Today's Question - Sister Herman Joseph arranged a turtle race for the 6th grade math club. There were 13 turtles each with a number on its shell. During the race, she was called out of the classroom and returned to ask "who won?" The kids giggled and decided to give her a taste of her own medicine. A said "It was a single digit". B said "It had a zero in it". C said "It was an even number". D said "It was a square number". E said "It was a prime number". F said "It was an odd number". Sister knew they couldn't all be telling the truth (she learned only one of the 7 did). If "1" is not a prime and only 1,4, and 9 are squares -what turtle won?

Today's Question - Rhymin' Simon - If an "ardent employee" is a "fervent servant", what might be the rhyming parallels for: "a distressed choral group"; "an obstreperous cactus"; "a loud Congressional group"; "a cranky hack driver", and looking forward to Halloween, "Dracula and Freddy Kreuger"?

Today's Question - John's backyard circus was a family success. He sold mini-bags of salted peanuts for 8 cents a bag. Uncle Tony (who could be a pain) asked how much for a bag with no salt? John said - the peanuts cost 6 cents more per bag than the salt. How much should an unsalted bag cost?

Today’s Question – Alex was as usual down in the basement with his imaginary friend when he found an old phonograph turntable and a long play vinyl record. The diameter is 12 inches. The unused center containing the hole, label, etc. has a diameter of 4 inches. The record has a smooth out ring which is 1 inch wide around the whole record. If the grooves equal 91 to the inch, how far does the needle travel while playing the entire first side?

Today's Question - Unscramble these to make a new word - "Hustling"; "Finished"; "Topsoil"; Pimentos" "Squatter";

Today's Question - Don't pull the wool over my eyes - Mordecai the Shepherd divides his flock among his sons. Amos is to get 20% more than Josiah and 25% more than Cephas. If Josiah's share is 3600 sheep, how many sheep does Cephas get?

Today's Question - Warning! It's trickier than it looks at first glance - A dog and cat together weigh 27 pounds. If the dog's weight is an odd number, and if he weighs twice as much as she does, how much does each weigh?

Today's Question - What is the smallest whole number with which you can move the last digit on the right to become the first digit on the left making a new number 150% larger than the number you began with. Clue: there are 6 digits in each number.

Today’s Question - On his way to pick up the papers, Tom notices a surprise sunrise sidewalk sale. At the first stop he fancies an $8 item but he's short of the $8. He borrows an amount equal to what he has in his pocket, pays $8 and leaves with his purchase and then d again at the next store. Once again buying an $8 item. At the third store he repeats the "borrow and buy" but after this $8 purchase he has no money left. How much did Tom start out with?

Today's Question - Jamie typed four letters and four envelopes. She folded and stuffed the letters into the envelopes without really looking. What are the odds that only three letters are in the correct envelopes?

Today's Question - And, I thought the census questionnaire was tough! Tony asked Peter, "How old is your son?" Peter replied, "My son is 5 times as old as my daughter and my wife is 5 times as old as my son. I am twice as old as my wife and her great aunt, who is 81, is as old as all of us put together." How old is Peter's son? 0.4% 0.4% 93.3 N.A.  Cashin’s Comments August 24, 2015 Page 4 of 4

Today’s Question Here's a weighty problem - Billy got a job in a deep sea fishing supply shop. They have 10 bins with lead weights of various shapes. The weights in 9 of the bins all weigh exactly 1 pound (16 oz.). The weights in the remaining bin all weigh exactly 17 ounces. Bill's new boss gives him a challenge. Using a single scale that weighs in pounds and ounces (up to 99lb. 15 oz.), tell which bin has the 17 ounce weights - in only one weighing. (You can use as many weights as you want.) (Hint the solution is elegant, logical and requires no algebra.)

Today’s Question - Whose pants are these anyway? As you get ready to go to work you realize you have no money. You raid the coin jar and find $17.00. Bizarrely, there are the same number of dimes, quarters and halves (no pennies, no nickels). How much of each coin do you have??  Cashin’s Comments August 20, 2015 Page 4 of 4

Today's Question - There are three numbers, which when multiplied together equal the same number as when they are added together (A+B+C = X; and AxBxC = X). Do you know the three numbers?

Today’s Question - The annual mid-summer clambake is always a neighborhood event. The Smiths brought 4 apiece, the Jones family 6 apiece, the Devlins 8 apiece and the Heywards 12 apiece. Assuming each family had an equal number of members and the total number of clams is 5130, how many members of each family were there?

Today's Question - Did he say Four Score or Four Fours. With apologies to Mr. Lincoln, we'll raise him one (homophonically speaking). Take 5 fours (the number 4 repeated 5 times....use 1 plus sign (+) and 1 equal sign (=).....and make an equation that equals "55".

Today’s Question - What was the name of the Presidential retreat before it was "Camp David", and who changed it?

Today's Question - A group of seven vagabonds came upon an apple orchard late at night. They agreed that the next morning they would pick all the apples and each would keep what he picked. Two waited for the others to doze off and then set about to pick the apples. When they were all picked, they divided them in half but had one left over. Their bickering awoke a third. They divided by three but there was one left over. A fourth awoke and again equal division had one left over. The same thing happened when shared by five or six – there was always one left over. Only when all seven shared equally was there no remainder. What is the smallest number of apples that could have produced these results – divided by any number from two through six and leaving one leftover?

Today's Question – Johnny’s teacher bet him a week's homework that he couldn't figure which word had both "solve" and "shape" as a synonym. Can you solve Johnny’s problem before he tries to take a powder?

Today’s Question - No it's not Powerball. What number should come next in this series and why? "1, 4, 9, 16, 25, __"?

Today's Question - Is that a credit card or a debit card? After many lectures from dad (and a few quizzical notes from the bank), Mary changed her spending pattern. Now she only paid cash (and tried not to spend it all at once). At "Label's R Us", she spent half of what she started with plus $3.00. At "Prices are Zany", spent half the remainder plus $1.00. At "Status Symbol Stores", she spent half of what was left plus $4.00. She was then out of money. Before she calls dad (collect!), how much did she start with?? NO COMMENTS MONDAY SIBLING REUNION

Today's Question - John was on an antique buying tour in farm country when he was called home suddenly. He was forced to sell the two items he had bought for $600 apiece. At that price he lost 20% on one and made a 20% profit on the other. On the two items did he make or lose money?

Today's Question - The Dowry Boys - the cranky old King told a roomful of suitors - "a part of my daughter's dowry is this large sack of matched rubies. If you were to frame her throne with these rubies using two to a row, you would have 1 ruby left over. The same would be true of rows of 3, 4, 5 or 6. Each would have 1 ruby left over. Only rows of 7 would use all. He who tells me therefore, how many rubies in the sack wins the dowry and princess." How many rubies in the sack?  Cashin’s Comments August 3, 2015 Page 4 of 4

Today's Question - Jonathan the intern made it through half the summer. But with the mid-point passing, he shot himself in the foot. He confronted his supervisor - "You told me to put the confirms in the folders. If I put one confirm in each folder, I've got one confirm too many. But if I put two confirms per folder I have one folder too many." How many confirms and folders did Jonathan have to confront?

Today's Question - Talk about dysfunctional families - at the mini-reunion there was an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin, sister, brother, daughter, son, father and mother. The puzzle is there are only two women and two men in the room. If they all have a common ancestor but no one is married to a blood relative, how is this possible?