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Puzzles Questions

What are puzzles?

Puzzle in simple terms is defined as a problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge. They have become an integral part of few competitive exams and entrance tests. They are devised with intent to test the knowledge of to-be-solver.

What are different types of puzzles?

There are different types, which are devised with a specific intent to test a person’s ability to interpret and solve the problem. Different type of puzzles are :

  • Math
  • Number
  • Logic
  • Clock
  • Missing letter
  • Word

What exams have puzzles?

Almost every competitive exams have puzzles. They are most commonly found in competitive exams like : CAT, MAT, XAT, Bank P.O.s, AIEEE, GATE, TOEFL, GRE, and GATE etc. In these exams, mostly arithmetic, math, number, and logic puzzles.

How to solve puzzles?

To solve, one needs to interpret the questions properly and understand the sequence in the problem Is designed. By understanding the sequence, it becomes easier to solve a problem. Understanding the sequence of a puzzle requires strong logical ability and a creative thought pattern. The key is to solve as many different puzzles as possible to improve the thought process and gain expertise over different ways of solving a problem.

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Logical puzzle

You work at a fruit factory.
There are 3 crates in front of you. One crate contains only apples. One crate contains only oranges. The other crate contains both apples and oranges. And each crate is labeled. One reads "apples", one reads "oranges", and one reads "apples and oranges". But the labeling machine has gone crazy and is now labeling all boxes incorrectly. If you can only take out and look at just one of the pieces of fruit from just one of the crates, how can you label ALL of the crates correctly?

Answer

Our solution:


Take a piece of fruit from the "apples and oranges" crate. If it's an apple then you know that is the "apples" crate since ALL THE CRATES ARE LABELED INCORRECTLY. This means the crate marked "apples" must be "oranges" and the crate marked "oranges" must be "apples and oranges".

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Q:

What goes in the water black and comes out red

Answer

A Lobster is one which goes black in water and comes out red.


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Q:

Missing Letter Challenge

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A) I B) M
C) P D) L
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) L

Explanation:

Here the letters follow the rule (AxZ)+(A+Z)

The number corresponding to the letters are used in the rule

A=1, Z=26 => 26x1 + 1 + 26 = 26+27 = 53 =  053

(LxP)+(L+P) = (12 x16) + 12 + 16 = 192+28 = 220

Similarly (11x12) + 11 + 12 => 132 + 23 = 155 

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Q:

Crack the series missing Number Puzzle ?

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A) 330 B) 253
C) 221 D) 363
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 363

Explanation:

The given numbers in the series follows a pattern that,

3

(3 x 3) + 3 = 12

(12 x 3) + 3 = 39

(39 x 3) + 3 = 120

(120 x 3) + 3 = 363.

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Q:

Crack this Logical thinking Math Puzzle?

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A) 9 B) 8
C) 7 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8

Explanation:

Here by observing the figure, 

we can complete the above incomplete cube with 2 cubes in 2 rows and 2 columns

=> 2 x 4 = 8.

 

Hence, with 8 small cubes we can complete the cube.

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Q:

Solve the math puzzle given below?

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A) 14 B) 10
C) 9 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10

Explanation:
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Q:

Riddle

How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1,000? (only use addition)

Answer

The key to this math riddle is realizing that the one place must be zero.
888 +88 +8 +8 +8 =1,000

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Q:

What 5 - digit number has the following features :

If we put the numeral 1 at the beginning, we get a number three times smaller than if we put the numeral 1 at the end of the number?

Answer

Let the 5 digit number be represented by abcde.


Then the 6 digit number, 1abcde x 3 = abcde1 (another 6 digit number)


Now let Y = abcde


Then (100000 + Y) x 3 = (Y x 10) + 1


300000 + 3Y = 10Y + 1


7Y = 299999


Y = 299999 ÷ 7 = 42857

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