Card Players

Four friends sitting at a square table could not decide
which card game to play. One wanted to play bridge,
another canasta, another poker and the fourth cribbage.
The bridge player sat on Evelyn's left.
The canasta player sat across from Fred.
Geraldine and Harold sat next to each other.
A woman sat on the poker player's left.
Who wants to play cribbage?

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Everyone showing careful logic and correct answers will be
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Utilities

Three new houses are built side-by-side
on the north side of a street.
The three utilities - Hydro, Water & Gas - are all directly
opposite but on the south side of the same street.
How can all 3 utilities be connected directly to all 3 houses
without crossing over any lines or using a house as a corridor?
Use the 2-dimensional pencil and paper method only.
Do not spend more than 2 hours trying to get the solution!

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nomination for the Nobel Prize in Mathematics!

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The Vat

A vat has three pipes connected to it.
The first pipe can fill the vat in 6 hours.
The second pipe can fill the vat in 4 hours.
The third pipe is for drainage and can empty the vat in 12 hours.
If all three pipes are working at full capacity,
how many hours will it take to fill the vat?

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Basic Arithmetic

After much demand, a new Basic Arithmetic Operations section has been added to www.TheMathWebSite.com.
So, if you have someone who is really struggling with basic adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, then this is where to get some extra practice sheets.
It is impossible to excel in High School Math if you are still struggling with the Elementary School Arithmetic topics.

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Student Humor

Many educators have noted some hilarious
and yet insightful humor from students.

"When you smoke a fish, which end do you light?"

"Having one wife is monogamy.
Having two wives is bigotry.
Having three wives is trigonometry!"

"If you cannot drink and drive,
then why are tavern parking lots so big?"

"Did you hear about the fire in the shoe factory?
Two hundred souls(soles) were lost.
Some heel started it!
They will put the boots to that culprit!"

"In Slobovia, the basic currency is the hern.
And one hundred hern gives you a hernia."

"On the planet Pincus, the inhabitants
are called Pincushions."

"I always wanted to be a meteorologist,
but my grandmother thought that I had more
potential than just reading meters."

"A man came into the car dealership where I work
and asked for a wiper blade for his Yugo. I told
him that that sounded like a fair exchange."

"Of course sleep has a lot to do with dieting.
The only time that I'm not eating is when I'm asleep."

"Experts say that kids should do their own homework.
Kids say that experts have too much time on their hands."

"There is a new sushi bar that caters only to lawyers.
It is called the Sosumi."

"My father always said that death and taxes were
inevitable. Now there is Shipping & Handling."

"My teacher would not tell me how to spell bitch.
In my essay, the father had to take out the trash or gar----."

"Teachers have class."
"Teachers are radical."
"Farmers are outstanding(out standing) in their field."
"Lawyers put it in their briefs."
"Golfers get teed off."
"Firefighters do a slow burn."
"Pilots fly into a rage."
"Divers go off the deep end."
"Baseball card collectors blow their Topps."

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