There is a Blessed Saint who visits the temple. There are three separate shrines in the temple.. each having a pond in front of it. its a custom for him to keep a fixed number of flowers in each shrine(same number for each shrine) the magic of the pond is that the number of flowers you immerse in it gets doubled.
So the saint one day takes some number of flowers...
1)immerses in the first pond..flowers get doubled
2) keeps the fixed number of flowers for the shrine..
has some flowers left over..
3)goes to the next pond.. immerses the flowers again.. gets doubled.
4)keeps the fixed number of flowers for the second shrine..
has some flowers left again..
5) goes to the last pond.. immerses the flowers. gets doubled.
6) and keeps the fixed number of flowers for the third shrine..
walks out with NO flowers left in hand.
Now the riddle is..
1)how much flowers did he carry in the starting?
2)how much is the fixed number of flowers that needs to be kept in each shrine.
-Divster
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Aah so the litte girl likes to use her little grey cells.. hmm.. Nice one I had to pick up a pencil and paper to solve this :)... will give this one to my students this weekend.
Of course the answer is : He started off with 7 flowers and placed 8 at each shrine.
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The saint removes his footwear outside the temple.Takes his basket ,which contains 7 flowers and enters the Temple of MahaKali.
1).As he takes a dip in the holy pond(1)it becomes 14.He offers 8 flowers at the first shrine. Now he has 6 flowers.
2).As he takes a dip in the holy pond(2)it becomes 12.He offers 8 flowers at the second shrine.Now he has 4 flowers.
3).As he takes a dip in the holy pond(3)it becomes 8 flowers.He offers the 8 flowers at the feet of third shrine.Prays for World peace , burns a few sandal sticks and is off to work at the local restaurant, making masala dosas.
We want more such puzzles...and Oh do try my fav puzzle..
http://vinodc.blogspot.com/2004/07/my-fav-puzzle.html
AWESOMe!!!! i myself cudnt hav done better. thanks for the lovely narration..enjoyed that more..hehehe.
wise guy. (bows)
err....am in the midst of some ..real brains....try this out.
You have to work out what the letters mean. See No 0 as an example.
According to MENSA, if you get 19 + of these, you are a "genius".
Only 2 MENSA members achieved full marks. See how well you do.
Scoring:1 to 5 is Average, 6 - 11 Somewhat Intelligent, 12 to 18 Intelligent, 19 + Genius
No. Cryptic Answer
0 24 H in a D 24 Hours in a day TRUE
1 26 L of the A
2 7 D of the W
3 7 W of the W
4 12 S of the Z
5 66 B of the B
6 52 C in a P (WJs)
7 13 S in the USF
8 18 H on a G C
9 39 B of the O T
10 5 T on a F
11 90 D in a R A
12 3 B M (S H T R)
13 32 is the T in D F at which W F
14 15 P in a R T
15 3 W on a T
16 100 C in a R
17 11 P in a F (S) T
18 12 M in a Y
19 13 is UFS
20 8 T on a O
21 29 D in F in a L Y
22 27 B in the N T
23 365 D in a Y
24 13 L in a B D
25 52 W in a Y
26 9 L of a C
27 60 M in a H
28 23 P of C in the H B
29 64 S on a C B
30 9 P in S A
31 6 B to an O in C
32 1000 Y in a M
33 15 M on a D M C
answers....later...
Vc...u knw..i read your puzzle. But invariably i dont understand wat the 'lake around the island means' there is no mention of that in da question.. so where did that pop up from???
errm..Wookie.. i dun get da puzzle..(blushes)
explain...sumone?
1. 26 letters in the Enlish Alphabet..
2.7 Days of the week
.now you try the rest.. :)..
let me check my Dragon puzzle again..
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