Mathematics

Brain Teasers

Contents Introduction What is a brain teaser? Do we need some exercise for

brain ! Brain teasers Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

Each time, if our mam tells us to prepare a ppt on any topic of our lesson, we download or create a ppt on our own. But this one will be somewhat different from others.

To tease someone we need their weak points and their nicknames, what do you need to tease someone’s brain

A Brain Teaser ( Let us discuss about from the following slides )

A Brain Teaser• Brain teasers are exercises which are

designed to stimulate thinking function, encouraging the brain to work to complete the exercise.

• While many people like to do brain

teasers for fun, these simple exercises have other uses.

• Teachers often use them in the classroom as educational tools.

Do we need exercise for brain ?

In our daily life we often give works to brain, due to over function, our brain gets slow in process, to refresh it we take some snacks and refreshing drinks.

This is an another to refresh your brain, that’s why we need brain teasers.

Let us refresh our brain, Now answer the upcoming questions carefully.

Note : Don’t say the answer within seconds, think and say !!!!

Can you Identify the two people ?

Johnny’s mother had three children.The first child named April. The second

child was named May. What was the third child’s name ?

Ans :-

JOHNNY

Answer for the first question

Adolf Hitler Charlie Chaplin

A farmer was on his way back from the market after buying a fox, a chicken, and a bag of grain, if left alone the fox will eat the chicken or the chicken will eat the grain solve the puzzle. ( only 2 can ride in the boat )

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the

world?

Mt. Everest. It just wasn’t discovered

yet.

If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd

place, what place would you be in now?

 You would be in 2nd place. You passed the

person in second place, not first.

A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another.

How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one

field?

One. If he combines all his haystacks, they all become one big stack.

Solve the next question carefully

DOOR 1 DOOR 2 DOOR 3

You have to select one door, where you can escape, the first door is full of thieves, the second door has a lion with hunger of four months & the last door is full of fire. Which one will you choose and why ?

AnswerThe second door, because the lion is with hunger for four months and it will die by starvation.

A milkman has 2 empty jugs, a 3 gallon jug and a 5 gallon jug. How can he measure exactly 1

gallon without wasting any milk ?

The milkman filled the 3 gallon jug and then emptied the contents into the 5 gallon jug. He then filled the 3 gallon jug again and continued to fill the 5 gallon jug until it was full. The milk remaining in the 3 gallon jug was precisely 1 gallon.

UNDERSTOOD …

There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces

south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks

by one of the windows. What color is the bear?

White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the North pole, and the bear, therefore, is a polar bear.

Make 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 = 1000

8 8 8 8 8

8 8 8 + 1000

I think you are bored or enjoyed with this ppt, let us leave by this time. If chance permits, next time more teasers will tease you.

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