Q. A snail is at the bottom of a well and wants to get out.  He manages to crawl up the wall 3 feet each day, but at night he must rest ( after all that work during the day ) and so he slips back down 2 feet.  If the well is 30 feet deep, How long will it take him to get out?


Ans. 28 days.....the snail averages 1 foot each day, so after 27 days he has reached 27 feet. On the 28th day he crawls up 3 feet during the day, but since he is now at 30 feet and out of the well he no longer slips back 2 feet.

Q. Two planes take off at the same exact moment. They are flying across the Atlantic. One leaves New York and is flying to Paris at 500 miles per hour. The other leaves Paris and is flying to New York at only 450 miles per hour ( because of a strong head wind ). Which one will be closer to Paris when they meet?


 Ans. They will both be the same distance from Paris when they meet!!

Q. Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? 




Ans. The answer is actually feathers. We need proof though! AND SO: From Joni- One pound of feathers is more than one pound of gold because the "pound" unit is different. The most commonly used system of weights in the US and Great Britain is the avoirdupois system, where 1 pound = 16 ounces. This is used for most solid objects, except for precious metals and gems; gold is weighed by a special system, called the troy system, where one troy pound = 12 troy ounces. Where one avoirdupois ounce is 28.35 grams, one troy ounce is about 31.10 grams. To convert from avoirdupois pounds to troy pounds, multiply the first by 1.2152 to get its equivalent in troy measurement. Therefore, one "pound" of feathers in troy weight is actually 1.2152 pounds (one avoirdupois pound), compared to one troy pound of gold. And the feathers win.

Q. Someone at a party introduces you to your mother's only sister's husband's sister in law.  He has no brothers.  What do you call this lady? 






Ans. Mother, or Mom, or whatever you call your maternal relative.

Q. How many birth days does the average man have? 






Ans. One, he may have many Birthdays, but only one birth day!

Q. Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke? 






Ans. 6, he makes 5 originals from the 25 butts he found, and after he smokes them he has 5 butts left for another cigar.

Q. What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 numbers - just 2 numbers, no other mathematical symbols? 






Ans. 9⁹, this is 9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9 or 387,420,489.

Q. Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river? 






Ans. The kids row across.  One comes back. An adult goes over, and the kid comes back.  Both kids row across again, and one comes back.  The other adult rows across and the kid comes back.  Both kids row across again