Puzzles to puzzle you

1. During the course of interaction, Ramya while travelling in a bus told a fellow passenger Harsh (who is a mathematician) that she had three daughters and that the product of their ages (all integers)was 36. Harsh was not able to guess their exact ages with this information. Then Ramya told Harsh that the sum of their ages is the seat number on which he is sitting. Harsh did some calculations but was still not able to guess their right ages. Then Ramya told that her youngest daughter had blue eyes and Harsh could tell the exact ages of her three daughters. What is the seat number on which Harsh was sitting? 2. Each child in a family has at least 3 brothers and 4 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have? 3. A says to B, I am twice as old as you were, when I was as old as you are. If the sum of their present ages is 84 what is the difference of their ages?

4. Masakkali takes the underground train to work and uses an escalator at the railway station. If she runs up 7 steps of the escalator, then it takes her 46.5 seconds to reach the top of the escalator. If she runs up 15 steps of the escalator, then it takes her only 34.5 seconds to reach the top. How many seconds would it take Bill to reach the top if she did not run up any steps of the escalator at all? 5. A grandfather, "My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 160 years. Can you tell me my age in years?" 6. Ram and Ramesh are two friends. Ram always speaks the truth only on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and Ramesh always speaks truth only on Thursday Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There are two statements made by each of them. Ramesh, I lied yesterday. Ram, I did not lie yesterday. What is the day today? 7. Divide Rs.280 (in whole Rs. increments) into a number of bags so that I can ask for any amount between Re.1 and Rs.280, and you can give me the proper amount by giving me a certain number of these bags without opening them. What is the minimum number of bags you will require? 8. A cylinder 48 cm high has a circumference of 16 cm. A string makes exactly 4 complete turns round the cylinder while its two ends touch the cylinder's top and bottom. How long is the string in cm?

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