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August Competition Four

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The fourth brain teaser will be posted between 7am - 8am Australian Eastern Standard Time, Thursday 9th August.

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  1. Any member can participate.
  2. Members can gift the prize to another member.
  3. The prize must be shipped to one of the listed countries.
  4. The first post in this thread that contains the correct answer, including how you derived the answer, wins.
Prize

Hardback copy of PTSD Forums October book club choice valued at $25 (shipped), "Unbroken: A World War 2 Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption." This book has considerable positive reviews, which is rare of a single story.

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The Teaser

Little Johnny's Great Granddads birthday is in the not to distant future, and little Johnny is trying to work out how that many candles are going to fit onto the cake he was watching his mum bake this morning.

So little Johnny finds his mum and asks, "how will all the candles fit, mum?" "Well," says little Johnny's mother,"your Great Granddad will be more than 7 times your age on his birthday." Little Johnny's Auntie Alba says,"Well, I know your Great Granddad is younger than Great Aunty Hellena." She pauses, then continues saying,"Great Aunty Hellena was born in 1924, February 17, if memory serves correct."

Little Johnny is all a bit confused now, so he rings Great Granddad and asks, "How old were you Great Granddad, when you were half the age you're going to be this birthday?" "Nice try." Great Granddad replied with a chuckle. He then goes onto say, "On my birthday Johnny, I will not be an even number in age, however; it will be divisible by 3." Little Johnny just shakes his head in confusion.

Little Johnny goes and finds Peter, who's little Johnny's second cousin. Repeating the same question, Peter says,"oh, your Great Granddad's very old Johnny, in fact, he will be more than 3 times as old as I am, and I’m twice your age Johnny, plus 6." Little Johnny is 11 years of age.

How old is Little Jonny's Granddad on this coming birthday? (Must show how you concluded your answer)
 
OK, Johnny is 11.
your Great Granddad will be more than 7 times your age on his birthday

So grandad is more than 77.

Well, I know your Great Granddad is younger than Great Aunty Hellena." She pauses, then continues saying,"Great Aunty Hellena was born in 1924, February 17, if memory serves correct

And is younger than 88

in fact, he will be more than 3 times as old as I am, and I’m twice your age Johnny, plus 6

28 x 3 = 84 so older than 84

On my birthday Johnny, I will not be an even number in age, however; it will be divisible by 3

Grandad will be 87
 
OMG, OMG, OMG.

Are you sure you have the math right. I am so hopeless at math. I crumble at even the hint of maths. Holy sh*t, maybe I should drink 3 glasses of wine every night :roflmao:.

Thank you, yes please. I haven't been able to afford 'Unbroken' yet. Yay, I can go to bed a happy bunny.

Big hugs and kisses. Now you know why H says I'm a cheap date - it doesn't take much to make me happy.
 
Well, you're not as hopeless at math as the rest of us! I couldn't even get my head around the question, never mind work out the answer.:notworthy:

Yay, I can go to bed a happy bunny.

Big hugs and kisses. Now you know why H says I'm a cheap date - it doesn't take much to make me happy.

This made me laugh, so thank you KP, for sending me to bed with a smile! :D Congrats brainbox!
 
Thanks, but for some reason the other posts were suppressed and I didn't see them until I saw the "success" one, wondered what was going on and finally found a thing in the thread saying there maybe more posts, click on a link to see them. Haven't seen that within a thread before.

Kind of you, but I wish I hadn't bothered and won't again.
 
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