PROBLEM OF THE WEEK

Riddle: A man bumps into his mathematician friend on the street whom he hasn't seen in 5 years. The man asks the mathematician how old his children are. The mathematician, who always replies in riddles said, "I now have three children. The sum of their ages is equal to the number of windows on the building in front of you and the product of their ages equals 36." The friend then says "I need one more piece of information." The mathematician then replies "My youngest child has blue eyes." What are the ages of the mathematician's three children?

Riddle: A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?

Riddle: Robert and David played several golf matches against each other in a week. They played for a pizza at each match, but no pizzas were purchased until the end of the week. If at any time Robert and David had the same number of wins, those pizzas were canceled. Robert won four matches (but no pizzas), and David won three pizzas. How many rounds of golf were played?

Riddle: When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, "In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago." How old is she?

Riddle: 81 x 9 = 801. What must you do to make the this equation true?

Riddle: How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550? Can you figure it out?

Riddle: How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

Riddle: What is the next number in the series? 7,645 5,764 4,576...