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1. TALL MEN NEXT DOOR
Next door to me live four brothers of different heights. Their average height is 74 inches, and the difference in heipht among the first three men is two inches/'The difference between the third and the fourth man is six inches.
Q: Can you tell how tall is each brother?
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The first brother is 70 inches tall, the second 72 the third 74 and the fourth brother 80 inches tall.
2. A MATTER OF TIME
Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock, how many minutes is it until six o'cfock?
3. BROTHERS AND SISTERS
A family I know has several children. Each boy in this family has as many suters as brothers but each of the girls has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there?
4. AROUND THE EQUATOR
Two identical trains, at the equator start travelling round the world in opposite directions. They start to-gether, run at the same speed and are on different tracks.
Which train will wear out its wheel treads first?
5. OVER THE GOLDEN GATE
While in San Francisco some time back, I hired a car to drive over the Golden Gate bridge. 1 started in the ; fternoon when there was no traffic rush. So I could do 40 miles an hour. While returning, however, I got caught in the traffic rush and I could only manage to drive at a speed of 25 miles an hour.
What was my average speed for the round trip?
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1. TALL MEN NEXT DOOR
Next door to me live four brothers of different heights. Their average height is 74 inches, and the difference in heipht among the first three men is two inches/'The difference between the third and the fourth man is six inches.
Q: Can you tell how tall is each brother?
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..
.
The first brother is 70 inches tall, the second 72 the third 74 and the fourth brother 80 inches tall.
2. A MATTER OF TIME
Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock, how many minutes is it until six o'cfock?
3. BROTHERS AND SISTERS
A family I know has several children. Each boy in this family has as many suters as brothers but each of the girls has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there?
4. AROUND THE EQUATOR
Two identical trains, at the equator start travelling round the world in opposite directions. They start to-gether, run at the same speed and are on different tracks.
Which train will wear out its wheel treads first?
While in San Francisco some time back, I hired a car to drive over the Golden Gate bridge. 1 started in the ; fternoon when there was no traffic rush. So I could do 40 miles an hour. While returning, however, I got caught in the traffic rush and I could only manage to drive at a speed of 25 miles an hour.
What was my average speed for the round trip?
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