#1

Dan is looking out at How many holes are in this

sea. He sees a boat full shirt?
of people, yet there isn’t
a single person on board.
How is this possible?

Can you solve this fruit math

equation? Which tire doesn’t turn when
a car turns right?
 Can you solve the maze below?

What common phrase is How is it possible to cut

depicted below? a traditional circular
cake into 8 equal size
pieces, with only 3 cuts?
 #1
Dan is looking out at How many holes are in this
sea. He sees a boat full shirt?
of people, yet there isn’t
a single person on board.
How is this possible?

Everyone on board
8, including the arms, top and
was married.
bottom.

Can you solve this fruit math

equation? Which tire doesn’t turn when
a car turns right?

The spare tire.

Apple = 7
Grapes = 12
3 Bananas = 6
1 Banana = 2

1A + 1G + 1B = 21
 Can you solve the maze below?

What common phrase is How is it possible to cut

depicted below? a traditional circular
cake into 8 equal size
pieces, with only 3 cuts?
Slice the cake horizontally
once, then cut vertically in
fourths.

A round of applause.
 #2
A farmer wants to cross a You are on an island and there are
river and take with him a three crates of fruit that have
chicken, a caterpillar, and washed up on the shore in front of
a head of lettuce. There is you. One crate contains only apples.
a canoe that can fit One crate contains only oranges.
himself plus either the The third crate contains both apples
chicken, the caterpillar, or and oranges.
the head of lettuce. If the
chicken and the caterpillar Each crate is labeled. One reads
are alone on one shore, the "apples", one reads "oranges", and
chicken will eat the one reads "apples & oranges". You
caterpillar. If the know that ALL of the crates are
caterpillar and the head of labeled INCORRECTLY.
lettuce are alone on the
shore, the caterpillar will If you can only take out and look at
eat the head of lettuce. just one of the pieces of fruit from
just one of the crates, how can you
How can the farmer bring label ALL of the crates correctly?
the chicken, the
caterpillar, and the head
of lettuce across the river?

What common phrase is

depicted below?

READING
 Find seven numbers hidden in the sentences below. The
numbers are in word form, like “two” or “four”. Underline
them as you find them.

Where has the fat worm gone? He was wriggling away

from my reel even before I had the hook on it!. If I’ve lost
him, I’ll be sorry. This evening I came prepared with reel,
line and bait hoping to catch plenty of fish. It’s not often
that a worm of ours gets away!

Which solid black circle is Which way is the bus below

larger? traveling? To the left? Or, to
the right?

Two mothers took their

daughters shopping. Each
mother and daughter bought
one purse, but when they
returned home there were only
3 purses. How could this be?
None of the purses were stolen
or taken back.

$$$$
 #2
A farmer wants to cross a You are on an island and there are
river and take with him a three crates of fruit that have
chicken, a caterpillar, and a washed up on the shore in front of
head of lettuce. There is a you. One crate contains only apples.
canoe that can fit himself One crate contains only oranges.
plus either the chicken, the The third crate contains both apples
caterpillar, or the head of and oranges.
lettuce. If the chicken and
the caterpillar are alone on Each crate is labeled. One reads
one shore, the chicken will "apples", one reads "oranges", and
eat the caterpillar. If the one reads "apples & oranges". You
caterpillar and the head of know that ALL of the crates are
lettuce are alone on the labeled INCORRECTLY.
shore, the caterpillar will eat
the head of lettuce. If you can only take out and look at
just one of the pieces of fruit from
How can the farmer bring just one of the crates, how can you
the chicken, the caterpillar, label ALL of the crates correctly?
and the head of lettuce Open the crate labeled “Apples &
across the river? Oranges”. Since the crate is labeled
Take the caterpillar over. incorrectly, if you pull out an apple, it is the
Come back.
apple crate and if you pull out an orange, it
Take the head of lettuce over.
is the orange crate. The others can be
Come back, bringing the caterpillar
too. labeled from there.
Take the chicken over, leaving the
caterpillar. What common phrase is
Come back. depicted below?
Take the caterpillar over.

READING
Reading between the
lines.
 Find seven numbers hidden in the sentences below. The
numbers are in word form, like “two” or “four”. Underline
them as you find them.

Where has the fat worm gone? He was wriggling away

from my reel even before I had the hook on it!. If I’ve lost
him, I’ll be sorry. This evening I came prepared with reel,
line and bait hoping to catch plenty of fish. It’s not often
that a worm of ours gets away!

Which solid black circle is Which way is the bus below

larger? traveling? To the left? Or, to
the right?

To the left…you can’t see the door!

Two mothers took their

daughters shopping. Each
mother and daughter bought
one purse, but when they
Both are the same size! returned home there were only
3 purses. How could this be?
None of the purses were stolen
or taken back.

$$$$
There were only 3 women to
begin with:
•Grandmother (mother)
•Mother (daughter/mother)
•Daugther (daughter)
 #3
Name three How many full circles are shown
consecutive days below?
without using the
words Wednesday,
Friday, or Sunday.

1. ____________________

2. ____________________

3. ____________________

What common phrase is

depicted below?

STAND
I
 A black dog with black eyes stands in the middle of an
intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights
are working because of a power failure caused by a recent
thunderstorm. A truck with two broken headlights drives
towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How
could the driver of the truck have seen the dog in time?

Using six contiguous straight A guitar has six of me, while

lines, connect all of the a harp only has four? What
sixteen circles shown below. am I?

How many F’s are in the

following sentence?

Five finicky foxes were

released after four years
of confinement in the
finest fox establishment
of the world.
 #3
Name three How many full circles are shown
consecutive days below?
without using the
words Wednesday,
Friday, or Sunday.

1. ____________________
Yesterday

Today
2. ____________________

Tomorrow
3. ____________________

What common phrase is

depicted below?

STAND
I
I understand.
 A black dog with black eyes stands in the middle of an
intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights
are working because of a power failure caused by a recent
thunderstorm. A truck with two broken headlights drives
towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How
could the driver of the truck have seen the dog in time?

It was daylight.

Using six contiguous straight A guitar has six of me, while

lines, connect all of the a harp only has four? What
sixteen circles shown below. am I?

Letters

How many F’s are in the

following sentence?

Five finicky foxes were

released after four years
of confinement in the
finest fox establishment
of the world.
10. Most people say 8 because
the word “of” sounds like a “v”
and not an “f”.
 #4
How many rectangles contain What common phrase is
the dot below? depicted below?

GROUND

How many months have

28 days?

Can you draw the figure to

the right without lifting
your writing utensil or
overlapping lines more than
once?

It IS possible.
 A tangram is a geometric There are 25 red and 37
puzzle that originated in China. white socks in a drawer. How
It consists of a square cut into many socks do you need to
seven pieces (one parallelogram, take out of the drawer to
one square and five triangles). ensure that you have a
These pieces can be moved and matching pair?
arranged (without overlap) to
make other shapes and figures.

Can you use tangram pieces to

form the swan shown?

A window cleaner is cleaning a

window on the 27th floor of a
skyscraper. All of sudden, the
window cleaner slips, then falls.

He had no safety equipment

and nothing to soften his fall,
yet he was unhurt in the
accident.

How is this possible?

 #4
How many rectangles contain What common phrase is
the dot below? depicted below?

GROUND

6 feet underground

How many months have

28 days?
16. All squares are rectangles
as well. Don’t forget the All of them.
smallest and largest squares.

Can you draw the figure to

the right without lifting
your writing utensil or
overlapping lines more than
once? 3.
5.
It IS possible. 1. 4. 7.
6.
2.
 A tangram is a geometric There are 25 red and 37
puzzle that originated in China. white socks in a drawer. How
It consists of a square cut into many socks do you need to
seven pieces (one parallelogram, take out of the drawer to
one square and five triangles). ensure that you have a
These pieces can be moved and matching pair?
arranged (without overlap) to
make other shapes and figures.
3
Can you use tangram pieces to
form the swan shown?

A window cleaner is cleaning a

window on the 27th floor of a
skyscraper. All of sudden, the
window cleaner slips, then falls.

He had no safety equipment

and nothing to soften his fall,
yet he was unhurt in the
accident.

How is this possible?

He was INSIDE the
building on the 27th floor.
 #5
You work at a juice factory. All you have in front of you is 2
empty, unmarked containers. All that you know is that one is a 3
gallon container and the other is a 5 gallon container. Using only
those 2 containers and as much juice as you need, you must
measure out EXACTLY 4 gallons of juice. How can you do it?

What common phrase is Can you move ONLY 3 circles

depicted below? in order to make this triangle
point down?

MILL1ON
 A rooster lays an egg on the What word becomes shorter
roof of a barn. A wind is when you add two letters to
blowing northwest at 2 mph. it?
Which way does the egg roll?

Three of the empty glasses below have a lemon wedge in

them, while the other three do not. How can you move
one glass in order to have one glass with lemon, one
without, one with, one without, one with, one without?

A man was taking a walk in the park

when it started to rain. The man
wasn’t carrying an umbrella and he
wasn’t wearing a hat. Everything that
he was wearing was soaked, yet not a
single hair on his head was wet. How
is that possible?
 #5
You work at a juice factory. All you have in front of you is 2
empty, unmarked containers. All that you know is that one is a 3
gallon container and the other is a 5 gallon container. Using only
those 2 containers and as much juice as you need, you must
measure out EXACTLY 4 gallons of juice. How can you do it?
Fill up the 3 gallon container and pour it in the 5
gallon container. Fill up the 3 gallon container again
and fill the 5 gallon container the rest of the way up.
You should have exactly 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon
container. Now, dump out the 5 gallon container.
Pour the remaining 1 gallon from the 3 gallon
container into the 5 gallon container. Fill up the 3
gallon container one more time and pour it into the 5
gallon container. You will now have exactly 4 gallons
of juice in the 5 gallon container.

What common phrase is Can you move ONLY 3 circles

depicted below? in order to make this triangle
point down?

MILL1ON
One in a million.
 A rooster lays an egg on the What word becomes shorter
roof of a barn. A wind is when you add two letters to
blowing northwest at 2 mph. it?
Which direction does the egg
roll?
It wont roll in any direction. SHORT
Roosters don’t lay eggs.

Three of the empty glasses below have a lemon wedge in

them, while the other three do not. How can you move
one glass in order to have one glass with lemon, one
without, one with, one without, one with, one without?
Pick up this glass and pour it contents into the second
to last glass. Then, set it back in it’s original spot.

A man was taking a walk in the park

when it started to rain. The man
wasn’t carrying an umbrella and he
wasn’t wearing a hat. Everything that
he was wearing was soaked, yet not a
single hair on his head was wet. How
is that possible?

The man was bald.

 #6
Arrange the numbers 1-9 on the What common phrase is
tic-tac-toe board below, such that depicted below?
each row, column, and diagonal
add up to 15.
walking

Use straight line paths to

3 4 complete the number flow to
1 5 the left. Each number must
be connected to its matching
number, without crossing
another path. ALL numbers
must be paired and ALL
blocks must be used.
2 5
2 3
1 4
How can you add eight 8’s to What do the numbers 11, 69,
get 1000? and 88 have in common?

What are the next three letters in

the sequence below?

O, T, T, F, F, S, S, _____, _____, _____

Two teapots are shown below. Teapot 1

holds approximately 50 ounces of tea.
Approximately how many ounces of tea will
teapot 2 hold?

1 2
How can you add eight 8’s to What do the numbers 11, 69,
get 1000? and 88 have in common?

888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000 They look the same right-

side up and upside-down.

What are the next three letters in

the sequence below?

O, T, T, F, F, S, S, _____, _____, _____

E, N, T
The letters represent the
numbers 1-10!

Two teapots are shown below. Teapot 1

holds approximately 50 ounces of tea.
Approximately how many ounces of tea will
teapot 2 hold?
25 ounces. The teapot will
not hold liquid higher than
it’s spout.

1 2
 #6
Arrange the numbers 1-9 on the What common phrase is
tic-tac-toe board below, such that depicted below?
each row, column, and diagonal Walking on eggshells.
add up to 15.
walking

2 7 6
9 5 1
4 3 8
Use straight line paths to
3 4 complete the number flow to
1 5 the left. Each number must
be connected to its matching
number, without crossing
another path. ALL numbers
must be paired and ALL
blocks must be used.
2 5
2 3
1 4
 #7
Move just two lines to recreate the
goal posts below. The catch? The
football must now be OUTSIDE of
the goal posts.

What common phrase is

depicted below?
straw
straw
straw
straw

Place the digits 1-9 in

each of the stars
surrounding the triangle to
the right. Each number
may only be used ONCE.
Sound easy? There’s a
catch! Each side must add
up to the exact same
number!
A police officer watched a truck Five friends stand around a
driver going the wrong way basket of 5 apples. Each friend
down a one-way street, but takes an apple, but one apple is
didn’t try to stop him. Why still left in the basket. How is
not? this possible?

Two friends wish to cross a river. The

only way to get to the other side is use
a boat, but that boat can only hold
one person at a time. The boat can’t
return on it’s own, there are no ropes,
etc, but both friends cross the river
using the boat. How?

A convict is sentenced to death. He has a choice of three rooms in

which to face his fate.

•Room 1 is full of raging fires.

•Room 2 is full of armed grenades.
•Room 3 is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years.

Which room would be the safest for him?

1 2 3
 #7
Move just two lines to recreate the
goal posts below. The catch? The
football must now be OUTSIDE of
the goal posts.

What common phrase is

depicted below?
straw
straw
straw
straw
The last straw.

Place the digits 1-9 in

each of the stars
2
surrounding the triangle to
the right. Each number
may only be used ONCE. 6 9
Sound easy? There’s a
catch! Each side must add
up to the exact same
number! 7 1

5 3 4 8
A police officer watched a truck Five friends stand around a
driver going the wrong way basket of 5 apples. Each friend
down a one-way street, but takes an apple, but one apple is
didn’t try to stop him. Why still left in the basket. How is
not? this possible?

The truck driver was One of the friends leaves

walking down the one- their apple in the basket
way street. when they take it.

Two friends wish to cross a river. The

only way to get to the other side is use
a boat, but that boat can only hold
one person at a time. The boat can’t
return on it’s own, there are no ropes,
etc, but both friends cross the river
using the boat. How?

Both friends were on opposite

sides of the river to begin with.

A convict is sentenced to death. He has a choice of three rooms in

which to face his fate.

•Room 1 is full of raging fires.

•Room 2 is full of armed grenades.
•Room 3 is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years.

Which room would be the safest for him?

1 2 3
Room 3 would be the
safest. Considering the
lions haven’t eaten in 3
years, the lions will be
dead by now.
 #8
A cowboy tells his two sons to race
their horses to a distant town to
see who will inherit his fortune. The
one whose horse is slower will win.
The brothers, after wandering
aimlessly for days and days, ask a
wise man for advice. After hearing
his advice, they jump on the horses
and ride as fast as they can to the
What common phrase is
town. What does the wise man tell
depicted below?
them?

m1y l1i1f1e

Complete the cryptogram below to reveal a joke.

 What vegetable is described below?

You throw away my outside, then cook my

inside. You then eat my outside, and throw
away my inside.

What can you put in a barrel to How many hundreds of

make it lighter? strawberries are in a vat of
80,000 strawberries?

What is the number of the parking space covered by the car

below?

06 68 88 98
 #8
A cowboy tells his two sons to race
their horses to a distant town to
see who will inherit his fortune. The
one whose horse is slower will win.
The brothers, after wandering
aimlessly for days and days, ask a
wise man for advice. After hearing
his advice, they jump on the horses
and ride as fast as they can to the
What common phrase is
town. What does the wise man tell
depicted below?
them?

m1y l1i1f1e The wise man told them

to ride to the town on
For once in my life. their BROTHER’S
horse.

Complete the cryptogram below to reveal a joke.

What did the pony say when he had a cold?

You will have to excuse me, I’m a little horse.
 What vegetable is described below?

You throw away my outside, then cook my

inside. You then eat my outside, and throw
away my inside.

Corn on the cob.

What can you put in a barrel to How many hundreds of

make it lighter? strawberries are in a vat of
80,000 strawberries?

A hole. 800 hundreds.

What is the number of the parking space covered by the car

below?

06 68 88 98

Can’t find a pattern? Look at the parking

spaces upside down. The car is parked over
87!
 #9
Six people are attending a showing of a newly released movie.
Using the statements each person gave, can you figure out who sat
in seat X?
Movie Screen #1: I refuse to sit next to, behind or in front of #3.
#2: I can’t stand the front row.
#3: I don’t like the left or right seats.
X right side
#4: I hate the back row and the left side.
left side

#5: I prefer to be on the right side.

#6: I’ll take anything but the front or left seats.

Can you find the mitsake? What common phrase is

depicted below?

1111 2222
3333 4444
5555 6666
7777 8888
9999
 Jim and Tim are brothers, Tim being
the older of the two. One day, Jim said
to Tim “You may be stronger than I am,
but I bet you $500 that I can put
something into a wheelbarrow and
wheel it to the apple tree that you can’t
wheel back.” Tim took the bet, and lost.
What did Jim wheel to the apple tree?

An apprentice in a butcher shop Forward, I am heavy.

is 6 feet tall. He is 27 years old Backward, I am not.
and has an average build. What What am I?
does he weigh?

Using THREE segments exactly like the ones shown below, divide
the figure into two equal parts.
 #9
Six people are attending a showing of a newly released movie.
Using the statements each person gave, can you figure out who sat
in seat X?
Movie Screen #1: I refuse to sit next to, behind or in front of #3.
#2: I can’t stand the front row.
#3: I don’t like the left or right seats.
1 4 5 right side
#4: I hate the back row and the left side.
left side

#5: I prefer to be on the right side.

#6: I’ll take anything but the front or left seats.
2 3 6
#4 is in seat X.

Can you find the mitsake? What common phrase is

depicted below?

1111 2222
3333 4444
5555 6666
7777 8888 Crossroads.

9999
The word “mistake” is
spelled wrong.
 Jim and Tim are brothers, Tim being
the older of the two. One day, Jim said
to Tim “You may be stronger than I am,
but I bet you $500 that I can put
something into a wheelbarrow and
wheel it to the apple tree that you can’t
wheel back.” Tim took the bet, and lost.
What did Jim wheel to the apple tree?
Jim wheeled Tim to the apple
tree.

An apprentice in a butcher shop Forward, I am heavy.

is 6 feet tall. He is 27 years old Backward, I am not.
and has an average build. What What am I?
does he weigh?

He weighs meat! The word “TON”.

Using THREE segments exactly like the ones shown below, divide
the figure into two equal parts.
 #10
A woman is found murdered on a Sunday morning. Her husband
calls the police to investigate. They receive the following alibis:

The husband claimed he was asleep.

The gardener claimed he was pulling weeds.
The butler claimed he was organizing the pantry.
The maid claimed she was getting the mail.
The chef claimed she was preparing breakfast.

The police immediately arrested the murderer. How did they figure
it out so quickly?

A man is trapped in a burning

building. The building has no
doors, no windows, and no other
way of exiting. The house is
collapsing and the man only has a
baseball and a baseball bat. How
can he exit the burning building
before it completely collapses?

What common phrase is

depicted below?
WHAT

MUST
No matter how little or how There are 5 brothers in a
much you use me, you change family. Each brother has a
me every month. sister. How many siblings are
What am I? there in total?

A candy shop sells 1 lollipop for $1. You

can exchange 3 lollipop wrappers for 1
lollipop. If you have $15, how many
lollipops can you get?

Morgan, Kaitlyn, Courtney, and Emma each own a car. One has
a violet car, one has a yellow car, one has a blue car, and one has
a black car. Figure out the color of each person's car. Use the table
to keep yourself organized.
1. Courtney’s favorite colors are black and violet. Her car is one of her favorite colors.
2. On Monday, Courtney borrowed the yellow car, because Emma was using her car.
3. On Saturday, Morgan borrowed the blue car, because Courtney was using her car.
4. Kaitlyn’s favorite colors are blue and yellow. Her car is one of her favorite colors.
5. Emma doesn't like yellow cars or black cars.
6. On Sunday, Courtney borrowed the black car, because Emma was using her car.
7. Morgan doesn't like yellow cars.

Violet Yellow Blue Black

Morgan
Kaitlyn
Courtney
Emma
 #10
A woman is found murdered on a Sunday morning. Her husband
calls the police to investigate. They receive the following alibis:

The husband claimed he was asleep.

The gardener claimed he was pulling weeds.
The butler claimed he was organizing the pantry.
The maid claimed she was getting the mail.
The chef claimed she was preparing breakfast.

The police immediately arrested the murderer. How did they figure
it out so quickly?

They arrested the maid. The mail doesn’t run on Sundays.

A man is trapped in a burning

building. The building has no
doors, no windows, and no other
way of exiting. The house is
collapsing and the man only has a
baseball and a baseball bat. How
can he exit the burning building
before it completely collapses?

What common phrase is

Use the bat to swing and depicted below?
WHAT

miss the baseball 3 times.

MUST

Three strikes and he’s

out!

What goes up, must

come down.
No matter how little or how There are 5 brothers in a
much you use me, you change family. Each brother has a
me every month. sister. How many siblings are
What am I? there in total?

A calendar. 6

A candy shop sells 1 lollipop for $1. You

can exchange 3 lollipop wrappers for 1
lollipop. If you have $15, how many
lollipops can you get?
22 lollipops. You can buy 15 at first, then
return wrappers to get 5 more, then
return wrappers to get 1 more. You will
now still have 3 wrappers that you can
return for your 22nd lollipop.

Morgan, Kaitlyn, Courtney, and Emma each own a car. One has
a violet car, one has a yellow car, one has a blue car, and one has
a black car. Figure out the color of each person's car. Use the table
to keep yourself organized.
1. Courtney’s favorite colors are black and violet. Her car is one of her favorite colors.
2. On Monday, Courtney borrowed the yellow car, because Emma was using her car.
3. On Saturday, Morgan borrowed the blue car, because Courtney was using her car.
4. Kaitlyn’s favorite colors are blue and yellow. Her car is one of her favorite colors.
5. Emma doesn't like yellow cars or black cars.
6. On Sunday, Courtney borrowed the black car, because Emma was using her car.
7. Morgan doesn't like yellow cars.

Violet Yellow Blue Black

Morgan X X X X
Kaitlyn X X X
Courtney X X X
Emma X X X