So a man met a puma, a panther, a mountain lion, and a cougar while hiking in the Rockies of Colorado. He has a shotgun but only one shot loaded. By the time he fires and reloads, the animals will be on top of him. He only has time for a quick shot. Which does he fire at first?

Aunt Mary is very particular about her age. A nosy nephew asks her how old she is. She replies, 35, not counting Saturdays and Sundays. 

 

What is her real age?

Alright, so she has lived 35 years of (365-52*2) days each. That amount of days will equal q.

She does not count 35 years of (52 + 52) days each. That amount of days will equal r.

So our initial equation is 35q + 35r.

We now expand:

 

35(365 - 104) + 35(104)

35(261) + 35(104)

 

And solve:

 

9135 + 3640

12775.

 

But saying that someone is 12775 sounds nasty, rude, and is not flattering. Dividing by 365 ought to give us her age in years, which is...

 

 

35!

I guess you are a maths teacher (the nice kind of maths teacher), an enthusiastic student, or someone who uses maths in their job. Your problems are awesome!

if 5/7th is 35, then 7/7th is 49.

Silly me. Oops, you are probably right.

legoboyvdlp, the problem with your calculations is that she lived 35*365 week days, and a year is 365*(5/7) week days. So we take (35*365) / (365*(5/7)), the 365's cancel (thankfully, now we don't need to worry about leap years) and we're left with onbekende's method of 35 * (7/5). (the fraction flips to make it on top.) (I was a math Tutor in college)

Name the only place in this earth where rivers have no fish, mountains have no rock and cities have no people.

Antartica

 

or a map

Edited August 17, 201610 yr by legoboyvdlp

Antarctica has rock, thats why it's a continent unlike the north pole. I vote for map

A Map. Yup that's the answer.

The Dong was here.

The Dong was here.