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Squirrel and Corn
There are six ears of corn in a hollow stump. If a perfectly healthy squirrel carries only three ears out each day, how many days will it take to empty the stump?
Answer
Six. Each day the squirrel will carry out the two ears on his head plus the one ear of corn.Hide Answer Show Answer
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OMG, that one is sooooo funny!! He he he, ha ha ha, lol!
nice one
Why does people always use slang and inappropriate punctuation?
what not?
Sorry, that's not what I meant. I meant why not.
Real good! Keep up the good work!
surely the answer is "it depends how many squirrels there are" - if there are six squirrels it would only take a day?
thats very nice but how long does it take to eat the corn?
That is just too corny!
what about rhinos?
cant say i liked that one
i dont get the answer. its worded weird
Nice teaser although not strictly correct... The squirrel does not 'carry' his own ears out! Would make more sense if the teaser said 'one squirrel can leave the stump with three ears each day'... or something like that
I understand it, but wouldn't it be hard to carry something out of nothing? If it was hollow, there would not be anything (e.g., ears of corn) in it.
I agree with peanut, but otherwise good teaser.
He'll say"Chee,chee,chee,chee,cheeee!"to call all his pals,Bumpy,Cumpy,Dumpy,Fumpy and Grumpy. He himself is Humpy.
Brilliant! Love it.
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