Riddle [marlup story]?!
Question: 3. The Marlup Story (translate it into regular English)
A marlup was poving his kump. Parmily a narg horped some whev in his kump. "Why did vump horp whev in my frinkle kump?" the marlup ufd the narg.
"Er'm muvvily trungy," the narg grupped. "Er heshed vump norpled whev in your kump. Do vump pove your kump frinkle?"
Answers: 3. The Marlup Story (translate it into regular English)
A marlup was poving his kump. Parmily a narg horped some whev in his kump. "Why did vump horp whev in my frinkle kump?" the marlup ufd the narg.
"Er'm muvvily trungy," the narg grupped. "Er heshed vump norpled whev in your kump. Do vump pove your kump frinkle?"
The Marlup Story is a comprehension exercise. It's meant to show that you can figure out the overall situational context of a passage without having almost any knowledge of the vocabulary used within. For example, if I were to ask you the following questions, you should be able to give the following answers:
What was the marlup poving? HIS KUMP
What did the narg horp in the marlup's kump? WHEV
How trungy is the narg? MUVVILY TRUNGY
Who or what did the marlup uf? THE NARG
This is because the brain inherently understands English syntax, even when the words aren't recognizable in your current vocabulary. For example:
A noun was verbing his noun. Adverbially, a noun verbed some noun in his noun. "Why did pronoun verb noun in my adjective noun?" the noun verbed the noun.
"Pronoun verb adverbially adjective," the noun verbed. "Pronoun verbed pronoun verbed noun in your noun. Do pronoun verb your noun adjective?"
If you substitute well-known words for the nonsense words in the original passage, you can make a somewhat normal exchange out of the passage.
If you substitute the following:
marlup = father
pove = vacuum
kump = car
parmily = suddenly
narg = child
horp = toss
whev = dirt
vump = you
frinkle = clean
uf = ask
Er = I
muvvily = awfully
trungy = sorry
grup = say
hesh = think
norple = want
Then the passage becomes the following:
A father was vacuuming his car. Suddenly a child tossed some dirt in his car. "Why did you toss dirt in my clean car?" the father asked the child.
"I'm awfully sorry," the child said. "I thought you wanted dirt in your car. Do you vacuum your car clean?"
And furthermore, if you substitute the following:
marlup = mouse
pove = eat
kump = soup
parmily = cruelly
narg = rat
horp = dip
whev = plaster
vump = you
frinkle = fresh
uf = ask
Er = I
muvvily = quite
trungy = delighted
grup = laugh
hesh = know
norple = hate
Then the passage becomes the following:
A mouse was eating his soup. Cruelly a rat dipped some plaster in his soup. "Why did you dip plaster in my fresh soup?" the mouse asked the rat.
"I'm quite delighted," the rat laughed. "I knew you hated plaster in your soup. Do you eat your soup fresh?"
The words substituted don't matter. This principle is the basis for why Mad Libs? work.
AS FOR THE OTHER QUESTIONS:
(they seem like take-home math homework, but what the hey...)
If the brother that doesn't like pistachio also doesn't like chocolate, and the one that doesn't like chocolate also doesn't like strawberry, then that brother doesn't like ANY of the three types of ice cream, and the other two brothers like ALL THREE types of ice cream.
Next,
Let rock #1 = a
Let rock #2 = b
Let rock #3 = c
THEN,
a+b = 14
b+c = 15
If we add these two equations together, we get:
a+b+b+c = 14+15, or 2b+a+c = 29
Since a+c = 19, then 2b+19 = 29.
2b = 10
b = 5.
substituting in the other equations, we get a = 9 and c = 10, or 5lbs, 9lbs, and 10lbs.
Next,
Let the cost of the coat = X
Let 12 months of pay = 100 + X
Let 7 months of pay = 20 + X
Then,
7/12 * (100+X) = 20+X
700/12 + 7X/12 = 240/12 + 12X/12
700 + 7X = 240 + 12X
460 = 5X
92 = X
Therefore, the coat costs $92
Next,
Let x = the number of cows
Let y = the number of pigs
Let z = the number of chickens
x+y+z = 100
10x+3y+.5z=100 which, when doubled, gives us:
20x+6y+z=200
if we subtract the first equation from the second equation, we get:
19x+5y=100
5y=100–19x
y=(100–19x)/5
and from above, we know that:
z=100–(x+y)
So, since there are only 10 values of ‘x’ that will work, since a cow costs $10, if you substitute the values 1 through ten into the first equation, only 5 gives a positive integer amount (since we aren’t dealing in negative quantities or fractions of animals). Therefore, x = 5. Substituting in the last two equations, we can figure out that y = 1 and z = 94.
Therefore, you can buy 5 cows, 1 pig and 94 chickens, for a total of $100 and 100 animals.
Next,
The time doesn’t start until the first chime sounds. If there is one second between each chime, then 11 seconds will elapse when the clock strikes 12.
Next,
The possibilities (though finite) are incredibly numerous. Without a limiter (such as before with the farm animal question) it is impossible to give a DEFINITE amount of people given only the information provided. Some of the possibilities include (assuming, of course that there is AT LEAST ONE man, woman and child):
30 men (90 bags)
4 women (8 bags)
4 children (2 bags)
5 men (15 bags)
42 women (84 bags)
2 children (1 bag)
1 man (3 bags)
1 woman (2 bags)
190 children (95 bags)
(although I think there are rules about how many adults must be in the presence of 190 children, but you get my point…) So, without more information, this one doesn’t have a unique solution.
Next,
Let the cost of the archery set = A
Let the cost of the tennis racket = T
A = 3T, and
T + A = 48
Therefore, 3T + T = 48, and
4T = 48
T = 12
The tennis racket costs $12.
Next,
Let the length of the smaller TWO sides of the triangle = x
Let the longest side of the triangle = x+6
The perimeter would then equal x+x+x+6, or 3x+6.
42 = 3x+6
36 = 3x
12 = x
Therefore, the sides of the triangle are 12 in., 12 in., and 18 in.
And finally,
Let the number of girls = g
Let the number of boys = b
b = 3g, and b+g = 36.
So,
3g+g = 36
4g = 36
g = 9
Therefore there are 9 girls in your math class.
Did I win??
First one I don't know. However...
The narg horp wev in the marlup's kump.
The marlup juf the narg, "Why did vump horp whev in my frinkly kump?"
The narg grupped, "Er'm muvvily trungy".
One doesn't like any flavor. The others like all three flavors.
10,9,5
$92
5 cows 1 pig 94 chickens.
I must be missing something 6 chimes 5 seconds 12 chimes 11 seconds. (1 second betwen each chime.
Something is missing in this riddle probably the total number of people. There are two many ways you can answer this riddle. You can have 200 children no men or women for instance.
12 dollars
14,14, 20 inches.
9 girls