Algebra Test For Boys

1. Do they have a 4th of July in England?

2. How many birthdays does the average man have?

3. Some months have 31 days, how many have 28?

4. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents, the woman is the beggar's sister,

but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come?

5. Why can't a man living in the U.S.A. be buried in Canada?

6. How many outs are there in an inning?

7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister?

Why?

8. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of

games. There are no ties. Explain this.

9. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?

10. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern

exposure. A bear walks by the house. What color is the bear? Why?

11. There are 3 apples and you take away 2. How many do you have?

12. I have two U.S. coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What

are the coins?

13. If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there was

an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a wood burning stove, what would you

light first?

14. How far can a dog run into the woods?

15. A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half

hour. How long would the pills last?

16. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10" tall. What does he weigh?

17. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?

18. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?

19. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?

20. What was the president's name in 1950?

ANSWERS

1. Yes (they also have a 3rd and a 2nd)

2. One a year

3. All months have (at least) 28 days

4. The beggar is the woman's sister

5. Because he is living

6. 6 (3 per side)

7. No. the man would be dead

8. They are not playing each other

9. 70 (30 divided by .5 is 60)

10. White. Because the house would have to be on the north pole

11. 2 (You just took two apples)

12. A fifty cent piece and a nickel (one is not but the other is)

13. The match

14. Half way (after that he is running out)

15. One hour (you take the first one right away, the second a half hour

later, and the third a half hour after that)

16. He weighs meat

17. None. Moses was not on the ark - that was Noah.

18. 9 (all but nine died)

19. 12

20. Bill Clinton