Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? - Page 6

BigV · 12-20-2011, 10:02 PM

????

three cent nickels, quarter eagles, all these nuts are cracked. Where is your suspension of disbelief???

ZenGum · 12-20-2011, 10:27 PM

I'm starting to suspect the person who wrote this book was both mental AND nuts.

BigV · 12-20-2011, 10:42 PM

might not have happened in US currency. I found a link to a quarter-cent minted in ... Fiji? somewhere...Malaysia Straits.

footfootfoot · 12-21-2011, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Well the boy is up a pair of shoes and six bucks, but down a fake tenner.
The neighbour is par - gave change for a fake tenner, but got a real tenner later on.
The shoemaker is therefore down by the same amount the boy is up - one pair boots, six bucks.

Zen gets this one. I misread the answer earlier.

footfootfoot · 12-21-2011, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

The man has 8 3/4 cents.

8.75 plus 8.75 equals 17.5 ; 17.5 minus 10 equals 7.5

7.5 plus 7.5 equals 15 ; 15 minus 10 equals 5

5 plus 5 equals 10 ; 10 minus 10 equals 0

Big V is right. I have no idea about how one gets 8 3/4 cents, but no less unlikely than finding a merchant who will give you matching funds to spend at his store. Let's assume the transactions were credit transactions on paper.

Scores so far:

Mental Nuts:
Rhianne = 1
HLJ = 2
Zen = 1
BigV =1

glatt · 12-21-2011, 11:03 AM

Wait, you're keeping score?

[/perks up]

(not really)

footfootfoot · 12-21-2011, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Wait, you're keeping score?

[/perks up]

(not really)

get busy!

footfootfoot · 12-21-2011, 11:16 AM

Today's nut:

glatt · 12-21-2011, 11:26 AM

Farm A is worth $4,800 and farm B is worth $1,200.

BigV · 12-21-2011, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Wait, you're keeping score?

[/perks up]

(not really)

Shirley, you jest.

footfootfoot · 12-21-2011, 11:37 AM

Mental Nuts:
Rhianne = 1
HLJ = 2
Zen = 1
BigV =1
Glatt = 1

glatt · 12-21-2011, 11:58 AM

It was easy. I was doubting myself as I was punching numbers into the calculator because it was too easy.

ZenGum · 12-21-2011, 07:30 PM

There is a trap in the question - that we might mistake "one-half mile square" for half a square mile, when of course a square half a mile on each side is a quarter of a square mile.

Glatt was way too smart for that. Pfft.

ETA, For this New Years Eve, I'd like to meet a girl as easy as this puzzle.

infinite monkey · 12-21-2011, 07:45 PM

They try to get you all confused with the illustration. I didn't fall for it, nosirree.

HungLikeJesus · 12-21-2011, 08:00 PM

But that's only $7.50 per acre! Now I have to figure out how to go back to 1921 to buy some land.

12-20-2011, 10:02 PM	#76
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	???? three cent nickels, quarter eagles, all these nuts are cracked. Where is your suspension of disbelief??? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-20-2011, 10:27 PM	#77
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I'm starting to suspect the person who wrote this book was both mental AND nuts. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-20-2011, 10:42 PM	#78
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	might not have happened in US currency. I found a link to a quarter-cent minted in ... Fiji? somewhere...Malaysia Straits. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-21-2011, 11:16 AM	#83
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Today's nut: Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-21-2011, 11:37 AM	#86
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Mental Nuts: Rhianne = 1 HLJ = 2 Zen = 1 BigV =1 Glatt = 1 Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-21-2011, 11:03 AM	#81
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Wait, you're keeping score? [/perks up] (not really)

12-21-2011, 11:26 AM	#84
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Farm A is worth $4,800 and farm B is worth $1,200.

12-21-2011, 11:58 AM	#87
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It was easy. I was doubting myself as I was punching numbers into the calculator because it was too easy.

12-21-2011, 07:30 PM	#88
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	There is a trap in the question - that we might mistake "one-half mile square" for half a square mile, when of course a square half a mile on each side is a quarter of a square mile. Glatt was way too smart for that. Pfft. ETA, For this New Years Eve, I'd like to meet a girl as easy as this puzzle. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-21-2011, 07:45 PM	#89
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	They try to get you all confused with the illustration. I didn't fall for it, nosirree.

12-21-2011, 08:00 PM	#90
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	But that's only $7.50 per acre! Now I have to figure out how to go back to 1921 to buy some land. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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