Brain teasers and challenges.

[SpitfiresKent]

Sorry, I could've sworn the thread title said 'Brain friendly' challenges

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Okay. Here goes nothing.....

A poor farmer went to the market to sell some peas and lentils. However, as he had only one sack and didn't want to mix peas and lentils, he poured in the peas first, tied the sack in the middle, and then filled the top portion of the sack with the lentils. At the market a rich innkeeper happened by with his own sack. He wanted to buy the peas, but he did not want the lentils.
Pouring the seed anywhere else but the sacks is considered soiling. Trading sacks is not allowed. The farmer can't cut a hole in his sack.
How would you transfer the peas to the innkeeper's sack, which he wants to keep, without soiling the produce?

 

[Abhas]

Dunno, turning the sack inside out maybe?

 

[Dutch]

Okay. Here goes nothing.....

A poor farmer went to the market to sell some peas and lentils. However, as he had only one sack and didn't want to mix peas and lentils, he poured in the peas first, tied the sack in the middle, and then filled the top portion of the sack with the lentils. At the market a rich innkeeper happened by with his own sack. He wanted to buy the peas, but he did not want the lentils.
Pouring the seed anywhere else but the sacks is considered soiling. Trading sacks is not allowed. The farmer can't cut a hole in his sack.
How would you transfer the peas to the innkeeper's sack, which he wants to keep, without soiling the produce?

Easy one I am afraid: Put the lentils into the innkeeper's sack, bind it and turn inside out. After that pour in the peas. Once done with that untie the sack and put the lentils back into the original sack. Easy swap-a-lot.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Easy one I am afraid.

Cause the thread title had a word named 'friendly' in it...

 

[Greninja]

So here is one teaser -

A lift is on the ground floor. There are 4 people in the lift including me.
When the lift reaches 1st floor, 1 person gets out 3 people get in.
The lift goes up to the second floor, 2 people get out 6 people get in.
It then goes up to the next floor up, no-one gets out but 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor up the lift cable snaps, it crashes to the floor. Everyone dies in the lift. How did I survive?

 

[Abhas]

You got off on the first or the second floor.

 

[Greninja]

You got off on the first or the second floor.

2nd Floor

 

[Ohm]

One morning I was on my way to the market and met a man who had 4 wives. Each of the wives had 4 bags, containing 4 dogs and each dog had 4 puppies. Taking all the things into consideration, how many were going to the market?

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A meeting of a society was held to decide whether the members should strike for reduced hours and larger donations. It was arranged that during the count those in favor of the motion should remain standing, and those who voted against sit down.
Chairman in the due course said, "I have the pleasure to announce that the motion is carried by a majority equal to exactly a quarter of the opposition."
"Excuse me, guv'nor," shouted a man at the back, "but some of us here couldn't sit down."
"Why not?"
"Cause there ain't enough chairs."
"Then perhaps those who wanted to sit down but couldn't will hold up their hands... I find there are a dozen of you, so the motion is lost by a majority of one."

How many members voted at that meeting?

 

[IceAgeComing]

One morning I was on my way to the market and met a man who had 4 wives. Each of the wives had 4 bags, containing 4 dogs and each dog had 4 puppies. Taking all the things into consideration, how many were going to the market?

if we're considering only things that arrive at the market alive; then five people do since the dogs and puppies are probably crushed inside the bags

seriously; I have it at 341 things, and 325 living ones (which I originally guessed your question to mean for some reason; makes it more interesting anyway).

the living things answer is 1 + 4 + 16*4 + 4(16*4) = 1+4+64+256 = 325; you add on 16 to get a final total including the bags which gives you 341.

 

[Ohm]

if we're considering only things that arrive at the market alive; then five people do since the dogs and puppies are probably crushed inside the bags

seriously; I have it at 341 things, and 325 living ones (which I originally guessed your question to mean for some reason; makes it more interesting anyway).

the living things answer is 1 + 4 + 16*4 + 4(16*4) = 1+4+64+256 = 325; you add on 16 to get a final total including the bags which gives you 341.

You took the wrong way to solve it. Hence a wrong answer, people would get it once they start believing the world apart from the math.

 

[Abhas]

One morning I was on my way to the market and met a man who had 4 wives. Each of the wives had 4 bags, containing 4 dogs and each dog had 4 puppies. Taking all the things into consideration, how many were going to the market?

1 person was going to the market - You.

 

[Ohm]

You took the wrong way to solve it. Hence a wrong answer, people would get it once they start believing the world apart from the math.

There was a silent hint. The thing is for the second riddle, that it is just an arithmetic problem and not actually a riddle.

 

[ethybubs]

people would get it once they start believing the world apart from the math.

I'm not sure PC is ready for such a philosophical thread.

 

[Ohm]

I'm not sure PC is ready for such a philosophical thread.

I mean there exist a world which don't always requires math to solve problems. What I exactly mean, he should look out for the hidden clues and don't take it away with algebra.