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| Answer the following True/False questions on a fun Christmas theme to test your analytical reasoning skills. |
1. Santa Claus had two left-handed green gloves and no right-handed gloves. On turning the left-handed glove inside-out, he found he could wear it on his right hand.
• True
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Answer: TrueA left-handed glove when turned inside-out can be worn on the right hand.
2. The elf placed the toy in a rectangular cardboard box. He then covered each of the six faces of the box with either red or green paper. The elf found that neither did two red faces touch each other nor did two green faces.
• True
• False
Answer: FalseIt is not possible for two faces of the same color to not touch when only two colors of paper are used. At least three colors are required.
3. The elf entered the workshop at six o'clock. He turned the clock upside down and found the hour hand pointing downward.
• True
• False
Answer: FalseAt six o'clock, the hour hand points downward. When the clock is turned upside down, the hour hand points upward.
4. Santa Claus looked at his reflection in the lake. His sack was over his right shoulder. In the reflection, the sack was over the left shoulder.
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Answer: TrueA reflection or mirror image is inverted, i.e., what is left appears right and vice versa.
5. If Christmas in a certain year falls on a Monday, then Boxing Day in that year falls on a Wednesday.
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• False
Answer: FalseBoxing Day is the first week-day after Christmas when Christmas-boxes are given. If Christmas falls on a Monday, then Boxing Days falls on a Tuesday.
6. If the blue balloon is bigger than the green balloon and the red balloon is smaller than the blue balloon, then the green balloon is bigger than the red balloon.
• True
• False
Answer: FalseWhat can be concluded is that the blue balloon is the biggest. No definite conclusion can be made about the relative sizes of the red and green balloons.
7. Amy's uncle, who has hosted the Christmas party, could be her sister's grandmother's son.
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• False
Answer: TrueAmy's sister's grandmother is Amy's grandmother. Thus, Amy's uncle could be her grandmother's son. Note Amy's father is also her grandmother's son.
8. Santa Claus gave 10 cookies to the first child, 15 cookies to the second child, 21 cookies to the third child, and 28 cookies to the fourth child. If Santa is following a logical sequence of numbers, then he should give 35 cookies to the fifth child.
• True
• False
Answer: FalseLogically, Santa should give 36 cookies to the fifth child in accordance with the following sequence: adding 5 to 10 gives 15; adding 6 to 15 gives 21; adding 7 to 21 gives 28; and adding 8 to 28 gives 36.
9. An elf makes a Christmas card in the shape of a semi-circle with a radius of 10 inches. He wishes to stick a rectangular picture of 10 inches width and 5 inches height on it, but finds that the picture does not fully fit within the semi-circle.
• True
• False
Answer: FalseThe question is a bit tricky and calls for visualization. An equivalent question would be 'Is it possible to fit a square of side 5 inches in a quarter of a circle of radius 10 inches?' The answer is 'yes' because the diagonal of the square will always be less than twice its side (or the radius of the semi-circle in this case).
10. Prancer, the reindeer, draws a sleigh 5 blocks west, then 8 blocks south, then 5 blocks east, and finally 5 blocks north. The sleigh is now 3 blocks south from where it started.
• True
• False
Answer: TrueThe travel of 5 blocks east cancels out the initial travel of 5 blocks west. So, the sleigh is thus drawn 8 blocks south and 5 blocks north. The net effect is that the sleigh ends up 3 blocks south.
11. A farm in Syberland is in the shape of a regular polygon with 10 sides. It is possible to divide the farm equally amongst 10 elves by building 5 straight fences.
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• False
Answer: TrueIt is possible to divide a regular polygon with 10 sides into 10 equal triangles by drawing 5 straight lines passing through the center of the polygon.
12. If a wreath is made from 7 pieces (of flowers and leaves), then 8 ties (knots) will be needed.
• True
• False
Answer: FalseEach piece will have two ends, and two ends are needed for each tie. So, the number of ties equals the number of pieces. Thus, to make a wreath from 7 pieces, 7 ties are needed.
13. It's Christmas time and 8 children are playing in the snow. If each child throws one snowball at every other child, then the total number of snowballs thrown is 56.
• True
• False
Answer: TrueEach child throws one snowball at every child except himself / herself. When there are 8 children, the total number of snowballs is 8 × 7 = 56.
14. Santa has 40 pairs of red socks and 14 pairs of white socks in his big sack. If Santa picks out 3 socks at random from his sack, he is certain to get a matching pair.
• True
• False
Answer: TrueDenote the two colors of socks by X and Y. Let the first sock Santa picks out of the sack be X in color. If the second sock is X, then he has got a matching pair. If the second sock is Y, then he has one X and one Y after two picks. Whatever he picks as the third sock will provide the matching pair.
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