Ten people wanted to found a club. To do this, they need to collect a certain amount of entrance fees. If the organizers were five people more, then each of them would have to pay £100 less. How much money did each one pay?
Two tribes live on the island: natives and newcomers. It is known that the natives always tell the truth and the newcomers always lie. A traveler hired an indigenous islander as a guide. On the way, they met a man. The traveler asked the guide to find out which tribe this person belongs to. The guide returned and said that the man said that he was a native. Who was the guide – a native or a newcomer?
At the cat show, 10 male cats and 19 female cats sit in a row where next to each female cat sits a fatter male cat. Prove that next to each male cat is a female cat, which is thinner than it.
Among 40 containers there are two containers of different shapes and two containers of different colors. Prove that among them there are two containers that are both of different shapes and colors.
The vendor has a cup weighing scales with unequal shoulders and weights. First he weighs the goods on one cup, then on the other, and takes the average weight. Does he deceive customers?
A cube with a side of 1 m was sawn into cubes with a side of 1 cm and they were in a row (along a straight line). How long was the line?
Teams A, B, C, D and E participated in a relay. Before the competition, five fans expressed the following forecasts.
1) team E will take 1st place, team C – 2nd;
2) team A will take 2nd place, D – 4th;
3) C – 3rd place, E – 5th;
4) C – 1st place, D – 4th;
5) A – 2nd place, C – 3rd.
In each forecast, one part was confirmed, and the other was not. What place did each team take?
In the race of six athletes, Andrew lagged behind Brian and two more athletes. Victor finished after Dennis, but before George. Dennis beat Brian, but still came after Eustace. What place did each athlete take?
Three friends were at the prom dressed in white, red and blue dresses. Their shoes were of the same three colors. Only Sarah’s shoes and dress were of the same color. Laura was wearing white shoes. Neither the dress nor the shoes of Linda were red. Identify the colors of the dresses and of the shoes of the three friends.
We meet three people: Alex, Brian and Ben. One of them is an architect, the other is a baker and the third is an bus driver. One lives in Aberdeen, the other in Birmingham and the third in Brighton.
1) Ben is in Birmingham only for trips, and even then very rarely. However, all his relatives live in this city.
2) For two of these people the first letter of their name, the city they live in and their job is the same.
3) The wife of the architect is Ben’s younger sister.