QUIZ ADD MATH 2011

1. Old Man Wrinkle

Man Wrinkle spent one-fourth of his life as a boy, one-eighth as a youth, and onehalf as an active man. If Man Wrinkle spent 8 years as an old man, then how many
years did he spend as an active man?
2. Black or Brown Gloves
Mr. Brown has 6 black gloves and 12 brown gloves in his closet. He blindly picks up
some gloves from the closet. What is the minimum number of gloves Mr. Brown will
have to pick to be certain to find a pair of gloves of the same color?
3. A 29" x 29" square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden
board. The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there
are 30 nails on each side of the square. Each nail is at the same distance from the
neighboring nails. How many nails does the carpenter use?
4. Bicycles or Tricycles ?
Last weekend, I went to play in the nearby park. It was real fun! I rode my new
bicycle that Mom had gifted me on my birthday.
On reaching the park, I saw that there were a total of 12 bicycles and tricycles. If
the total number of wheels was 30, how many tricycles were there?
5. Game of Chocolates
Last vacation, my cousin came over to stay at my home. We made the most of her
stay at my place... and I even earned a few chocolates.
Everyday, we would play a game of chess. Whoever lost the game owed a chocolate
to the other. After the last game we played (that was the day she was to leave), we
counted the number of games each of us had won and lost. Wow! I had won more
than her. So, she handed me 15 chocolates... though she herself was the winner in
12 games.
How many days did my cousin spend at my place?

QUIZ ADD MATH 2011

1. Old Man Wrinkle
Man Wrinkle spent one-fourth of his life as a boy, one-eighth as a youth, and onehalf as an active man. If Man Wrinkle spent 8 years as an old man, then how many
years did he spend as an active man?
2. Black or Brown Gloves
Mr. Brown has 6 black gloves and 12 brown gloves in his closet. He blindly picks up
some gloves from the closet. What is the minimum number of gloves Mr. Brown will
have to pick to be certain to find a pair of gloves of the same color?
3. A 29" x 29" square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden
board. The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there
are 30 nails on each side of the square. Each nail is at the same distance from the
neighboring nails. How many nails does the carpenter use?
4. Bicycles or Tricycles ?
Last weekend, I went to play in the nearby park. It was real fun! I rode my new
bicycle that Mom had gifted me on my birthday.
On reaching the park, I saw that there were a total of 12 bicycles and tricycles. If
the total number of wheels was 30, how many tricycles were there?
5. Game of Chocolates
Last vacation, my cousin came over to stay at my home. We made the most of her
stay at my place... and I even earned a few chocolates.
Everyday, we would play a game of chess. Whoever lost the game owed a chocolate
to the other. After the last game we played (that was the day she was to leave), we
counted the number of games each of us had won and lost. Wow! I had won more
than her. So, she handed me 15 chocolates... though she herself was the winner in
12 games.
How many days did my cousin spend at my place?