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He borrowed an egg from his neighbor. Then he distributed the eggs according to custom: 9 to his wife, 6 to his son, and 2 to the maid. He returned the remaining egg to his neighbor and then retired to his study. |
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| Credit for the idea of zero is given variously to the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Indians, depending on what "zero" means. But Ch’in Shi-kie, the greatest of China's Twelfth Century mathematicians, gets specific credit for using the symbol to mean nothing, thereby enabling mathematics to continue dividing up the eggs. |
Legend has it that Albert Einstein wrote this puzzle, claiming that only 2% of the world could solve it:
In each of five houses in the neighborhood there lives a person with a different nationality, a different favorite food, who has a different hobby and owns a different kind of pet.
Who owns the fish? |
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Here are the clues:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Brazilian owns the owl.
3. The Frenchman prefers grapes.
4. The gray house is on the left of the white house.
5. The owner of the gray house prefers sandwiches.
6. The person who plays the bugle owns the bird.
7. The person in the center house prefers cake.
8. The Indian lives in the first house.
9. The person who plays ping pong lives next to the person who owns the pig.
10. The person who owns the mouse lives next to the person who loves boxing.
11. The person who plays tennis prefers strawberry ice cream.
12. The German loves to conduct his imaginary orchestra at full volume.
13. The Indian lives next to the brown house.
14. The person who plays ping pong lives next to the person who loves shrimp
but is alergic to it so whenever he breaks down and indulges they have to send for the ambulance.
Hint: The owner of the fifth house loves ice cream and plays tennis.
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