Mind Teasers : 3 Cup 10 Sugar - Edward de Bono lateral thinking Puzzle

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In 1967 Edward de Bono brings a creative approach where we need to use more reasoning and should think out of the box to solve problems as e traditional step by step approach is not good enough for some problems.

A classic such puzzle is :
As shown in the picture, there are three empty cups. Can you pour 10 sugar lumps on them so that every cup contains an odd number of sugar lumps?

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Mind Teasers : Toothpick Donkey Puzzle

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The toothpicks in the picture have been arranged to form a donkey shaped figure. You have to move two matchsticks in a way that the entire shape is rotated / reflected while being intact. Also, you can't change the tail's direction it should be pointing up.

category : LOGIC | PICTURE

Mind Teasers : Guess Game Logic Problem

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In a guess game , five friends had to guess the exact numbers of balls in a box.
Friends guessed as 31 , 35, 39 , 49 , 37, but none of guess was right.The guesses were off by 1, 9, 5, 3, and 9 (in a random order).
Can you determine the number of balls in a box ?
category : LOGIC | MATHS

Mind Teasers : Playing Cards Puzzle

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I purchased five decks of card from the market and mixed them.
Now i have ( 5 * 52 = 260 cards).

What is minimum number of cards, i need to take out from the above 260 cards to guarantee at least one 'four of a kind'.
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Nice Mathematics Riddle

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Aishwarya Rai walks into a bank to cash out her check.
By mistake the bank teller gives her dollar amount in change, and her cent amount in dollars.
On the way home she spends 5 cent, and then suddenly she notices that she has twice the amount of her check.

How much was her check amount ?
category : LOGIC | MATHS

Mind Teasers : Logical Triplets Statement Riddle

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You know three triplets: Eden Thorgan and Kylian.
Eden always tells the truth while Thorgan and Kylian always lie.
Kylian needs to return you 100$. You meet one of them on London streets and can ask him one three word question.

Which question, will you ask and why?

Mind Teasers : Spot The Difference Christmas Tree Riddle

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Can you spot 5 differences in two Christmas tree below?

category : PICTURE

Mind Teasers : Famous Send More Money Equation Puzzle

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Below equation is one the most popular equation.Can you solve the below equation by replacing alphabet with a digit such that the equation holds as well?
    SEND
+ MORE
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MONEY
category : MATHS | EQUATION

Mind Teasers : Extremely Hard Civil Services Problem

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( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30
This is what you have for equation. The following are the numbers that you can use to fill in the brackets:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15

You can repeat the numbers if required. The resulting sum should be 30.

This question appeared in the UPSC final examination in December 2013. Out of all the people who appeared, only one guy was able to solve this namely Gaurav Agarwal.

Can you solve it?

Mind Teasers : Awesome Probability Logic Riddle

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You need to divide 50 marbles(25-red and 25-blue) into two boxes such that the probability of picking red marble is maximized.

Following conditions need to hold true :
1. None of box is empty
2. All the marbles must be in one of two boxes.
category : LOGIC

Mind Teasers : Save Death Penalty Brain Teaser

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A man committed a felony. As per the rules of the empire, the king decided to sentence him to death. However, he gave the man a choice; a choice to decide which way he wanted to die.

The man was quite smart and he said something, which saved him from his death. What do you think he must have said?
category : LOGIC | TRICK

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