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I feel dumber for having tried this.
From today's (hit and miss) Mensa calendar:
Kathleen is as old as Steve was a year ago. In four more years, she’ll be as old as their combined ages now. Neither one is a teenager.
How old are Kathleen and Steve now?
They typically have this type of question about once a week. As usual, I scribbled down the elements as I read through.
Kathleen is as old as Steve was a year ago.
K = S-1
In four more years, she’ll be as old as their combined ages now.
K+4 = K+S
>.<
Please tell me that nobody finds this one challenging.
Anyway... Neither one is a teenager -- oh fuck it, why do they even bother with the last clue? I may not the the brightest person who ever walked this planet, but this is an affront to the modicum of intelligence I possess.
Wait a minute, haven't I seen this kind of IQ test before?
“If you have one bucket with 5 gallons and another bucket with 2 gallons, how many buckets do you have?”
Kathleen is as old as Steve was a year ago. In four more years, she’ll be as old as their combined ages now. Neither one is a teenager.
How old are Kathleen and Steve now?
They typically have this type of question about once a week. As usual, I scribbled down the elements as I read through.
Kathleen is as old as Steve was a year ago.
K = S-1
In four more years, she’ll be as old as their combined ages now.
K+4 = K+S
>.<
Please tell me that nobody finds this one challenging.
Anyway... Neither one is a teenager -- oh fuck it, why do they even bother with the last clue? I may not the the brightest person who ever walked this planet, but this is an affront to the modicum of intelligence I possess.
Wait a minute, haven't I seen this kind of IQ test before?
“If you have one bucket with 5 gallons and another bucket with 2 gallons, how many buckets do you have?”