eggs? I'm not so sure about them. Maybe eggs were smaller in 1921.

HungLikeJesus · 01-07-2012, 10:16 AM

If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many and a half that lay better by half will lay half a score and a half in a week and a half?

Pete Zicato · 01-07-2012, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

It's obvious... the frog is losing a foot with each jump

After 4 jumps, the frog has no feet left.

LOL

infinite monkey · 01-07-2012, 11:06 AM

Frogs only have two feet. Those other things are arms.

footfootfoot · 01-07-2012, 11:50 AM

...and you know two eggs are better than one...

BigV · 01-08-2012, 12:05 PM

27 jumps

HungLikeJesus · 01-08-2012, 12:11 PM

Is that the answer to tomorrow's puzzle?

classicman · 01-09-2012, 01:37 PM

????????

Spexxvet · 01-09-2012, 01:44 PM

How many trees were there? Were the slaves allowed to go around the trees? Was the guy below one of the slaves?

classicman · 01-09-2012, 02:24 PM

The worst part of that is that it was homework from a school.

ZenGum · 01-09-2012, 06:20 PM

It's absolutely shocking that a school would set that as a puzzle.

I mean, oranges are a countable noun, so the question should be "... how many..." not "...how much...".

Oh and they spelled "Mexicans" wrong.

Lamplighter · 01-09-2012, 06:30 PM

Re the slaves picking oranges.... Another 3rd grade homework on that test was:

"If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?"

The Principal is collecting the homework and destroying it, and looking for a teacher named Fred.

ZenGum · 01-09-2012, 06:56 PM

A high-school science teacher in Western Australia got in hot water a while back.

Use "problem-based" teaching, they had told him. Make it interesting, they had told him.

Quote:

Assignment: design a terror attack using the WMD of your choice - chemical, biological or nuclear. Your goal is to inflict maximum causalties

Apply for a new job, they told him...

Lamplighter · 01-09-2012, 07:07 PM

Finish the sequences below

A E F H I K L M N T....

B C D G J O P Q R S...

01-07-2012, 09:40 AM	#391
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	D'oh! Of course. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-07-2012, 09:56 AM	#392
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Just like the eggs and four of their friends, yes. The frog escapes on his 28th jump and therefore does not slide back down the well. The eggs? I'm not so sure about them. Maybe eggs were smaller in 1921. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-07-2012, 10:16 AM	#393
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many and a half that lay better by half will lay half a score and a half in a week and a half? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-07-2012, 11:50 AM	#396
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	...and you know two eggs are better than one... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-08-2012, 12:05 PM	#397
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	27 jumps __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-07-2012, 11:06 AM	#395
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Frogs only have two feet. Those other things are arms.

01-08-2012, 12:11 PM	#398
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Is that the answer to tomorrow's puzzle? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-09-2012, 01:37 PM	#399
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Mental Nuts WTF??? ???????? Attached Images __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-09-2012, 01:44 PM	#400
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	How many trees were there? Were the slaves allowed to go around the trees? Was the guy below one of the slaves? Attached Images __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-09-2012, 02:24 PM	#401
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	The worst part of that is that it was homework from a school. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-09-2012, 06:20 PM	#402
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It's absolutely shocking that a school would set that as a puzzle. I mean, oranges are a countable noun, so the question should be "... how many..." not "...how much...". Oh and they spelled "Mexicans" wrong. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-09-2012, 06:30 PM	#403
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Re the slaves picking oranges.... Another 3rd grade homework on that test was: "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?" The Principal is collecting the homework and destroying it, and looking for a teacher named Fred.

01-09-2012, 07:07 PM	#405
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Finish the sequences below A E F H I K L M N T.... B C D G J O P Q R S...

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