What height does a tree have that is 2 meters shorter than a pole that is three times taller than

it?
of the tree?
The tree measures 1.

Because the pole is 3 meters tall and the tree is 2 meters shorter than the pole.
3 - 2 = 1 to the one meter tree
1 x 3 = At the post of 3 meters
The head of a lizard measures 9 centimeters, the tail measures as much as the head plus the
half of the body, and the body measures the sum of the measurements of the head and the tail.
How many centimeters does the lizard measure in total?

Cabeza=9
Cola=9+Cuerpo/2
Body=9+9+Body/2 (Eq. 1)

From Ec. 1 we find the value of the Body

2Body=36+Body
Cuerpo=36

To find the total measurement of the lizard, you must add the Head, Body, and Tail.
Total=Cabeza + Cuerpo + Cola.
Total=9+(9+9+Cuerpo/2)+(9+Cuerpo/2)

We replace the value of the Body and find the total value:
Total=9+9+9+36/2+9+36/2
Total=72cm

The lizard measures a total of 72cm.

3) Given the following squares, divide them into 3 equal figures.

4. Two couples who are going on a picnic want to cross a river. The boat only holds two.
men being very jealous, none allow their partner to...
I stayed on one shore or in the boat with the other man. How do they manage to cross?
As a couple passes by, the woman returns to see the other woman while the man crosses to see the other.
another man
Five people weigh 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 kg respectively. They want to cross a river in a boat.
but this only supports a load between 50 and 70 kg. (neither less than 50 nor more than 70 kg.) How
will they cross?

First, those of 10, 20, and 30 cross, when they reach the other shore, the one of 10 returns.
with the boat and crosses with the one of 40 a total of 50 l in the boat, when they reach the shore
the one from 10 is returned and crosses with the one from 50

Nine crossings:
1 - 10,30,40 50.20
2 - 10, 30, 40, 50 20
3 - 10.50 30,40,20
4 - 10,20,30,50 40
5 - 10.30 50,20,40
6 - 10, 30, 50 40.20
7 - 30 10,50,20,40
8 - 40.30 10,20,50
9- 10,20,30,40,50

A man must take a fox, a goat, and a cabbage across a river. The boat only holds...
room for the man and one of his three positions. If he takes the cabbage with him, the fox eats
the goat. If the fox is present, the goat eats the cabbage. Only in the presence of man
The goat and the cabbage remain safe. How does the man manage to cross the river with his three?
goods?

Seven crossings:

Shore 1 Shore 2
Initial situation HZCR ----

1 Cross the man with the goat -Z-R H-C-

2 The man returns alone HZ-R --C-
3 The man crosses with the - cabbage
Z-- H-CR
4 The man with the goat Hreturns
ZC- ---R
5 Crosses the man with the fox --C- HZ-R
6 The man returns alone -H - C -Z-R

7 Cross the man with the goat ---- HZCR

5) Five couples going for a picnic want to cross a river. The boat only accommodates three.
people. Since the husbands are very jealous, none allow their partner to...
Should he stay on one shore or in the boat with one or all four men? How will they cross?

Thirteen crossings. Let's call A, B, C, D, and E the five men and a, b, c, d, and e their respective
ladies. The boat is the asterisk *.
1 - ABCDEde abc *
2 - ABCDEade * bc
3 - BCDEde A no one leaves the boat
4 - ABCDEde * abc
5 - DEde ABCabc *
6 - AD Eade * BCbc
7 - to do ABCDEbc *
8 - Aade * BCDEbc
9 - of ABCDEabc *
10 - Dde * ABCEabc
11 - e ABCDEabcd *
12 - Ee * ABCDabcd
13 - ABCDEabcde *

8) An amoeba divides into two (and thus reproduces) exactly every minute. Two amoebas in
A test tube can be completely filled in two hours. How long will it take to
Can a single amoeba fill another test tube of the same capacity?

2 hours 1 minute (an additional minute is added because that is how long it takes to divide)
Once, from there it is the same as the initial case, since there are already 2 amoebas.

Some children are standing in a circle. They are separated at the same
distance one from the other and marked in numerical order. The fourth child is standing
exactly opposite the twelfth child. How many children are there in the circle?

The number of children between 4 and 12 is 7 excluding 4 and 12, so that

it would go in one direction, but if we do it in the other direction, we will have to
The number of children is also 7, again not counting 4 and 12.
Therefore, the number of children is 7+7+2=16 children

10) A water lily plant grows in such a way that it doubles in size every day. On the fifteenth
Days of life, it completely covered a pond. On what day did it cover half of the tank?
on the 19th day, since its size doubles each day

If T(d) is the size of the lily on day d, it is given that:

T(d+1)=2T(d)
Where from:
T(d) = 2dT(0)
Now we need to find the day d that satisfies:
T(d)=T(20)2
Mathematizing while thinking.
 If it doubles in size every day, the day before it covered the pond, it covered half of it.
pond.
11) Juan, Daniel, Jessica, and Cathy form a couple of marriages. Their ages are 35, 30, 29, and 28.
Jessica is married to the oldest person in the group. Juan is older than Jessica but younger.
What about Cathy? Who is married to whom? And what are their ages?

James marries Cathy and Dan marries Jessica

Dan =35
Caty= 30
James= 29
Jessica = 28

A teacher has to choose three students to erase the board. To do this, she has available
five volunteers: Elisa, Fernando, Germán, Juan and María. How many ways can they be chosen
three of these students?

C5,3 = 5!/(3! . 2!)

([Link])/(3.2.2)
= 10
=12
c) C5,4 = 5!/(4!.1!)
= ([Link])/(4.3.2)
= 120/30
=4

A frog is at the bottom of a 20-foot deep well, each day it climbs up

4 feet, but every night it slips back 3 feet. After how many days will the frog reach?
the wedding of the well?

• On the first day he climbs 4 feet and slips 3, so he remains at a height of 1 foot.
• On the second day, it climbs to 5 feet (since it had already remained at 1 foot) and slips back 3.
standing at 2 feet tall.
• On the third day, it climbs to 6 feet (since it was at 2 feet) and slips 3 feet, ending up
three feet tall and it would continue like this ...

Let's think about what happens when he reaches 19 feet climbing during the day and slips back 3 feet at night.
night remaining at a height of 16 feet. That tells us that we are on day 16,
The next day, day number 17, he climbs 4 feet and reaches the mouth of the well so the answer is that
It takes 17 days to reach the mouth of the well.

14) There are seven houses, in each there are seven cats. Each cat kills seven mice. Each mouse
One could eat seven ears of wheat. From each ear of wheat, seven bags can be produced.
of grains. How much grain is saved?

If there are 7 cats in a house and each cat killed 7 mice, then there would be 49 dead mice.
(7x7) and if each mouse ate 7 ears of wheat it would be (49x7=343). So if that amount
 wheat spikes were in a house so to know the final answer it would be 343x7= 2401
wheat spikes.
15) Four students sit at a round table. Their names are: Carlos, Juan, Jorge and
Miguel. They drink: Milk, beer, Coca-Cola, and lemonade. At school, they get different
grades.
Using statements 1-8, you must find out the name of the best in the class.

The best student is the one who drinks milk ==> Juan
The 2nd one is the one who drinks lemonade ==> Carlos
The 3rd one who drinks coca cola ==> Jorge
The worst of all is the one who drinks beer ==> Miguel.
Miguel is in front of Carlos
Juan is in front of Jorge
Miguel is to the right of Jorge
This is how they would be sitting

Carlos-----Miguel
Juan -----Jorge

16) Five employees of a company: Ángel, Beto, Carlos, Dani, and Ernesto, whose tasks are (not
respectively) the bottle washer, door opener, door closer, water bearer
and the workers took their seats around the round table waiting for their dinner. They had not
two men in adjacent positions whose initials were adjacent in the alphabet. Ángel not
He was to the right of Carlos. Beto was between the water carrier and the door closer (one of
They were Dani) did not occupy adjacent positions. Ángel was not a bottle washer. How did they
Do you place the five employees at the round table?

17) Two dogs start together in a race where the track is circular. The first one takes 10
seconds to complete a lap on the track. The second takes 11 seconds.
After how many seconds will they pass together through the starting line?
How many laps will each one have completed in that time?

lcm(10,11) = 110.

The one of 10 s 660 : 10 = 66 will make 66 turns until meeting

The one from 11s 660 : 11 = 60 will make 60 turns until meeting
Don Pedro wants to divide a piece of land among his 4 children into equal parts. How did he divide it?
land to make the distribution?

To spend entertaining afternoons, three friends: Andrea, Mónica, and Julieta are playing a tournament of
ping pong between them; in total, they are going to play twelve matches. Of those matches, Andrea plays
only 8 and Mónica plays only 7. How many does Julieta play?

Since there are 12 matches, there are a total of 24 contenders. To understand it, imagine that in each match
Two new rackets are used, 24 rackets would be needed. Between Andrea and Mónica, they total 15;
To reach 24, 9 more are needed.
Julieta plays 9 matches