Lateral Thoughts

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-24 04:24:07

First Chapter: Wally Questions... beware!

1 What do you get if you cross a stream and a brook?
2 If you have an important letter to write, is it better to write it on a full stomach or on an empty stomach?
3 If humans have two hands and monkeys have four hands, what has three hands?
4 What kind of butter do you get milk from?
5 What kind of book can a writer never finish?
6 What can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time?
7 What has eight wheels but can only carry one passenger?
8 What kind of tree does a cat hide under during a rainstorm?
9 What comes after E in the alphabet?
10 What's the hardest thing about learning to ride a bicycle?
11 What comes with a motorcycle, is not needed by the motorcycle, but the motorcycle can't go without?
12 The more you take away, the bigger it gets. The more you add, the smaller it gets. What is it?
13 How do you divide 11 potatoes evenly between 4 people?
14 What has four legs and two arms?
15 There were ten cats in a boat on a lake and one jumped out. How many cats are left?

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-24 04:30:22

I issue a warning to people to not try to think TOO hard about these questions.

In case anyone was wondering, yes, there WILL be more.

Maelwys · 2007-05-24 05:41:05

7 What has eight wheels but can only carry one passenger?
Not sure
8 What kind of tree does a cat hide under during a rainstorm?
Not sure

10 What's the hardest thing about learning to ride a bicycle?
Not sure
11 What comes with a motorcycle, is not needed by the motorcycle, but the motorcycle can't go without?
Not sure

JaneFairfax · 2007-05-24 06:08:22

Maelwys · 2007-05-24 06:14:02

JaneFairfax wrote:

Aha! I like your answer to that one, wish I'd thought of it.

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-24 07:16:12

I'll let you people think some more there... The next chapter's on its way...

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-24 07:22:21

Chapter Two: Make mine math

1 a Move just one match to correct this equation:
VI=II
b Again, this time differently:
VI=II
c Another one to correct:
II=XXIII/VIII
2 Using just one line, correct these:
a 4+4+4+44=492
b 10 10 10 = 9.50

More later... I gotta go now.

JaneFairfax · 2007-05-24 07:22:36

JaneFairfax · 2007-05-24 07:25:59

Second chapter:

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JaneFairfax · 2007-05-24 07:31:29

Maelwys wrote:

JaneFairfax wrote:
[anwer to #11]
Aha! I like your answer to that one, wish I'd thought of it.

Thanks. I wasnt very sure of the answer myself.

LQ · 2007-05-24 07:33:27

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-24 07:42:23

Interesting thought processes...

If you want the official answers, send me a request at John89Murray@gmail.com

I find all of the answers so far quite... lateral

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-24 07:56:32

3 Using the all digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 once and only once, form two whole numbers, one of which is the double of the other.
4 A farmer sells ten tons of potatoes every year and also grows seed for the next year's planting. If his yield is exactly twenty time the amount that he plants, then what is the least he needs to plant to ensure a perpetual supply?
5 A and B play a game as follows: A picks a whole number between 1 and 10. Then, B adds a number of his choice from 1 to 10 to A's number. The two play alternatively, the first person to reach exactly 100 is the winner. How can you be sure to win (assuming the other person doesn't know this method)?
6 A bath fills in 3 minutes with both taps on and the pug in. It takes 5 minutes to empty with both taps off and the plug out. How long will it take to fill the bath with both taps on and the plug out?
7 How many different ways can you make exactly 1000 using exactly 8 8s and no other digits and the usual operations of arithmetic?

JaneFairfax · 2007-05-24 08:17:24

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ooey · 2007-05-25 12:30:41

#7 roller skates

Devantè · 2007-05-25 19:00:23

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-25 20:44:49

1 a Move just one match to correct this equation:
VI=II
XI=11
b Again, this time differently:
VI=II
VT=I
c Another one to correct:
II=XXIII/VIII
IT=XXIII/VII
2 Using just one line, correct these:
a 4+4+4+44=492
4+444+44=492
b 10 10 10 = 9.50
10 TO 10 = 9.50

JaneFairfax · 2007-05-25 20:56:20

ooey wrote:

#7 roller skates

Grrr, why didnt I think of that before?! I am so stupid.

LQ · 2007-05-25 21:14:34

You can carry 2 persons i think, It's just extremely hard. But it's still a good answer.

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-29 05:53:23

It's actually the one I was expecting.

(Here's an interesting way of thinking: nothing is impossible, it's just improbable.)

LQ · 2007-05-29 06:02:49

Ever seen figure skating, is that too improbable?

Devantè · 2007-05-29 06:16:19

Laterally Speaking wrote:

1 a Move just one match to correct this equation:
VI=II
XI=11
b Again, this time differently:
VI=II
VT=I
c Another one to correct:
II=XXIII/VIII
IT=XXIII/VII
2 Using just one line, correct these:
a 4+4+4+44=492
4+444+44=492
b 10 10 10 = 9.50
10 TO 10 = 9.50

My answers were still right.

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-30 07:09:18

Of course they were. These are just a little more "sideways"...

pi man · 2007-05-30 09:14:07

Laterally Speaking · 2007-05-31 04:46:52

A woman is less than a hundred years old.When her age is divides by seven, the remainder is two; when her age is divided by five, the remainder is four; when her age is divided by three, the remainder is two.

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