Solve the following riddles, you may yourself construct such riddles.
Who am I?
(i) Go round a square
Counting every corner
Thrice and no more !
Add the count to me
To get exactly thirty four !
(ii) For each day of the week
Make an upcount from me
If you make no mistake
You will get twenty three !
(iii) I am a special number
Take away from me a six !
A whole cricket team
You will still be able to fix !
(iv) Tell me who I am
I shall give a pretty clue !
You will get me back
If you take me out of twenty two !
(i) From above riddle, we can conclude following:
We know that,
There are 4 corners in a square
Also,
Thrice the number of corners in the square will be 3 × 4 = 12
When 12 is added to the number than we get the result which is 34
Hence,
The number must be the difference of 34 and 12
i.e., 34 – 12 = 22
(ii) From above riddle, we can conclude following:
When the old number was up counted on Sunday then the result was 23
Also,
When the old number was up counted on Saturday then the result was 22
When the old number was up counted on Friday then the result was 21
When the old number was up counted on Thursday then the result was 20
When the old number was up counted on Wednesday then the result was 19
When the old number was up counted on Tuesday then the result was 18
When the old number was up counted on Monday then the result was 17
Therefore,
Number taken at start = 17 – 1
= 16
(iii) From above riddle, we can conclude following:
We know that,
Total players in a cricket team = 11
Therefore, according to the riddle the number is such that when 6 is subtracted from it the result is 11
Hence,
Required number = 11 + 6
= 17
(iv) From above riddle, we can conclude following:
According to the riddle the number is such that when it is subtracted from 22 then the result will be the number itself
Therefore,
The required number should be 11 which again gives 11 when it is subtracted from 22