Welcome to second semester; cue the leaning tower of textbooks, bottomless coffee cup and permanent residence in the lab. It sounds like you could use a serious study or grading break already…
You’re in luck! We’ve got a brain break for you. A set of riddles for you to crack that flex your engineering knowledge. Here’s our challenge: How fast can you solve the below?
Challenge accepted? Try your logic skills below and then check our answers at the bottom.
Riddle 1: Doug forgot his briefcase combination. Luckily, we bet you can figure it out faster than he can figure out how to break it open…
Riddle 2: Now, show-off what those math courses taught you. Let’s play with some numbers…
Riddle 3: Time to play with some more numbers… Let’s give this one a try.
Riddle 4: We think you can, we think you can… Don’t run out of steam!
Riddle 5: You’ve almost completed them all… can you top your time to solve the last riddle?
Did you conquer our challenges? Congratulations! You’re a true engineer. But, like any engineer, be sure to check your answers by scrolling to the bottom of the page. After you’ve confirmed your success, return to your studies or get back to grading those lab reports and try these again later… maybe you’ll be even faster the next time we serve up a challenge. Make sure to follow our blogs and check out all that our new website – www.university.ti.com – has to offer!
#UniversiTI Riddle Answers:
*Of note to those who answered "8 ft" with the previous riddle wording: "If the top of the ladder slips down 4 ft, how many feet will the bottom slide out?" -- you are also correct!