January Puzzle Contest

Solve this month’s puzzle to win a custom t-shirt or a Webkinz™ toy.

A snail creeps 5 ft up a wall during the daytime. After all the labor it does throughout the day, it stops to rest a while… but falls asleep! The next morning it wakes up and discovers that it has slipped down 1 ft while sleeping. If this happens every day, how many days will the snail take to reach the top of a wall 77 ft in height?

Answer to the December Puzzle: 36

The class has 9 children. The first child shakes hands with the other 8 children. The second child has already shaken hands with the first child, and so has to shake hands with only the other 7 children. In this manner, the second-last child has to shake hands with only one child, and the last child has already met all the children.

8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 36.

NOVEMBER PUZZLE CONTEST

Solve this month’s puzzle to win a custom t-shirt or a Webkinz™ toy.

Haretown and Tortoiseville are 81 miles apart. A hare travels at 8 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 1 mile per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown.
If both set out at the same time, how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route?

Answer to the October Puzzle:

Turn on TWO of the switches and wait about 15 minutes…
Turn off ONE switch and go down to the basement…
The bulb that is lit matches up to the switch you left on…
The bulb that is off and WARM matches up to the switch that was on, but was turned off…
The bulb that is off and cold matches up to the switch you never touched.

SEPTEMBER PUZZLE CONTEST

Solve this month’s puzzle to win a custom t-shirt or a Stikfas™ toy on September 30.

Balance a quarter on the edge of a dollar bill without using props. Show an instructor how you did it, and put your name and email in the jar to win! You can also send an email to best.stpeters@gmail.com for a chance to win.