No. Page Brain Teaser Answer 25 A Sting For Me – a Sting ... · 51 Batting Score It was a...

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If you’d like to see one of your own Brain Teasers printed in our 2021 StudyTrek Diary please email: [email protected] Include the answer, your name, school and school address. 2020 StudyTrek Brainteaser and Fact Finder Solutions www.createl.com.au/brainteasers PAGE BRAINTEASER SOLUTION 25 Crazy Sentence The three possible answers are 22, thirty-one and thirty-three 27 Father and Son There are three generations in the room; grandfather, father and grandson. 29 Double Your Money On the 11th day it was half full 31 Dinner Dots 30 squares made up of 16- 1x1 squares, 9- 2x2 squares, 4- 3x3 squares, 1- 4x4 squares 33 Sticky Problem When the 6 lines are removed, the word “TEN” appears 35 Health Crossword 1. Calcium 2. Iron 3. Orange 4. Carbohydrates 5. Running 37 Letter Me Figure This Out CARPET! 6-5-2: tea; 5-2-3: ear; 1-2-6: cat; 3-2-6: rat 39 Words Crossword 1. Yes 2. Stallion 3. Sheep 4. Adjective 5. Rock 41 Keyboard Fun Typewriter 43 Where is ‘A’? One thousand 45 Chomp Chomp Stop imagining 47 Who Plays What? Roxanne plays the saxophone, Kim plays drums, Julie plays the trumpet, Keith plays flute and Linda plays the clarinet. 49 Riddle, Riddle My Answer’s in the Middle The word is rhyme 51 A Number Puzzle Top line 6, 7, 2; Middle Line 1, 5, 9; Bottom Line, 8, 3, 4 53 Missing Numbers The missing number is 126 55 What am I? A map 57 What Number? 30 (3000 ÷ 3=1000 ÷10=100 ÷4=25 +5=30) 59 Five Letter Word Short 61 Fact Finder David Unaipon and Edith Cowan (Page 13) 63 What Am I? Your age 65 Bath Time Pull the plug out of the bathtub 67 Hidden Meaning Lazy afternoon 69 What Did I Eat? A cob of corn 71 A Matching Pair 13. He could possibly first take out 6 red left-hand gloves and then 6 blue left-hand gloves, the next would have to be either a left or right-hand match. 73 What’s Next? S, O, N, D (September, October, November, December) 75 Coloured Houses Glass 77 What am I? The letter M 79 Find the Number 45 (1/5 of 45 = 9, 9 + 45 = 54) 81 What’s Missing? The letter E 83 Word Play Racecar 85 All Aboard! One leaves at 1:00 in the afternoon and one leaves at 1:00 in the morning. 87 Fact Finder Mercury (Page 14) 89 Number Game 99 + (9 ÷ 9) = 100 91 Rooster Riddle Roosters don’t lay eggs! 93 Who Am I? A candle 95 Shhh… A secret 97 Hidden Meaning Double vision 99 Word Play Startling: starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I 101 Code Breaker Reduced speed zone. Construction ahead 103 What am I? Silence 105 Number Patterns 10, 15, 12, 17, 14 107 What Am I? A clock 109 Panicky Palindrome SOS 111 A Crazy World Dirt is now blue. The puzzle consists of pairs that exchange colours. Since the sky is now brown, the brown things become blue. 113 Watermelon, Anyone? 3 115 Speaking of Spokes 30 117 Which Vegetable? Beans 119 Apples Aplenty You took three apples, so you have three. Planning for Success

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    PAGE BRAINTEASER SOLUTION25 Crazy Sentence The three possible answers are 22, thirty-one and thirty-three

    27 Father and Son There are three generations in the room; grandfather, father and grandson.

    29 Double Your Money On the 11th day it was half full

    31 Dinner Dots 30 squares made up of 16- 1x1 squares, 9- 2x2 squares, 4- 3x3 squares, 1- 4x4 squares

    33 Sticky Problem When the 6 lines are removed, the word “TEN” appears

    35 Health Crossword 1. Calcium 2. Iron 3. Orange 4. Carbohydrates 5. Running

    37 Letter Me Figure This Out CARPET! 6-5-2: tea; 5-2-3: ear; 1-2-6: cat; 3-2-6: rat

    39 Words Crossword 1. Yes 2. Stallion 3. Sheep 4. Adjective 5. Rock

    41 Keyboard Fun Typewriter

    43 Where is ‘A’? One thousand

    45 Chomp Chomp Stop imagining

    47 Who Plays What? Roxanne plays the saxophone, Kim plays drums, Julie plays the trumpet, Keith plays flute and Linda plays the clarinet.

    49Riddle, Riddle My Answer’s in the Middle The word is rhyme

    51 A Number Puzzle Top line 6, 7, 2; Middle Line 1, 5, 9; Bottom Line, 8, 3, 4

    53 Missing Numbers The missing number is 126

    55 What am I? A map

    57 What Number? 30 (3000 ÷ 3=1000 ÷10=100 ÷4=25 +5=30)

    59 Five Letter Word Short

    61 Fact Finder David Unaipon and Edith Cowan (Page 13)

    63 What Am I? Your age

    65 Bath Time Pull the plug out of the bathtub

    67 Hidden Meaning Lazy afternoon

    69 What Did I Eat? A cob of corn

    71 A Matching Pair 13. He could possibly first take out 6 red left-hand gloves and then 6 blue left-hand gloves, the next would have to be either a left or right-hand match.

    73 What’s Next? S, O, N, D (September, October, November, December)

    75 Coloured Houses Glass

    77 What am I? The letter M

    79 Find the Number 45 (1/5 of 45 = 9, 9 + 45 = 54)

    81 What’s Missing? The letter E

    83 Word Play Racecar

    85 All Aboard! One leaves at 1:00 in the afternoon and one leaves at 1:00 in the morning.

    87 Fact Finder Mercury (Page 14)

    89 Number Game 99 + (9 ÷ 9) = 100

    91 Rooster Riddle Roosters don’t lay eggs!

    93 Who Am I? A candle

    95 Shhh… A secret

    97 Hidden Meaning Double vision

    99 Word Play Startling: starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I

    101 Code Breaker Reduced speed zone. Construction ahead

    103 What am I? Silence

    105 Number Patterns 10, 15, 12, 17, 14

    107 What Am I? A clock

    109 Panicky Palindrome SOS

    111 A Crazy World Dirt is now blue. The puzzle consists of pairs that exchange colours. Since the sky is now brown, the brown things become blue.

    113 Watermelon, Anyone? 3

    115 Speaking of Spokes 30

    117 Which Vegetable? Beans

    119 Apples Aplenty You took three apples, so you have three.

    Planning for Success

    Page Brain Teaser Answer No.

    25 A Sting For Me – a Sting for You

    a. dusting b. rusting c. interesting

    27 Riddle, Riddle My Answer’s in the Middle

    The word is rhyme

    29 It’s Palindromic Number Time

    The smallest interval time is 2 minutes and it is between the times of 9:59 and 10:01.

    31 Letter Me Figure This Out CARPET!6-5-2: tea; 5-2-3: ear; 1-2-6: cat; 3-2-6: rat

    33 Sibling Question The smallest number of boys in the family is 7 and the smallest number of girls is 6 so the family has 13 children.

    35 Double Your Money On the 11th day it was half full.

    37 Odd One Out Earth, the others in that group spin clockwise however Earth spins anticlockwise on its axis.

    39 Dinner Dots 30 squares made up of 16 - 1x1 squares, 9- 2x2 squares, 4- 3x3 squares, 1- 4x4 squares.

    41 Sticky Problem When the 6 lines are removed, the word “TEN” appears.

    43 Health Crossword 1. Calcium 2. Iron 3. Orange 4. Carbohydrates 5. Running

    45 Weird Signs Backpack.

    47 Keyboard Fun Typewriter.

    49 The Magic Door Door 3. Add the values on each door.

    51 Batting Score It was a woman’s cricket team.

    53 Father and Son There are three generations in the room; grandfather, father and grandson.

    55 Dozen by Dozen Necklaces: 9 boxes, Rings: 14 Boxes, Bracelets: 12 boxes.

    57 Cookies and Milk 12 cookies in first batch. Children ate 7 cookies.

    59 The Odd Group They should go into group 1 as they are made up of straight lines. Group 2 has letters that have curves in them.

    61 Missing Numbers The missing number is 126.

    63 Freckle the Frog Day 1 = 16 Day 2 = 14 Day 3= 16 Day 4 = 14 (or similar pattern) SUM: 60 ÷ 4 = 15 Average

    65 Ball Games Throw the ball straight up in the air.

    67 Words 1. Yes 2. Stallion 3. Sheep 4. Adjective 5. Rock.

    69 Where is ‘a’? One thousand.

    71 Five Mouse Race Marty Mouse was first and Mabel Mouse was last.

    73 Who Plays What? Roxanne plays the sax, Kim plays the drums, Julie plays the trumpet, Keith plays the flute and Linda plays the clarinet.

    75 Word Match All of the words in Column A contain a silent consonant.

    77 Perfect Ten 9 minutes. It only takes 9 cuts to get 10 equal sections.

    79 Make a Word Water.

    81 Crazy Sentence The three possible answers are “22”, “thirty-one” and “thirty-three”.

    83 A Number Puzzle Top line 6, 7, 2; Middle Line 1, 5, 9; Bottom Line, 8, 3, 4.

    85 Three Little Pigs Patricia built a medium size house of brick in Pleasantville. Penny built a small house of straw in Riverview. Peter built a large house of sticks in Hillsdale.

    87 A Fishy Problem The fish was 40 cm long. Its head was 5 cm long. Its tail was 15 cm long. Its body was 20 cm long.

    89 Nose on the Chin NOSE, NOTE, COTE, CORE, CORN, COIN, CHIN.

    91 Magic Square Top line: 12, 2, 16. Middle line: 14, 10, 6. Bottom line: 4, 18, 8.

    93 The Older Sister 20.

    95 Pick the Problem There are two ‘the’s’, one right after the other, in the sentence.

    97 Number Patterns 10, 15, 12, 17, 14.

    99 All at Sea The same because the boat floats on the water.

    101 Happy Birthday There are 35 candles on the cake.

    103 Degree of Time One degree.

    105 Who’s Got the Balloon? Adam Age 8, Colour Red; Elizabeth Age 5, Colour Blue; Peter Age 7, Colour Yellow; Sally Age 6, Colour Green.

    107 Who Laid the Egg? Position A, Scratchy, 4 eggs; Position B, Pecky, 5 eggs, Position C, Chooky, 2 eggs.

    109 My Black Mini Cooper It is daylight.

    111 Lost Ball They filled the hole with water, effectively floating the ball to the surface.

    113 Soccer Sneaks Betsy, size 4; Shari, size 6; Liz, size 7; Mark, size 8; Wyman, size 9.

    115 Crazy Sentence STONE, SEWN, GROWN, THRONE.

    117 Word Scramble TOURNAMENT.

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