Brain Teasers

These are the classics. Trick questions where the answer is either surprisingly simple or hiding in the phrasing. "How many months have 28 days?" — all of them. The math is never the problem; the words are.

Don't feel bad if you get tricked. These exist specifically because the human brain takes shortcuts. Your fast-thinking system grabs the obvious answer before your slow-thinking system can check it. Recognizing that impulse is half the skill. Once you start catching the traps, move to medium where the reasoning gets layered.