Friday 22 July 2011

Answers to Brain Teasers Featured in Okavango Delta Blog

And here are the answers, finally, to the Brain Teasers featured in our Okavango Delta blog entry in May 2011:

Q. How do you turn 182 into a number less than 20 when you can only move 2 sticks (and you must re-use these sticks elsewhere).
A. Move the two vertical sticks from the 8 to form 13 1/2.



Q. How do you fit ten people into 9 rooms.
A. Rather than 10 physical people, try TEN PEOPLE (9 letters fit nicely into 9 boxes).

Q. How do you make the rubbish in this picture appear to be off the shovel when you can only move and reuse 2 sticks.
A. Push the stick at the top of the handle up so that the handle becomes a side of the shovel and one side becomes the new handle, then move remaining side of the shovel to its new position:

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