PROBLEM OF THE WEEK

Take eight small sticks, four of which are half the length of the other four. Make three equal squares out of the sticks.

What two whole, positive numbers that have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?

What weighs more? A pound of feathers or a pound of stones?

Lily is a lilypad in a small pond. Lilly doubles her size each day, On the 20th day she covers the whole pond. On what day was Lily half the size of the pond?

I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years time I shall be twice as old as her.

How old are we now?

Find four numbers, the sum of which is 45, so that if 2 is added to the first number, 2 is subtracted from the second number, the third number is multiplied by 2 and the fourth number is divided by 2, then the four numbers so produced are all the same. What are the four numbers?

Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?

A car's odometer shows 72927 miles, a palindromic number. What are the minimum miles you would need to travel to form another?

Find the four digit number in which the first digit is one fourth of the last digit, the second digit is 6 times the first digit, and the third digit is the second digit plus 3. What is it?

If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after tomorrow?