Math Riddles

 

Question: Ants on a stick may only move left or right. If they bump into each other they bounce off of each other and immediately move in the opposite direction maintaining speed the entire time. The only time they change speed is when they fall off of the edge of the stick.

If 25 ants are randomly put on a 1 meter long stick moving 1 meter per second, what is the longest amount of time it could take for them to all fall off?


Logic Riddle (medium)

Question: what are the next two letters in this sequence: A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M,

Question: There are 100 prisoners lining up to go to jail. Each prisoner is wearing a hat that is either black or white. The prisoners don't know their own hat color, just the hat color of those in front of them in line (the first prisoner in line can't see anyone's hat and the last prisoner can see everyone's hat except their own). Starting from the back, one of the guards asks each prisoner what color their hat is. If they are correct they get to go free but if they are wrong they go to jail.If the prisoners get to discuss a plan, how can at least 99 of them be saved?

30 cent coin (medium)

Question: Two coins make 30 cents one of them isn't a nickel what are they?

POND (medium)

Question: A pond with dimension of 6m by 3m wil be filled of water lilies at exactly 30 days. Each day the number of water lilies will be doubled. First day 1, second day 2 etc... On what day it will fill half of the pond?