Math Riddles

 

Question: I'm 10 years old my brothers half my age now I'm 100 years old how old is my brother now?


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?

Question: In a certain society any time somebody commits a serious crime they must be shot at twice with a 6 bullet revolver. The revolver only has two bullets in it though, both of them right next to each other. They spin the revolver once and shoot the gun. If there was no bullet in that chamber they give the prisoner the option to either spin the chamber again or just shoot again. If the first shot is a blank, should the prisoner ask for the revolver to be spun or should they choose that it be shot again?

Question: You have two books. One of them is upside-down and the other is rotated so the top of the book is facing you.

What is the sum of the first page in each book?

Question: You have a bag with 'N' strings in it. You randomly grab two ends and tie them together until there are no more loose ends.

In the end, what is the expected number of loops (strings tied to their own end)?