0. (Carry-over from last week). John and James are twins (to each other). John celebrated his fourth birthday today, and James celebrates his first birthday tomorrow. How can this be – and what day of the year must it be??
1. (An old classic) A frog is at the bottom of a 30 foot well. Each day she is able to jump up 5 feet, but during the night, she slides down 3 feet. How many days will it take her to jump out of the well? [Let’s just ignore the fact that she might starve to death first. :-)]
2. Mary has a new car with four new tires (duh!) , and one new fully functional spare tire. She has the tires rotated regularly, so that after 100,000 miles each tire will have been driven the same number of miles. For how many miles will each tire be used?
3. (One of my VERY favorites!!) Mr. Smith says ‘Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” What is the relationship between Mr. Smith and the person to whom he refers?
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