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#1 Puzzles and Games » braingames » 2009-12-30 02:26:38

megamind
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Using numbers 1,3,4,6, and basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) and parentheses, obtain and expression that evaluates to 24. You may use only these numbers and only these operations. Every number should be used exactly once. Numbers cannot be concatenated, i.e. you cannot use 13 or 146.
Puzzle Obtain 24

A Megamind is lost in the mountains. He is standing on a path, shouting for help. Finally, he sees a local approaching. Megamind knows that the locals can be knights that always tell the truth, or knaves that always lie. He also knows that the path leads to the village of knights in one direction and to the village of knaves in the other. The problems is that the knaves are also hateful of Megaminds, and will stone him if gets to their village. How can Megamind ask one question and determine the right way to go?
puzzle Two villages

A certain type of bacteria double every second. If we put one bacterium in a Petri dish, the dish will fill in 1 minute. How long will it take to fill the dish, if we start with 2 bacteria?
puzzle Bacterium

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