Tuesday, July 6, 2010

week no. 27 i.e from 5 - 11 june 2010

Q.1) 


The Bear

A bear walks south for one kilometer, then it walks west for one kilometer, then it walks north for one kilometer and ends up at the same point from which it started. What color was the bear?

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Q.2) 


Hen The Chicken and Egg Problem

A chicken farmer has figured out that a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half. How many hens does the farmer need to produce one dozen eggs in six days? 

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Q.3)  
The Chicken and Leg Problem
A chicken farmer also has some cows for a total of 30 animals, and the animals have 74 legs in all. How many chickens does the farmer have?  

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Q.4) & 5)


The Bacteriologist  Bacteriologist

A scientist is experimenting with bacteria that are one micron in diameter and that reproduce by dividing every minute into two bacteria. At 12:00 PM, she puts a single organism in a container. At precisely 1:00 PM, the container is full.
At what time was the container half full?

and 

How big was the container? 

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post your expected answer in the comment section ...............

and answer will be posted on 12 June  ANSWER

2 comments:

P.S. said...

1 - White
2 - 3 hens
3 - 23 chickens
4 & 5 - half at 12:59
capacity - 2^60 X pi/4 = 2^58 pi

anirudh said...

1) < i think either question is wrong or incomplete >

2) 2 hen

3) 7 -> cows

4) half at 12:59

5) capacity is --> {2^60-1)