29.  The Game of Cats and MiceA number of cast got together and decide to kill between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice.How many cats do you think there were?Oh, by the way let me clarify just two points     it is not one cat killed the lot, because I have […]

25. The LegacyWhen my uncle in Madura died recently, he left a will, instruction his executors to divide his estate of Rs.1,920,000 in the manner: Every son should receive three times as much as daughter, and that every daughter should get twice as much as their mother. What is my aunt’s share?   26.  The […]

21. The Perplexed postal clerkMy friend Shuba works in a post office and she sells stamps. One day a man walked in and kept seventy five paise on the counter and requested, ‘Please give me some 2 paise stamps, six times as many as one paisa stamps, and for the rest of the amount give […]