A thief steals half the total no of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a bakery. A second thief steals half the reaming no of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th thief has stolen there are no more loaves left in the bakery. What was the total no of loaves did the bakery have at the beginning.

A ship is away from the shore by 180 miles.A plane is travelling at 10 times speed of the ship.How long from the shore will they meet?

A family I know has several children. Each boy in this family has as many sisters as brothers but each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there?

2 persons are doing part time job in a company(say a and b). THe company is open for all the 7 days of the week.'A' works every second day.'B' works every 3rd day.If 'A'works on 1st june and 'B' works on 2nd june.Find out the date on which both 'A' and 'B' will work together.

A gardener plants 100 meters towards east, next 100 meters towards north,next 100 meters towards west. 98 meters towards east, 96 meters towards north and 96 meters towards west, 94 meters towards south. and 94 meters towards east and so on. If a person walks between the trees what is the total distance travelled by him before he reaches the center.

A,B,C,D,E are some numbers.if AB * CD = EEE and CD - A =CC THEN what is AB * D =? IN SAME CODE .

A lorry starts from Banglore to Mysore at 6.00 A.M,7.00am.8.00 am.....10 pm. Similarly one another starts from Mysore to Banglore at 6.00 am,7.00 am, 8.00 am.....10.00pm. A lorry takes 9 hours to travel from Banglore to Mysore and vice versa. A lorry which has started at 6.00 am will cross how many lorries.

A boy picks up the phone and asks" who are you?" The voice from the other side answers" I am your mother's mother in law".What is the relation of the boy with the fellow speaking at the other end.

9 cards are there. you have to arrange them in a 3*3 matrix. cards are of 4 colours.they are red,yellow,blue,green. conditions for arrangement: one red card must be in first row or second row.2 green cards should be in 3rd column.Yellow cards must be in the 3 corners only. Two blue cards must be in the 2nd row. At least one green card in each row.

The ratio for Boys to Girls is 6:4. 60% of the boys and 40% of girls take lunch in the canteen. What % of class takes lunch in canteen.

There are 19 red balls and one black ball . Ten balls are put in one jar and the remaining 10 are put in another jar. what is the possibility that the black is in the right jar.

There are 3 societies A, B, C.A lent cars to B and C as many as they had already.After some time B gave as many tractors to A and C as many as they have. After sometime c did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24.Find the cars each originally had.

a man covered 28 steps in 30 seconds but he decided to move fast and covered 34 steps in 18 seconds. how many steps are there on the escalator when stationary.

Imagine a rectangle.Its length=2*width.A square of 1 inch is cut on all corners so that the remaining portion forms a box when folded.the volume of the box is_____ cubic inches.find the original dimensions of the box.

There are 19 red balls and one black ball . Ten balls are put in one jar and the remaining 10 are put in another jar. what is the possibility that the black in the right jar.