Brain Teasers: Kagome Fruit & Vegetable Puzzles
The Train Ride
A Banana and a Mango hop on a train from Sacramento to Seattle. Together with their friend Asparagus they travel at a speed of 120 miles an hour. In Portland they have a 25 min delay. How long will they have been traveling when you know Sacramento is located 753 miles from Seattle?
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A Run Around Green Lake
A Tomato runs at 400 yds/min, a Carrot runs 600 yds/min, and a Lettuce runs 300 yds/min. These three run around Green Lake starting at the same point. The Tomato went east, Carrot and Lettuce went west. Tomato met Lettuce three minutes after meeting Carrot. What's the circumference of Green Lake?
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Late to School
An Apple and a Cabbage live in the same college dormitory at UW. Apple left at 8AM to go to class and walked at 60 yds/min. Cabbage slept late, so he took his bicycle to class. He left at 8:15am, and rode at a speed of 150yds/min. In the end, Cabbage arrived at school 9 minutes earlier than Apple. At what time did Cabbage pass by Apple?
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Cleaning the Room Together
Parsley and Peach live together in West Seattle. It takes them three hours to clean their apartment. Their friends, Beet and Lemon take two hours to clean their similar size apartment. How long would it take if Parsley, Peach, Beet and Lemon would clean the same room together?
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Who's the Tallest?
Grape, Pomegranate, Spinach, Watercress and Strawberry are friends, no two of whom have the same height. Pomegranate is taller than Spinach, Grape is not the tallest, Strawberry is taller than Pomegranate, Watercress is taller than exactly two of the others, and Watercress is taller than Pomegranate. What is the order of the heights of these friends from tallest to shortest?
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Who's Behind the Dog?
A group of friends are in pursuit of a dog near Marymoor Park. Purple Carrot is directly behind the dog. Blueberry is behind Purple Carrot. Lettuce is behind Blueberry. Orange is coming from the opposite direction and runs in behind Blueberry. Purple Carrot runs faster and is alongside the dog on the left. Blueberry runs faster and is alongside the dog on the right. Which of the friends is directly behind the dog?
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The Scavenger Hunt
At 8:oo A.M. a scavenger hunt started at Space Needle. Raspberry and Red Bell Pepper drove 3 miles south to Safeco Field, while Yellow Carrot and Banana drove 2 miles north to Pike Place Market. By the time Yellow Carrot and Banana had found a pink baseball, Raspberry and Red Bell Pepper had already found a Smoked Salmon and had driven 2 miles back toward town hall. How far apart were the two teams at this point?
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