October 10th, 2018
Today's Question - Take the word SPARKLING. Take away any one letter so as to leave a new word. Take away any one letter from the new word so as to leave another new word. Continue to do this, letter by letter, until you finish up with just a single letter. After removing a letter, you must not disturb the order of the remaining letters.
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Corner Answer - The sparkling solution should set like so - (so say sources) - Sparkling; Sparking, Sparing; Spring; Sprig; Prig; Pig; Pi and I.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 9th, 2018
Today's Question - A roofer sent a young helper to buy some rope. The kid kept repeating the length but accidently transposed the feet for the inches. He came back with a rope only 30% of size he was sent for. What size did he get and what size was he sent for?
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Corner Answer - The roofer's assistant came back with a rope 2 feet 9 inches instead of the 9 feet 2 inches he was sent for. (There may be alternative answers.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 8th, 2018
Today's Question - Wall Street Math (Didn't these guys run a telecom?) - Sal has only one dollar but needs $1.25. He goes to a pawn shop and pawns the dollar for $.75. He then sells the pawn ticket for 50 cents giving him the buck and a quarter. Who lost on this transaction and why?
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Corner Answer - The loser would be the poor dolt who bought the pawn ticket for 50 cents. Even if the pawnbroker charged no fee (a highly unlikely event), he would have to pay 75 cents more to redeem the dollar. Thus the $1.00 would have cost him $1.25.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 4th, 2018
Today's Question - Alphabet Atlas - What state capital has no letters in common with its state? NO COMMENTS FRIDAY Cashin’s Comments October 4, 2018 Page 3 of 3
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Corner Answer - The state capital that shares no letters with its state is Pierre, South Dakota.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 3rd, 2018
Today's Question - Billy has 50 coins that total $1.00. What are the coins?
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Corner Answer - The 50 coins that would add up to a dollar are: "40 pennies; 8 nickels and 2 dimes."Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 2nd, 2018
Today's Question - Get me to the church on time. Bob and Ann are headed for a friend's wedding. If Bob drives at his usual 60 mph, they'll get there 1 hour too early. If Ann drives (30 mph), they will be an hour late. How far away is the wedding? What speed should they drive to get there on time?
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Corner Answer - The Wedding Trip - The distance was 120 miles and the "correct" speed should be 40 mph. The "hour early"/"hour late" difference was 2 hours (120 minutes). The difference in speeds was 1 minute per mile (60 mph = 1 mile per minute vs. 30 mph = 1 mile per 2 minutes). So 120 minutes equals 120 miles. To get to the wedding on time (3 hours) the right speed is 40 mph.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
October 1st, 2018
Today's Question - Are you ready to run a hedge fund? What number is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?
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Corner Answer - to hedge fund manager test - the number is "5".Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 27th, 2018
Today's Question - Unscramble the following word: "HCPRAATEU". NO COMMENTS FRIDAY
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Corner Answer - The letters "HCPRAATEU" unscramble to become - parachute - something we can all use these days.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 26th, 2018
Today's Question - "Stringing me along" - Bob was planting some vines in the yard. To support them he erected two poles. One was 6 feet 6 inches high and the other 7 feet 7 inches high. He ran a string from the top of each pole to the base of the other. How high off the ground was the spot where the strings crossed? Cashin’s Comments September 26, 2018 Page 3 of 3
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Corner Answer - Most folks came close with 42 and 4 teenies inches (half the height of the two poles). The correct answer is 42 inches. (The formula: multiply the heights of the poles and divide by the sum of the heights.)Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 25th, 2018
Today's Question - How is your father's only brother's wife's only brother-in-law related to you?
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Corner Answer - The person in question would be your father.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 24th, 2018
Today's Question – A man buys two cigars for a total of $1.10. One cigar costs one dollar more than the other. What is the price of each cigar?
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Corner Answer - $1.05 and $0.05 \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments September 25, 2018 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 20th, 2018
Today's Question - (and it's a touching one). There are two states that each touch on 8 other states - name these two! NO COMMENTS FRIDAY
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Corner Answer - Missouri and Tennessee are the two states that each touch eight other states.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 17th, 2018
Today's Question - He gave us a hero who swung from jungle vines, had a chimp for a pal and married a girl named Jane. This author also founded an American town whose name you may have heard on various game shows. What town is it?
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Corner Answer - He would need 27 letters (AABCDEEEFGHIJLMNOOPRRSTUUVY).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 13th, 2018
Today's Question - I can complete that - What 3 letter word can be placed behind each of these letters to make a new 4 letter word - "B, C, F, G, H, M, P, W"? (It must be the same 3-letter word throughout.) NO COMMENTS FRIDAY
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Corner Answer - The 3-letter word that fits behind each of the letters to make a 4-letter word is: "All".Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 12th, 2018
Today's Question - Dick has adopted a school in the inner city. Each month he provides a certain amount of money to be divided among the students who make the honor roll. One of the students computed that if there were 5 less honor students next month, the remainder would each get $2 more. Instead there were 4 more students resulting in a $1 cut. How many students were on the honor roll and how much does Dick distribute each month?
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Corner Answer - The number of students on the honor roll in the earlier month was 20. Thus if there were 5 less, each would get $2 more but there came 4 more resulting in a $1 cut. Those are the only numbers that yield the results. (20 x $6 = $120) (15 x $8 = $120) and (24 x $5 = $120) So we see that $120 per month comes from Dick.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 11th, 2018
Today's Question – Elwood is back working on his GED. In "language" he finds this problem - There is a seven letter word that would suggest the location of something that can be neither seen nor located. But put a space after one of the letters and you'll have two words suggesting the thing is right where you are at this moment. Help Elwood find the answer.
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Corner Answer - The seven letter word was "Nowhere" which became "Now Here." \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments September 12, 2018 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 10th, 2018
Today's Question - You have a bag with 81 marbles, which are of 9 different colors. There are 9 marbles of each color (blue, yellow, red, etc.). What is the smallest number of marbles you must pull from the bag to be sure of having 3 blue marbles?
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Corner \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments September 11, 2018 Page 4 of 4 Answer - This was a tough one for the smart people who figured the logical answer couldn\'t be right and that there was some magic formula. "Sure" was the operative word. The only way you could be sure there were 3 blue marbles was to pick 75 marbles.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 6th, 2018
Today's Question - Mathematical progressions - the following series of numbers form a logical progression (tricky - be careful): 8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 3, 2, 0 NO COMMENTS FRIDAY
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Corner Answer - the progression: 8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 3, 2, 0 is in order - alphabetical order Eight, Five, Four, Nine, One, etc. to Zero.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
September 5th, 2018
Today's Question - An ancient Roman Puzzle - "Start with five hundred, end with five hundred just five in the middle will be. Between them shall be a first of numbers and of letters to give ye the name of a great king." Who is it?
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Corner Answer - The great king of the ancient Roman puzzle was: "David". It all becomes easy when you remember your Roman numerals (500 = D; 5 = V; 1 = I).Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 28th, 2018
Today's Question - Did you say strategy or stragedy? Jack and Magic are stuck waiting for a car. They kill time with a new game. Each writes down a single letter of the alphabet. Each player may then begin asking the other questions about the others choice. The questions must be answerable "yes" or "no". If you get a "no" the other guy starts his turn till he gets a "no". First guy to guess the other guys letter gets $100. What is the best questioning strategy that Jack should adopt to help him beat the Great Gamesman, Magic?
August 27th, 2018
Today's Question - This never happened at the A&P. Lizzie decided to show the boys her domestic side (watch out Martha Stewart). She went to the Farmer's Market. A big plastic bag of Mozzarella balls caught her eye. To see if it was a bargain, Lizzie asked how much the bag weighed. The farmer said it weighed 32 lbs. divided by half its actual weight. Lizzie is not so good with numbers. Can you tell her how much the bag weighed?
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Corner Answer - Even though Lizzie couldn't figure it out, we're sure you did. The weight of the unmarked mozzarella has to be a factor of the number 32. Given the other conditions we discover that the weight is 8 pounds.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 22nd, 2018
Today's Question - Assume a trazazoa reproduces every day by splitting in two - so that on day one (D1) there is one and day two (D2) there are 2 and D3 = 4 and D4 = 8 etc. So....in 30 days, if you started with one, they would fill up a box. How many days quicker could you fill the box if you started with two trazazoa?
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Corner Answer - The word that best fit into the series - Land, cast, board, all, rate, charge - would be sight.....since all of the above can be paired with "over".....overland, etc.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 21st, 2018
Today's Question - Politics isn't the only thing that makes strange bedfellows, sometimes language does. What words contain these rather unusual letter sets: A) XOP B) WKW?
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Answer - The words we found with those odd letter groupings were: saxophone and awkward.Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 16th, 2018
Today's Question - Jim needs a ruler but only has a stick 13 inches long. Using a ruler painted on a wall, Jim marks the ruler at the 1, 2, 6, 10 inch positions. Now his stick will measure any whole number of inches up to 13. If the stick were 36 inches long, where would you put marks to measure any number of whole inches from 1 through 36? (Use the fewest marks possible.) NO COMMENTS FRIDAY VACATION DAY Cashin’s Comments August 16, 2018 Page 3 of 3
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Answer - The fuel was "gasoline" and it contains the 4 letter opposites "gain" and "lose".Doesn't match Missing info Like question
August 15th, 2018
Today's Question - The following verbs all have something in common that is unique: Bring; Buy; Catch; Fight; Seek; Teach and Think. What is it?
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Answer - All of the verbs have a past tense that rhymes with "ought." Just as the old verb "wright" (to make) became "wrought."Doesn't match Missing info Like question