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=Hard Math Brainteasers-Create Yourselves=

Answer these questions:
1.There is 100 blocks to carry. A man can carry 4 blocks. A woman can carry 3 blocks. 2 children can carry 1 block. There has to be exacly 100 people. How many men, women, and children are there? ( NO guess and check)

2. How do you make 30 cents with 2 coins so that one of them is not a quarter?

3. I went to a cherry tree on Monday September 10th, 2000. I climbed the tree. I went to my car. I did not leaf any cherries and didn't pick any cheeries. My father doesn't know how to explain this. Can you explain it? If yes, how?

4. What was the largest ocean in the world before a weird scientist discovered the Pacific Ocean?

5. I have a book that the epilogue is before the prologue. There is only one chapter but there is a chapter. The introduction is after the index. The half of the book is less than half the length of the book. What is this ghostly book I have?

6. If 3 is described as a few, 2 is a couple, what is the easiest way to describe 4&5?

7. My daughter is twice as old as my son and half as old as I am. In twenty-two years my son will be half my age. How old is my daughter?

8. 200 years ago, my great grandparents were alive. They lived on the 22nd floor of a 33 level apartment. Their cousin John wanted to visit them and takes the old elevator to the 19th level. Then he uses the stairs. When he leaves he gets in the elevator and goes to the 1st floor. Why does he do this?