{"id":36,"date":"2013-07-29T20:02:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T20:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=36"},"modified":"2013-08-04T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T15:12:48","slug":"riddles-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"Riddles 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-104\" alt=\"Questions\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Since this is my first Riddles post, I\u2019ve decided to get the ball rolling with some mathematically-themed riddles.<\/p>\n<p>1. What is the similarity between 2 + 2 = 5 and your left hand?<\/p>\n<p>2. How do you make seven even?<\/p>\n<p>3. A girl was six on her last birthday, and she will be eight on her next. How is this possible?<\/p>\n<p>4. A donkey was tied to a rope six feet long. A bale of hay was eighteen feet away and the donkey wanted to eat the hay. How could he do it?<\/p>\n<p>5. How many books can you put into an empty school bag?<\/p>\n<p>6. A farmer had twelve cows. All but nine died. How many cows did he have left?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Answers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-156\" alt=\"Answers\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Answers-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Answers:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Neither is right.<\/p>\n<p>2. Take off the S.<\/p>\n<p>3. Today is her seventh birthday.<\/p>\n<p>4. Easily. The other end of the rope wasn\u2019t tied to anything.<\/p>\n<p>5. None. If you put even one book into the bag, the bag is no longer empty.<\/p>\n<p>6. Nine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since this is my first Riddles post, I\u2019ve decided to get the ball rolling with some mathematically-themed riddles. 1. What is the similarity between 2 + 2 = 5 and your left hand? 2. 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