The five questions everyone played that day, in the order they were asked, with the correct answers and why they are right.
Someone sleeps 8 hours every night. Roughly how many hours do they sleep in a year?
8 × 365 = 2,920 hours — about a third of the year's 8,760 hours. A fraction of a known total is often the fastest estimate.
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Shown for 3 seconds, then hidden:
RED · BLUE · GREEN · GOLD
Which colour was NOT shown?
The colours were red, blue, green and gold, so pink was missing. For “not shown” questions, check each option against what you remember rather than recalling the list first.
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What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, …
The gaps grow by one: +1, +2, +3, +4, then +5, giving 16. Writing the gaps under the sequence is the quickest way to spot this kind of rule.
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You need to cover 10 km. Which is faster?
Running: 50 minutes. Walking half takes 50 minutes on its own, plus 15 minutes of cycling.
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Three cards: one is red on both sides, one white on both sides, and one red on one side and white on the other. You draw a card at random and see a red side. What is the chance the other side is also red?
Count sides, not cards: three red sides could be facing you, and two of them belong to the red–red card. Many probability traps come from counting the wrong equally likely outcomes.
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