A house has 6 stories, each the same height. How many times as long is the ascent to the sixth floor as the ascent to the third? Answer 2 1/2 times (5/2, not 6/3).
Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot, All is cool where it is not. What is it? Answer Sunshine.
What year of this century is the same when its number is upside down? What year of the previous century is the same when inverted? Answer 1961 and 1881.
There is a certain family with both girl and boy children. Each of the boys has the same number of brothers as he has sisters. Each of the girls has twice as many brothers as she has sisters. How many boys and girls are there in this family? Answer Four boys and three girls.
A man was born in 1955, how is it today is his 18th birthday? Answer He was born in room 1955 of the hospital.