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What fraction area is shaded ?: twitter got stumped

Shaded region 1 Pic credit : Ed southhall This question went  viral on twitter, only a few are able to solve it . Can you do this? If not Sol. Is Below

Cheryl's Birthday Problem Part 2: Singapore viral

Cheryl's Age Albert and Bernard now want to know how old Cheryl is. Cheryl: I have two younger brothers. The product of all our ages (i.e. my age and the ages of my two brothers) is 144, assuming that we use whole numbers for our ages.  Albert: We still don't know your age. What other hints can you give us?  Cheryl: The sum of all our ages is the bus number of this bus that we are on.  Bernard: Of course we know the bus number, but we still don't know your age.  Cheryl: Oh, I forgot to tell you that my brothers have the same age.  Albert and Bernard: Oh, now we know your age. So what is Cheryl's age? This question was uploaded by Nanyang Technological University on the Facebook  and the sequel of the  most viral problem of Singapore  known as  Cheryl's Birthday . This child Cheryl is really smart &  always plays games with Albert & Bernard. So if you're not able to guess...

when is cheryl's birthday riddle answer? Albert & Bernard

Cheryl's birthday riddle Albert and Bernard just became friends with Cheryl, and they want to know when her birthday is. Cheryl gives them a list of 10 possible dates. May 15, May 16, May 19 June 17, June 18 July 14, July 16 August 14, August 15, August 17 Cheryl then tells Albert and Bernard separately the month and the day of her birthday respectively. Albert: I don't know when Cheryl's birthday is, but I know that Bernard does not know too. Bernard: At first I don't know when Cheryl's birthday is, but I know now. Albert: Then I also know when Cheryl's birthday is. So when is Cheryl's birthday ? I saw Cheryl's birthday riddle problem on Vulcan post . This question went viral on whole social media in a matter of days. It started with a posting on Facebook , by Kenneth Kong, a television host in Singapore. Forbes reports that Singapore is the smartest country in the world . T...

If a ship had 26 sheep how old is the captain?

    The Unsolvable China   This question was for 5th graders . What really?? Obviously at this age a student can only • think about doing addition   • simple logic - to drive a boat ,captain must be an adult i.e. at least 18 yrs These were the answers given by students according to BBC   This question got viral ,stumped everyone & also termed as "unsolvable"  Well sources said this question is for critical awareness. Can you do it??

Whether it's easy or hard ? Think

Easy still  got viral I saw this problem on the epoch times & was easily able to do it in seconds . Not only it got viral but also got popular  among maths PhDs. Can you answer it?  Note: only geniuses can solve Sol below!

What's the parking no. Of the car?: Hong Kong's viral maths problem

Hong Kong's viral What's the parking no of the parked car? It's the question of Hong Kong elementary school for 1st graders. No  1st class student will expect a question like this in their exam . Many of them don't even know 1- 100 counting ,even finding the odd one out is difficult for them. Then who will do it? At last the question may only be done by the toppers in their class. ' The saviours of class' !! But can they find pattern 16,06,68,88,__,98 No they can't . This question went viral & stumped everyone & adults who do prepares for mental aptitude  exam were looking for some logical pattern but can't find any thing. This question want you to THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!! Do you think you can solve 1st grade question ?