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Short IQ Test.

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    #32
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,119 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    biko wrote: »
    https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Question-Marks

    https://www.wikihow.com/Not-Act-Like-a-Child:D


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    #33
    givyjoe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,287 ✭✭✭givyjoe


    Force Carrier wrote: »
    Screw long tests that take ages. Let's see what you're made of in one minute. Three questions. 80% of people who do this test fail to get all three answers right.


    1. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

    2. If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

    3. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?

    Were you recently interviewed by Websummit by any chance?! These questions, literally word for word, are part of their shtick.


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    #34
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,119 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    We got a live one here!!

    I went to school with some smart asses, most of them ended up in safe secure jobs but they were looking forward to retiring from about their early thirty's !


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    #35
    SexBobomb
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭SexBobomb


    . 05c
    5 minutes
    47 days


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    #36
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,119 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    uptherebels wrote: »
    Force Carrier wrote: »
    Screw long tests that take ages. Let's see what you're made of in one minute. Three questions. 80% of people who do this test fail to get all three answers right.


    1. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

    2. If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

    3. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?

    1. 5 cents
    2. 5minutes
    3. 47 days
    Still can't figure out the first one. If the ball is 5c then is the total not 1.05 ?


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    #37
    moycullen14
    Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭moycullen14


    SexBobomb wrote: »
    . 05c
    5 minutes
    47 days


    It takes 47 days to cover one half of the lake and 1 day to cover the other half so 1 day is the answer!


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    #38
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,153 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Still can't figure out the first one. If the ball is 5c then is the total not 1.05 ?

    the bat costs $1 more than the ball so the ball costs $1.05.


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    #39
    Ishmael
    Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭Ishmael


    Force Carrier wrote: »
    Screw long tests that take ages. Let's see what you're made of in one minute. Three questions. 80% of people who do this test fail to get all three answers right.


    1. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

    2. If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

    3. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?

    1. $0.05
    2. 5 minutes
    3. 47 days


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    #40
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,119 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    the bat costs $1 more than the ball so the ball costs $1.05.


    I thought the total was $1.10.
    So how could the ball cost $1.05 if the bat costs $1 more?


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    #41
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,765 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    I thought the total was $1.10.
    So how could the ball cost $1.05 if the bat costs $1 more?

    It was a typo/
    The ball costs $0.05
    The bat costs $1.05


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    #42
    Marty Xavier
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Marty Xavier


    I got it , any more?


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    #43
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,119 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    It was a typo/
    The ball costs $0.05
    The bat costs $1.05


    But if the bat cost $1.00 and the ball cost $0.10 would that not give a $1.10 total and the bat would still be $1 dearer than the ball?


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    #44
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,765 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    But if the bat cost $1.00 and the ball cost $0.10 would that not give a $1.10 total and the bat would still be $1 dearer than the ball?

    Bat would be 0.90 more than the ball.


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    #45
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    AllForIt wrote: »
    What's an IQ test?

    It's like a tracker mortgage for the brain.


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    #46
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,119 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Bat would be 0.90 more than the ball.


    Bat costs $1, ball cost $0.10, how more expensive is the bat?


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    #47
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,765 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Bat costs $1, ball cost $0.10, how more expensive is the bat?

    90 cent
    Are you having a laugh?

    $1.00 - $0.10 = $0.90


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    #48
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,544 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Force Carrier wrote: »
    Screw long tests that take ages. Let's see what you're made of in one minute. Three questions. 80% of people who do this test fail to get all three answers right.


    1. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

    2. If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

    3. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?

    There are two answers to No. 3.

    47 days and 1 day.


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    #49
    Marty Xavier
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Marty Xavier


    ?


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    #50
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,429 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    There are two answers to No. 3.

    47 days and 1 day.

    Yeah, there's always an abstractness to these online "IQ" questions that'll lead to at least 2 answers in 1 of the questions.

    If people are fighting about it being A or B, then it brings more eyes to the page/post. :)

    Like those damn maths ones that you'll get a different answer for if you do the stuff in the brackets first or if you multiply first. They are designed to be abstract and hook you with a line like "99% of you will FAIL". :D

    And you are right, in my opinion. Both 1 day and 47 days would be correct!


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    #51
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,119 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    90 cent
    Are you having a laugh?

    $1.00 - $0.10 = $0.90


    Fuf it! you're right, the penny has dropped.


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    #52
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,544 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    marcbrophy wrote: »

    Like those damn maths ones that you'll get a different answer for if you do the stuff in the brackets first or if you multiply first. They are designed to be abstract and hook you with a line like "99% of you will FAIL". :D

    Yeah, my OH's addicted, got onto one recently where it wouldn't advance you until the correct answer was inserted for the current problem, etc., last I saw she was at over 5,500 correct... :p


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    #53
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Fuf it! you're right, the penny has dropped.

    Nickel?


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    #54
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Force Carrier wrote: »
    1. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

    The ball costs 25c. Everyone that said 5c is wrong. Here's why:

    Yes, the Bat & the Ball cost $1.10, but that's a special offer, like how a 4 Pack of Bountys are in Tesco*.

    If you went into Tesco and subtracted the cost of three Bountys from the full cost of what 4 pack costs, in order to find out how much one Bounty was, you'd be laughed at. I know, I've tried it and no how much you appeal to them they will not let you have one Bounty for 2c.

    The Bat costs $1.25 and the Ball costs $0.25c.

    So $1.10 for both is actually a pretty good deal. Just like a Bounty 4 pack.


    *Dealz is actually cheaper at €1.50.


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