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Friday, February 26, 2010

Play with four

Using four 4's and any operations, try to write equations that have the numbers from 0 to 100 as the answer.
Example: 49 = 4! * (sqrt 4) + (4/4)

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Addition of two integers without using the '+' operator

Write a C function which does the addition of two integers without using the '+' operator. You can use only the bitwise operators.(Remember the good old method of implementing the full-adder circuit using the or, and, xor gates....)

print % using the printf function

How do you print I can print % using the printf function?

(Remember
% is used as a format specifier!!!)

C program to find the smallest of three integers, without using any of the comparision operators

Write a C program to find the smallest of three integers, without using any of the comparision operators?

Monday, February 22, 2010

Where is the missing £1?

Three people check into a hotel. They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets £2 and gives £1 to each person. Now each person paid £10 and got back £1. So they paid £9 each, totalling £27. The bellboy has £2, totalling £29. Where is the missing £1?

Brain Bashers puzzle

Here is snippet of section D of the curious multiple-choice entrance exam into the exclusive Brain Bashers puzzle

Q1. Which is the first question where c) is the correct answer

a) Q3
b) Q4
c) Q1
d) Q2

Q2. Which is the first question where a) is the correct answer

a) Q4
b) Q2
c) Q3
d) Q1

Q3. Which is the first question where d) is the correct answer

a) Q1
b) Q2
c) Q4
d) Q3

Q4. Which is the first question where b) is the correct answer

a) Q2
b) Q4
c) Q3
d) Q1

Who owns the fish?

There are 5 houses in 5 different colours. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. Using the clues below can you determine who owns the fish?

The Brit lives in a red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
The green house owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

WHO OWNS THE ZEBRA ????

  • There are five houses.
  • Each house has its own unique color.
  • All house owners are of different nationalities.
  • They all have different pets.
  • They all drink different drinks.
  • They all smoke different cigarettes.
  • The English man lives in the red house.
  • The Swede has a dog.
  • The Dane drinks tea.
  • The green house is on the left side of the white house.
  • They drink coffee in the green house.
  • The man who smokes Pall Mall has birds.
  • In the yellow house they smoke Dunhill.
  • In the middle house they drink milk.
  • The Norwegian lives in the first house.
  • The man who smokes Blend lives in the house next to the house with cats.
  • In the house next to the house where they have a horse, they smoke Dunhill.
  • The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
  • The German smokes Prince.
  • The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
  • They drink water in the house next to the house where they smoke Blend.

So, who owns the Zebra?

Prime or not?

101,10101,1010101,101010101,10101010101,.........
the series goes on like this.
here only 101 is prime,all others are not.how u prove it.

Find The Number?

With how few assistants can an intrepid explorer make a 6 day crossing on foot of an absolutely barren desert, if he and the available assistants can each carry only enough food and water to last one man four days? Look for the simplest humane soln...

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Coffe Machine

A drinks machine offers three selections - Tea, Coffee or Random (Either tea or Coffee)but the machine has been wired up wrongly so that each button does not give what it claims. If each drink costs 50p, how much minimum money do you have to put into themachine to find out which button gives which selection?

Hot dogs

If a boy and a half can eat a hot dog and a half in a minute and a half,
how many hot dogs can six boys eat in six minutes?

Bird problem

In 1 Rupee you can get 20 Chimneys, 1 Rupee you can get 1 Bulbul, 5 Rs you can get 1 Eagle,
Get 100 birds in 100 Rs. Use all birds....what are the number of each type of birds?

Age order problem

Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (I) and Saira (S) are siblings (i.e. brothers and sisters). All were born on 1st January. The age difference between any two successive siblings (that is born one after another) is less than 3 years. Given the following facts:
1. Hari's age + Gita's age > Irfan's age + Saira's age
2. The age difference between Gita and Saira is 1 year. However, Gita is not the oldest and Saira is not the youngest.
3. There are no twins.
In what order were they born (oldest first) ??

1000 Wine Bottles

1000 wine bottles stack 10 are poisoned given 10 rats what is the minimum number of tries to find the poisoned one. Rat dies once it licks the poisoned wine.

Find value of

What is the value if

137 + 276 = 435
then
731 + 672 = (?)

(A) 534
(B) 1403
(C) 1623
(D) 1513

Number Logic Problem

if
1=5,
2=55,
3=555,
4=5555,

then

5=??????????

True Lies

Tina & Meena are twins. One of them lies while the other is truthful. I asked one of them, "Does Tina lie?" "Yes", was the answer.Did I speak to Tina or Meena?

Tibet Population problem

How many people are living in Tibet
With the help of following data can you find
How many people were listed as living in Tibet?


The population of some countries is calculated based upon
some logic and listed here:-

USA 130,000
England 410,000
France 340,000
Peru 200,000
Brazil 340,000
Greece 300,000
Japan 270,000

Light problem

A light bulb is hanging in the first floor of the room. There are three switches in the ground floor room. One of these switches belongs to that light bulb. The light bulb is not lit and the switches are in off state. There is only one chance to visit the room. How can it be determined which of these switch is connected to the light bulb.

number series problem

10 , 9 , 60 , 90 , 70 , 66 , ....

3d Cube problem

A block of wood in rectangular form that is
4cm x 10cm x 11cm all surfaces of pink rose color.
If the block of wood is cut into 440 cubes of
1cm × 1cm x 1cm each, how many cubes would
have color pink rose?

who is doctor,who is lawyer?

Mr. Hari, his wife, his son, his mother, among these people
one of them is a Lawyer, and the other is Doctor

a) If lawyer is younger than the Doctor,
then they dont have blood relations
b) If lawyer is a women, then Doctor and
lawyer have the blood realations
c) If Doctor is man, then lawyer is also a man.

Who is doctor, who is lawyer?

Number Logic problem

A certain street has 1000 buildings. A sign-maker is contracted to number the houses from 1 to 1000. How many zeroes will he need?

Who did it?

Three of these statements are untrue,

Mr Red: "Mr Blue did it."

Mr Blue: "Mr Red did it."

Mr Green: "Mr Blue's telling the truth."

Mr Yellow: "Mr Green's not lying

Do you know who did it??

Age problem

If Jan is three times as old as Janice will be when Janette is as old as Jan is now, What is the order in age, from oldest to youngest?

Funny question

In a pond there are 10 fish, one of them dies, and the water level of the pond increases. How?

Tell me which should i light first

Rusty's Montana cabin is almost buried in snow, and the temperature is 25 below zero. Rusty's eyes move from the single match he has in his hand to a candle, an oil lamp and a fireplace with kindling all ready to be lit. Which does he light
first?

Permutation and combination

A bag Contains 5 black balls, 10 red balls and 12 white balls...Atmost in how many draws you could get a pair....?

Crime scene puzzle

There is a man dead in a locked office, sitting at his desk. On the desk there are a couple of pieces of blank paper, a pen and a sealed envelope. The office is locked from the inside. No-one has directly killed him. How was he killed?

Arrange to a word

Can you arrange these letters into one long word:

d o o r n o n e g w l

Angle problem

What would be the angle between hour and minute hand, when time is 7:20 ?

302 Dollar problem

You are having $302 with you. Divide $302 (in whole $ increments) into a number of bags so that I can ask for any amount between $1 and $302, and you can give me the proper amount by giving me a certain number of these bags without opening them. What is the minimum number of bags you will require?

date puzzle

On October 2, 2001, the date in MMDDYYYY format was a palindrome (sameforwards as backwards).That is 10/02/2001. When was the last date that this occurred on before year 2001?

Time and distance problem

A man had covered 2/3 of distance by cycling and remaining covered on feet. For this he took twice the time to the cycling. Find how much speed is greater for cycling than on feet?

Find the missing number?

Find the missing number in the series?
9, 61, 52, 63, 94, ___ , 18?

Complete the series

Complete the series by filling the next two numbers

1, 13, 2, 1, 5, 3, 2, 1, 4, 4, 7, 3, 1, 5, 3, 5, ___, ___

Last words of soldier

A soldier has been captured by the enemy and is sentenced to die. His captors say: "You may make a statement. If you tell a lie, you will be shot. If you tell the truth, you will be hanged."
He makes a statement and goes free. What could he have said?

Find the ages of the chidren ?

Many years from now, two classmates met in a street.

The following is part of their discussion.

Student 1: Yes, I'm married and have three wounderful children.
Student 2: That's great! How old are they?
Student 1: Well, the product of their ages is 36.
Student 2: Hmm. That doesn't tell me enough. Give me another clue.
Student 1: OK. the sum of their ages is the number on that building
across the street.
Student 2: (After a few minutes of thinking with the aid of pencil and paper)
Ah ha! I've almost got it but I still need another clue.
Student 1: Very well. The oldest one has red hair.
Student 2: I've got it!

What were the ages of the children of student 1?

Find the Probability

In a hotel, rooms are numbered from 101 to 550. A room is chosen
at random. What is the probability that room number starts with
1, 2 or 3 and ends with 4, 5 or 6?

Find the sum of digits ?

Find sum of digits of D.
Let A= 19991999
B = sum of digits of A, C = sum of digits of B, D = sum of digits of C.

Cube puzzle

If you take a marker and start from a corner on a cube, what is the maximum number of edges you can trace across if you never trace across the same edge twice, never remove the marker from the cube, and never trace anywhere on the cube, except for the corners & edges?

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