How Smart Are You - Take A 3 Minute Test
Similar questions to these are often given to test university students. Can you answer the questions correctly in 3 minutes and what do you think it tests?
A cricket bat and ball cost $55. If the bat costs $50 more than the ball how much does the ball cost?
A gardener plants a lily in the middle of a lily pond. The lily doubles its size every day and completely fills the pond after 70 days. How long does it take to fill a quarter of the pond?
If it takes 4 production lines to create 4 cars in 4 hours how long would it take 8 production lines to create 8 cars?
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$2.50 for the ball
68 days
4 hours
Congratulations, you are a good decision maker or fault finder.
Thanks!
My first thought was 5 dollars for the ball but that would have made the bat only $45 dollars more expensive than the ball.
I must admit it took me nearly three minutes to arrive at the $2.50 price for the ball.