{"id":373,"date":"2013-08-09T13:53:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T13:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=373"},"modified":"2013-08-09T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T13:53:53","slug":"puzzles-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=373","title":{"rendered":"Puzzles 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Questions\"<\/a>1. Why do some people dial 999 with their index finger and some with their middle finger?<\/p>\n

2. One bath tub contains water at 20 degrees Celsius, the other at 20 degrees Fahrenheit. In which bath tub does Billy give his dog a bath?<\/p>\n

3. How can you make 100 using six nines only?<\/p>\n

4. What holds water, but is full of holes?<\/p>\n

5. What famous expression is this?<\/p>\n

1 4 9 S 5 4 9
\nA 3 1 0 8 F 2
\n4 E 6 2 1 T 5
\n1 8 2 Y 1 5 6<\/p>\n

\"Answers\"<\/a>
\nAnswers:<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong>1. To call the emergency services.<\/p>\n

2. The tub at 20 degrees Celsius. Since 20 degrees Fahrenheit is below freezing, the water in the other tub would have frozen.<\/p>\n

3. 99 + (99\/99) = 100.<\/p>\n

4. A sponge.<\/p>\n

5. Safety in numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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