Match Stick Puzzles Part 1

MATCHSTICK EQUATIONS

Try to rectify a mistake by moving a single matchstick, to get the correct equation.

The following equation is made of 11 matches:
XI - V = IV (more solutions)

The following equation is made of 11 matches:
X + V = IV (more solutions)

The following equation is made of 10 matches:
L + L = L (more solutions)

The following equation is made of 12 matches:
VI = IV - III (more solutions)

The following equation is made of 14 matches:
XIV - V = XX

The following equation is made of 11 matches:
IX - IX = V

The following equation is made of 12 matches:
X = VIII - II

The following equation is made of 7 matches:
VII = I

The answer will be on the next post......

How Many Cats You Can See?

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The Bacteria

On the 1st day of July  a one (1) gallon container contains just 1 bacteria and the amount of bacteria doubles everyday and according to the scientist on the 16th of July the container will be filled with the bacteria.
The question is: On what day the bacteria would be half the container?





Answer to the previous puzzle "A man and the Guard":  2 dollars

A man and the Guard

 A man is going to the 12th floor of the building and on each floor the guard takes the half of his money and give him 1 dollar. So how much money did he brought that he only have 2 dollars left in him after he reached the 12th floor?


Answer for the previous puzzle A matter of time:   36 minutes

Answers to the post on July 23, 2010

Answer to Brothers and Sisters:

Since the boy has many brothers as sisters, there must be 1 boy more than the number of girls. If we try 2 and 1, 3 and 2, and 4 and 3 we will find that 4 boys and 3 girls is the solution to fulfill the requirement that each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters. 

Answers to Going to the market:

Just I myself! Only I was going to the market and I met all the others coming from the opposite direction. 

New Puzzles: 

A matter of Time:

50 Minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past 3 o’clock, how many minutes is it to 6 o’clock?

 

July 23, 2010

Brothers and Sisters

A family I know has several children. Each boy in this family has as many sisters as brothers but each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters.

How many brothers and sisters are there?

On the Way to Market

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 4 puppies.

Taking all things into consideration, how many were going to the market?

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