New Brainteasers

Cross-country Race

Some athletes were returning from a cross-country race. Athlete C came third, and athlete E came second. From the following information, can you tell how athletes A, B, and D came in the race?
Athlete A was not last. Athlete A came in after E. Athlete D was not first.

Cats and dogs

All of Tom’s pets are dogs except one. All of his pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does Tom have?

Source: Discover Education

Odd one out

Which number is the odd one out? Why?

3	33	15	36
12	27	34	18
72	39	30	6
24	21	9	42

Source: Scholastic, Mensa Number Puzzle for Kids

2D Shapes

We worked on 2D Shapes in Mrs Quinn’s Room. Some people worked on geo-boards (Mrs Quinn told us the name). They were exploring how to show different shapes. What do you think?

Other children decided to make shape people. Have you ever met people like the people we made?