Puzzle 1: How many cases do you need if you
have to pack 112 pairs of shoes into cases that each hold 28 shoes?
Puzzle 2: In a party of 35 people there are
twice as many women as children and twice as many children as men. How many of
each are there?
Puzzle 3: On taking delivery of a consignment
of eggs the market stall owner was furious to find that several were cracked.
In fact, on counting them up in order to assess the damage he found that 72
were cracked, which was 12 per cent of the total consignment. How many eggs in
total were in the consignment?
Puzzle 4: At college, 70% of the students
studied Maths, 75% studied English, 85% studied French and 80% studied German.
What percentage at least must have studied all 4?
Puzzle 5: At each stage the black dot moves
three corners clockwise and the white dot moves four corners anticlockwise.
After how many stages will both dots be together in the same corner?
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