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Old 12-15-2011, 07:36 PM   #1
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Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em?

Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em?
This is a little book of puzzles, riddles, math problems and the like published in 1921 by Waltham Watch Co.
There are 100 Mental nuts, though the first two are just nifty number tricks. Pay careful attention to what is being asked, a number of these puzzles turn on verbal assumptions.

I will put up a new mental nut every day only if the previous nut is cracked or you all cry Uncle. From time to time I will also post some of the advertisements inside the book.

Here is the first (actually #3) Mental Nut:
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Old 12-15-2011, 07:39 PM   #2
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Doesn't matter how I arrange them ... all whole numbers are divisible by seven ... doesn't say it has to be evenly divisible.
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Old 12-15-2011, 07:39 PM   #3
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Old 12-15-2011, 08:17 PM   #4
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6 - 3 - 1

Except that #6 walks on his hands which forms the number 931.

931 / 7 = 133
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Old 12-15-2011, 08:21 PM   #5
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wait a minute....
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Old 12-16-2011, 02:14 AM   #6
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This is an unsolvable problem.

We don't know how fast the trains are going.
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Old 12-16-2011, 04:49 AM   #7
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Doesn't matter if they're on a treadmill.

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Old 12-16-2011, 06:44 AM   #8
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6 - 3 - 1

Except that #6 walks on his hands which forms the number 931.

931 / 7 = 133
Rhianne wins this round. I will keep score.
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Old 12-16-2011, 07:19 AM   #9
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I am way too distracted by that cover design to figure out teh puzzles. It's super modern for 1921!
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Old 12-16-2011, 07:23 AM   #10
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I thought this was a thread about me.


MORE MENTAL NUTS! I can never get them but it's fun trying.
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Old 12-16-2011, 07:50 AM   #11
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Today's Mental Nut. You are only allowed to google what currency was in circulation in 1921.
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Old 12-16-2011, 07:52 AM   #12
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Old 12-16-2011, 08:01 AM   #13
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Old 12-16-2011, 08:14 AM   #14
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I would like a beautiful clock catalog mailed to me, please.
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Old 12-16-2011, 09:35 AM   #15
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The conductor has only three-cent pieces, but he has lots of them. 165 three-cent pieces make change from a $5 bill for a $0.05 fare. This hoard of coins can't make the right change for a $1 bill though.
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