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How good are your algebra skills? Test them out with this fun little brain teaser about toy animals from the MindYourDecisions YouTube channel. Good luck!

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The Riddle

A child spends $100.00 to get 100 toy animals. She buys at least one toy cat, one toy fish, and one toy bird, and does not buy any other toys. A cat costs $10.00, a fish costs $3.00, and a bird costs $0.50.

Do you know how many of each toy the child bought? Scroll down to read the answer and watch the video below to learn how this problem is solved.

Can You Solve The Cat, Fish, And Bird Riddle?

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Here's The Answer

The child bought five toy cats, one toy fish, and 94 toy birds. Did you get it? Check out the video above to go step-by-step through the solving process.

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Is It Possible To Solve The Logical List Riddle?

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Presh Talwalkar of the MindYourDecisions Youtube channel has another logic puzzle that will almost certainly drive you nuts. It's the logical list riddle, and no math is involved, only logic. In it, there is a list of ten statements. Here are the statements: In this list, exactly 1 statement is false. In this list, exactly 2 statements are false. In this list, exactly 3 statements are false. In this list, exactly 4 statements are false. In this list, exactly 5 statements are false. In this list, exactly 6 statements are false. In this list, exactly 7 statements are false. In this list, exactly 8 statements are false. In this list, exactly 9 statements are false. In this list, exactly 10 statements are false. Which of these statements, if any, are false? Watch the video below to get the answer.

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This Puzzle Asks You To Find The Best Size For A Soup Can

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The optimal soup can puzzle is a fun mathematical exercise, but it also has real-world applications. For those in manufacturing and packaging, consideration needs to be used in determining the lowest-cost way to manufacture products, which means using the smallest amount of material necessary. Give it a try yourself in this problem from Presh Talwalkar of the MindYourDecisions YouTube channel: You need a can that can hold volume V. Three can options all hold the same volume V: one is short and wide, one is equally tall as it is wide, and one is tall and narrow. Which can uses the least material? Watch the video below to learn how this problem is solved, or scroll down to get the answer.

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