How many minutes is it until six o’clock if fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o’clock?

There is a number which is very peculiar. This number is three times the sum of its digits. Can you find the number?

Can you make 2 squares and 4 right-angled triangles using only 8 straight lines?

Here is an example for a chaos family which has a number of children. Each boy in the family has as many sisters as brothers but each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters. Can you find out how many brothers and sisters are there in the family?

A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, gloves and ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?










Answers:
1. It is twenty-six minutes until six o’clock.
2. 27=2+7; 2+7=9; 9x3=27. The number is 27.
4. There are 4 brothers and 3 sisters.
5. It was day time.

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