Braingle: 'Blocks' Brain Teaser

Blocks

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Puzzle ID:	#39104
Fun:	(1.7)
Difficulty:	(2.7)
Category:	Science
Submitted By:	Emmanovi
Corrected By:	bookworm91

There are three blocks on a table: a 1 kilogram block, a 500 gram block, and a 2 kilogram block.

What is the weight of the heaviest block on the table?

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Comments

lastlyboo Nov 07, 2007	ok? im not into science much...
jsdodgers Nov 07, 2007	It doesnt say that they are made of the same matrial. This way, the small one could way more than the biggest one if it is made of a heavier material.
clearisacolour Nov 07, 2007	I don't think it's a trick teaser... i think this is miscategorized and should be a science teaser.
Emmanovi Nov 07, 2007	The material shouldn't matter. A kilogram of feathers has exactly the same mass and weight as a kilogram of lead, doesn't it?
jzthebomb Nov 07, 2007	jsdodgers, if 1 kilogram of feather is the same weight is 1 kilogram of metal. They are all 1 kilogram!
bookworm91 Nov 09, 2007	Jsdodgers has a point: this teaser states that the MASS is a kilogram. Mass is different from weight; it's just how much space an object takes up. Anyway, this would make an excellent science teaser, and it will probably be moved, so I will treat it as such. I didn't get the answer, but I learned something new. Nice job!
bookworm91 Nov 09, 2007	And congrats on your first teaser, Emmanovi! (Sorry for the double post, but I had to say it.)
breathesunshine Nov 09, 2007	Wow, my brain didn't go there at all! Time for bed. Good teaser though.
jzburdge Nov 10, 2007	belongs in science.
doglc Nov 10, 2007	i'm not a science freak! but we did learn about mass and newtons and stuff in school! that one was hard maybe you sould make it easy!
_numpty_ Nov 10, 2007	Just because it is science based, doesn't make it a science teaser. It is a trick. Nice teaser.
tricky77puzzle Nov 10, 2007	Nice teaser... I got 20 newtons because I learned to round it to 10. But I know it's 9.8 Great job!
Anomalies Nov 11, 2007	Quite clever, but I didn't get it even though I learned this concept (or something similar, anyway) in high school chemistry class a few weeks ago.
cheesepie Nov 14, 2007	I got to the point where I realized it was newtons or pounds. I just didn't feel like doing the math.
davdavid Nov 19, 2007	Okay learning about Newtons right now yet still didn't know that
lukeschett Nov 25, 2007	I thought that there was no way to tell because the masses were given instead of weights.
buddyboy Jan 05, 2008	still belongs in science, good though, i guess
born2party Jan 08, 2008	this one was lame...
JessicaG Jan 09, 2008	definitely a science trivia question. otherwise a good one
xoshortie522 Jan 29, 2008	i think you should have put that in science category
The-Pony Feb 22, 2008	easy squeezy lemon peezey, really should have been in science teasers though
AnimeAngel Mar 13, 2008	????
soccercow10 Mar 23, 2008	More Science than trick...
thisisme91 Apr 03, 2008	When I read the word Newtons, I was like oh maaaan. I understand his point and I agree, this is better off with Science.
11171413 May 05, 2008	although its kinda nit picking, you should mention that you are on earth, if your in space then all of them would technically weigh nothing.
shadowy1 Jul 20, 2008	Forgot the equation to newtons, but realised what it was asking. This is definantly sciencey.
(user deleted) Aug 28, 2008	you never said on which planet the experiment was conducted
Wa11E Sep 23, 2008	How much do you weigh? answer in newtons - I think not sir What does a butcher weigh?
chittermouse3 Oct 05, 2008	That shouldn't be in the trick category. It isn't obvious and requires previous knowledge.
Cindzey Nov 05, 2008	i didnt come here for a science lesson :l
Elios Nov 12, 2008	What...? Consider me well teased! I'm bad at math & science.
princess2007 Mar 09, 2011	This was soooo easy. Man,I need a difficult science teaser now.