1. Three mothers have two daughters apiece. If they all live together and all want a separate bedroom, what’s the smallest number of bedrooms that might accommodate them?
2. It was bright and sunny at 12 noon today. What’s the probability it will be sunny again 60 hours from that time (in the same location)?
3. Take the first 100 primes and multiply them all together. What would be the digit in the ones (units) place of the product? [This is easier than it looks.]
4. A man was changing a tire when he stumbled on the hubcap holding all the nuts holding the tire in place and they all fell into a nearby sewer drain. Just as he was cursing his fate, a passing boy made a suggestion which enabled the man to drive off (in his own car). What was the boy’s idea?
5. SANTA–THEMED closing shots. OK, these are pretty grade-school corny, but . . . . . 🙂
A. In what month does Santa eat the least?
B. At the North Pole, you cannot take a picture of an elf with a red shirt. Why not?
C. What do you call a reindeer with three eyes?
D. What do reindeer have that no other animals on earth have?
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1. 7 rooms Two of the mothers were the daughters of 1st mother
2. 50-50 chance
3 zero -Once you multiply 6 x 5, product is zero and continues to be zero.
4. The tire he was changing was not on his car.
4A ?
4B you have to have a camera;red shirts can ‘t take pictures.
4C?
4D no other animal has a reindeer mother/