PUZZLE CORNER NOVEMBER PUZZLE - 1 PUZZLE - 2 ARCHIVES  
One year payment to the servant is Rs. 200 plus one shirt. The servant leaves after 9 months and receives Rs. 120 and a shirt. Then find the price of the shirt.
The servant worked for 9 months instead of 12 months, he should receive 9/12 of his annual payment.
i.e., 3/4 (200 + 1S) which is equal to 120 + 1S where S is the price of the shirt.
3/4 (200 + S) = 120 + S. Therefore Price of the shirt S = Rs. 120.
 
John got a score of 100 out of 5 shots. All the shots were on target. Which targets did the shots land on?
Shots hit by John.

Target Hit By John are : 5, 5, 27, 27, 36.
 
The square of a 3-digit number is a 6-digit number. If the two numbers together use all of the digits from 0 to 9 except 3, what is the 3-digit number?
(807)2 = 651249
 
Can you plug in either addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (x), division (/) and parenthesis among five number 5s to make a target result number 26?

5   5   5   5   5 = 26
((5 x 5 x 5) + 5) / 5 = 26 or
((5 / 5 / 5 + 5) x 5 = 26
 
Find the next number in the series: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 5, 12, 19, 26, 5,...
12, The numbers are the calendar dates of Mondays in January, February, and March.
 
 
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