will help it to focus and think more clearly.

1
 What are Rebus Puzzles?
They are essentially little pictures, often made with
letters and words, which cryptically represent a word,
phrase, or saying. Below are two examples:

The Answer is The Answer is

‘FAT CHANCE’ ‘SIDE SHOW’
( ‘Fat letters’ ! ) ( The word ‘SHOW’ is at the side! )

Go to Next Slide to start solving Rebus Puzzles

2
 Rebus Puzzles Set A
For each of the Puzzles, make 3 tries before checking all the answers at 1 go.

#1 #2 #3

Clue

Clue
Clue

See Next Slide for the Answers

3
 Rebus Puzzles Set A Answers
For each of the Puzzles, make 3 tries before checking all the answers at 1 go.

#1 #2 #3

Clue

Clue
Clue

A Round of Circles under the

Applause eyes Up for Grabs
4
 Rebus Puzzles Set B
For each of the Puzzles, make 3 tries before checking all the answers at 1 go.

#1 #2 #3
Clue

Clue
Clue

See Next Slide for the Answers

5
 Rebus Puzzles Set B Answers
For each of the Puzzles, make 3 tries before checking all the answers at 1 go.

#1 #2 #3
Clue

Clue
Clue

Higher Long Time Falling

Learning No See Star
6
 Mystery object puzzle 1
Identify the Mystery Objects # 1 - #3. Each is a close-up shot
of a part of the object.
For each mystery object, you can make 3 intelligent guesses
before checking the answers at the slide that follows.

# 1 # 2 # 3

See Next Slide for the Answers

7
 Mystery object puzzle 1 Answers

# 1 # 2 # 3

A Pencil A Shaver A Lighter

8
 Mystery object puzzle 2
Identify the Mystery Objects # 4 - #6. Each is a close-up shot
of a part of the object.
For each mystery object, you can make 3 intelligent guesses
before checking the answers at the slide that follows.

# 4 # 5 # 6

See Next Slide for the Answers

9
 Mystery object puzzle 2 Answers

# 4 # 5 # 6
Apple Stalk Burnt Cigarette Tooth Brush

10
 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 1

A man buys enormous quantities of rice for $1

a pound, sells it to the poor for 10 cents a
pound, and becomes a millionaire.
Can you give a logical explanation
for this?
Clue
See Next Slide for the
Answer

11
 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 1

A man buys enormous quantities of rice for $1

a pound, sells it to the poor for 10 cents a
pound, and becomes a millionaire.
Can you give a logical explanation
for this?
Clue
Answer

He started as a
billionaire.

12
 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 2

Clue
A man who cannot
swim at all falls
overboard without a
life preserver or
anything else
to assist him.
Several hours later,
the ship returns and
finds the man.
How is it he didn’t
drown?

See Next Slide for the Answer

13
 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 2

Clue
A man who cannot swim
at all falls overboard
without a life preserver
or anything else
to assist him.
Several hours later, the
ship returns and finds
the man.
How is it he didn’t
drown?
He was in the Dead Sea. The
Answer water salinity kept him floating
without needing to swim.
14
 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 3
It is a cold, wet, wild, and stormy evening as a man drives along an open,
rural, and exposed road. As he nears a bus stop he notices that there are
three people waiting:
An old lady who is in urgent need of medical attention;
His best friend who saved his life recently; and
A wonderful girl that he had always wanted the opportunity to meet and
ask out.
The man decides to stop and help out, but his car only holds the driver and
one passenger. He will not overload his car.
What does he do to have a ‘Win Win” Situation?

Clue

See Next Slide for the

Answer
15
 Lateral Thinking Puzzle 3
It is a cold, wet, wild, and stormy evening as a man drives along an open,
rural, and exposed road. As he nears a bus stop he notices that there are
three people waiting:
An old lady who is in urgent need of medical attention;
His best friend who saved his life recently; and
A wonderful girl that he had always wanted the opportunity to meet and
ask out.
The man decides to stop and help out, but his car only holds the driver and
one passenger. He will not overload his car.
What does he do to have a ‘Win Win” Situation?

Answer Clue
The man gives the keys to his best
friend and asks him to drive the old
lady to the hospital while he
“bravely” keeps the company of the
girl until the bus arrives.
16
 Observation power

Can you find the hidden bird in less than 30 seconds?

See Next Slide for the Answer 17
 Observation power Answer

Can you find the hidden bird in less than 30 seconds?

18
 ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles

See Next Slide for the Answers after writing

For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that
has a connection or bearing with all the pics.
An Example ( A 6-Letter Word)

down all your 9 guesses

POWDER

Now try the following : ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles # 1 - # 3 ( Make 3 guesses

for each before looking at the answers.) ( 6-Letter Words )

19
#1 #2 #3
 ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that
has a connection or bearing with all the pics.
An Example ( A 6-Letter Word)

POWDER

Answers
Now try the following : ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles # 1 - # 3 ( Make 3 guesses
for each before looking at the answers.) ( 6-Letter Words )

# 1 Muffin # 2 Turban # 3 Terror 20

 ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles 7-Letter Words
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has a
connection or bearing with all the pics. (3 Guesses for each pic before next Slide.)

#1 #2

See Next Slide for the Answers

after writing down all your 12
guesses
#3 #4

21
 ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles 7-Letter Words
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has a
connection or bearing with all the pics. (3 Guesses for each pic before next Slide.)

#1 #2

Twinkle
Soldier

Answers
Nursery
#4
Waiting

#3

22
 ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles 8-Letter Words
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has a
connection or bearing with all the pics. (3 Guesses for each pic before next Slide.)

See Next Slide for the Answers

#1 #2

after writing down all your 12

guesses
#3 #4

23
 ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles 8-Letter Words
For each of the ‘4 Pics 1 Word’ Puzzles, deduce the word that has a
connection or bearing with all the pics. (3 Guesses for each pic before next Slide.)

#1 #2

Marathon

Raindrop
Pharmacy
#3 #4
Portrait

24
 Logical Reasoning Q 1

For the Question which figure logically belongs on the spot of the
question mark? Choose your Answer ( A - D ). Give your Reasoning.

A B

C D

See Next Slide for the

Answer
25
 Logical Reasoning Q 1

Foe Each of the Questions which figure logically belongs on the

spot of the question mark? Choose your Answer ( A - D ). Give your
Reasoning.

A B

C D

Answer D The nine cells in the grid

make a symmetric shape.

26
 Logical Reasoning Q 2

For the Question which figure logically belongs on the spot of the
question mark? Choose your Answer ( A - D ). Give your Reasoning.

A B

C D

See Next Slide for the

Answer
27
 Logical Reasoning Q 2

For the Question which figure logically belongs on the spot of the
question mark? Choose your Answer ( A - D ). Give your Reasoning.

A B

C D

Answer B The figures in the first column

grow in size each step to the right.
28
 Logical Reasoning Q 3

For the Question which figure logically belongs on the spot of the
question mark? Choose your Answer ( A - D ). Give your Reasoning.

A B

C D

See Next Slide for the Answer

29
 Logical Reasoning Q 3

For the Question which figure logically belongs on the spot of the
question mark? Choose your Answer ( A - D ). Give your Reasoning.

A B

C D

C The width of the figures in the first

Answer column shrink in size each step to the right.

30
 Math Puzzle 1
You are shown some
numbers inside the Circle.
These numbers are related
to each other with maths
and logic. Your challenge
is to crack this math logic
code in this puzzle and
find the value of the
number which will replace
the question mark in the
Circle.

See Next Slide for the Answer

31
 Math Puzzle 1
You are shown some
numbers inside the Circle.
These numbers are related
to each other with maths
and logic. Your challenge
is to crack this math logic
code in this puzzle and
find the value of the
number which will replace
the question mark in the
Circle.

The Answer is 6
Answer The sum of numbers in the opposite segment
of the circle is 27.
32
 Math Puzzle 2

This is a
challenging
Math
Puzzle!
Put on your
Thinking
Cap!

See Next Slide for the Answer 33

 Math Puzzle 2
Answer

TWISTER = 14
It is the number of
letters of the word
on the left multiplied
by 2.

This is a challenging Math

Puzzle!
Put on your Thinking Cap! 34
 Math Puzzle 3

Can you arrange

the 6 color
Crayons to
show 4
Triangles?
This is a Tricky
Puzzle!

See Next Slide for the Answer

35
 Math Puzzle 3

Can you arrange the 6

color Crayons to
show 4 Triangles?
This is a Tricky
Puzzle!

Answer

36
 LIFE Lessons from SMS Humor
Each of the SMS Jokes is followed by a LIFE Lesson at the end. The LIFE Lesson
has been scrambled in both letters and words. Your task is to unscramble the
letters and then the words to reveal the LIFE Lesson. An Example is given below.

LIFE Lesson | dlfnmiu | adn | asoaoiscnet | ndki | eb |

Unscrambling the words: mindful and compassionate kind be
Rearranging the words, get the LIFE Lesson:
be mindful, kind and compassionate

SMS JOKE 1
A prisoner was about to be executed for a capital offence. He was
asked if there was a last request he wished to make before the
execution. He told the officer, “I need a laptop. I must update my
Facebook status.”

LIFE Lesson tgrea | tddoainci | geandr | hte | ewebar | na | fo | aubto | cna |

rgnbi

See Next Slide for the Answer and SMS JOKE 2 37

 LIFE Lessons from SMS Humor

SMS JOKE 1
A prisoner was about to be executed for a capital offence. He was
asked if there was a last request he wished to make before the
execution. He told the officer, “I need a laptop. I must update my
Facebook status.”
LIFE Lesson tgrea | tddoainci | geandr | hte | ewebar | na | fo | aubto | cna |
rgnbi

Answer beware of the great danger an addiction can bring about

SMS JOKE 2
After the operation, the surgeon told the patient when he woke up, “I’m afraid I have to
operate on u again. The reason is I left my surgical gloves inside you.”
The patient upset upon hearing this, said, “Doctor, u don’t operate on me again. I’ll buy
u a new pair of surgical gloves after my discharge from the hospital.”

LIFE Lesson ahtt | tis | ngefheditr | spetu | a | alrec | lsoe | dnim | ginitknh | or | si |
nca

38
See Next Slide for the Answer and SMS JOKE 3
 LIFE Lessons from SMS Humor
SMS JOKE 2
After the operation, the surgeon told the patient when he woke up, “I’m afraid I
have to operate on u again. The reason is I left my surgical gloves inside you.”
The patient upset upon hearing this, said, “Doctor, u don’t operate on me again.
I’ll buy u a new pair of surgical gloves after my discharge from the hospital.”

LIFE Lesson ahtt | tis | ngefheditr | spetu | a | alrec | lsoe | dnim | ginitknh | ro | si |
nca

Answer a mind that is upset or frightened can lose its clear thinking

SMS JOKE 3
Teacher : What should be in a book to make it a bestseller?
Peter : A good plot with powerful characters.
Martha : Love and romance.
Matthew : Mystery and suspense.
Denis : A sexy girl on the cover and no cover on the sexy girl!
LIFE Lesson adn | eht | fo | drwol | ni | exs | wonme | pxiotionleta | is | sesniubs |
rethe
39
See Next Slide for the Answer and SMS JOKE 4
 SMS JOKE 3
Teacher : What should be in a book to make it a bestseller?
Peter : A good plot with powerful characters.
Martha : Love and romance.
Matthew : Mystery and suspense.
Denis : A sexy girl on the cover and no cover on the sexy girl!
LIFE Lesson adn | eht | fo | drwol | ni | exs | wonme | pxiotionleta | is | sesniubs |
rethe

Answer in the business world there is exploitation of women and sex

SMS JOKE 4

One day Ah Keat and Ah Gong were walking along a beach. Suddenly, Ah
Keat shouted, “Look! Look at that dead bird!” Ah Gong looked up into the
sky trying to search for the dead bird. He said loudly, “Where? Where?”

LIFE Lesson ot | eb | tac | lagiocl | ot | nhikt | si | ebal | ni | iattrpmno | sawy | ti |

dan

See Next Slide for the Answer 40

 LIFE Lessons from SMS Humor
SMS JOKE 4
One day Ah Keat and Ah Gong were walking along a beach. Suddenly, Ah
Keat shouted, “Look! Look at that dead bird!” Ah Gong looked up into the
sky trying to search for the dead bird. He said loudly, “Where? Where?”

LIFE Lesson ot | eb | tac | lagiocl | ot | nhikt | si | ebal | ni | iattrpmno | sawy | ti |

dan

Answer
it is important to be able to think and act in logical ways

I hope the 4 Humor Pieces and Unscrambling tasks have

1 brought you some cheer and benefit.
2 given you a mental workout!
3 imparted some LIFE Lessons.
41
 Matchstick Puzzle 1

The 3 Equations shown above are incorrect.

In each equation, move just 1 matchstick to make it correct.

See Next Slide for the Answer

42
 Matchstick Puzzle 1
Answer

The 3 Equations shown above

are incorrect.
In each equation, move just 1 matchstick to
make it correct.

If we look carefully at the numbers, we can see that if we move one match from
the nine so that it turns out "3 x 3", and put it to the five on the right so that it
becomes a nine, we get a correctly solved example: 3 x 3 = 9.
Answer In the second case, the match should be taken from the eight and added to the
number 6. It turns out: 6 x 3 = 18.
Well, in the third case, removing the match from the number 8 and attaching it
to the five below, we get another fair equality: 6 x 6 = 36.
43
 Matchstick Puzzle 2

The 5 Equations formed

using Roman Numerals
are incorrect.
In each case, move just
1 matchstick to make the
Equation correct.

See Next Slide for the Answer

44
 Matchstick Puzzle 2

The 5 Equations formed using

Roman Numerals are incorrect.
In each case, move just 1
matchstick to make the
Equation correct.
Answer
In the first example, everything is pretty easy: you just need to rearrange the match
after the "=" sign that stands before V, so that it comes after it. Thus, instead of IV,
we get VI.
In the second case, the equality will be true if you change the plus for minus and
minus for plus, moving one match.
The third case solution is to remove the match from "=" and substitute it under a
minus after I. The answer looks like that: I = ...
The fourth example with a rearranged match looks like this: IV - III = II - I (remove
the match from the first equal sign and make a similar sign from the minus).
In the fifth example, the match must be "torn off" from a plus to make a plus from a
minus: I = III + II-IV.
45
 Matchstick Puzzle 3

In the Figure
shown,
move 3
matchsticks to
get eleven
squares

See Next Slide for the Answer

46
 Matchstick Puzzle 3
Answer

In the Figure shown,

move 3 matchsticks to
get eleven squares
47
 Picture Puzzle

Can you
find 6
Hidden
Words in
the
Picture
in less
than 2
minutes
?

See Next Slide if you need to know what

the 6 Hidden Words are 48
 Picture Puzzle

The 6
Hidden
words Can you
are find 6
Hidden
Quiz Words in
Learn the
Picture
Write
in less
Report than 2
Study minutes
Test ?

See Next Slide for the Answers

49
 Picture Puzzle

The 6
Hidden
words Can you
are find 6
Hidden
Quiz Words in
Learn the
Picture
Write
in less
Report than 2
Study minutes
Test ?

Answers
50
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

#1 This thing you must keep; its

loss will affect your brothers.
Once you lose this, the
same thing will be lost by
others.
What is this thing?

Clue

See Next Slide for the Answer

51
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

#1 This thing you must keep; its

loss will affect your brothers.
Once you lose this, the
same thing will be lost by
others.
What is this thing?

Clue

Answer Your Temper

52
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

I carry with me a burden

#2 on my back.
I’m not rich but I leave
silver in my track.
What am I?

Clue

See Next Slide for the Answer

53
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

I carry with me a burden

#2 on my back.
I’m not rich but I leave
silver in my track.
What am I?

Clue

Answer A Snail
54
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

I can move the hearts of

people and inspire.
#3 All throughout time for
young and old, I’m desired.
To calm and sooth you
I am what you require.

Clue

See Next Slide for the Answer

55
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

I can move the hearts of

people and inspire.
All throughout time for
#3
young and old, I’m desired.
To calm and sooth you
I am what you require.

Clue

Answer Music 56
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

I have served people since way

back in time.
Tree parts, metal parts,
#4 nails in me you’ll find.
Hands, feet … I don’t
have things of such a kind.

Clue

See Next Slide for the Answer

57
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

I have served people since way

back in time.
Tree parts, metal parts,
#4 nails in me you’ll find.
Hands, feet … I don’t
have things of such a kind.

Clue

Answer A Ship 58
 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

Walking on the living

#5 does not give any mumble.
Walking on the dead
will make us mutter
and grumble.
What are we?

Clue

See Next Slide for the Answer 59

 Rhyming Riddles – Creative Thinking

Walking on the living

#5 does not give any mumble.
Walking on the dead
will make us mutter
and grumble.
What are we?

Clue

Answer Fallen Leaves 60

 Mental and Visual Skills 1

See Next Slide for the Answers

There are 6 differences between these two pictures. Can
you spot them within 2 minutes? 61
 Mental and Visual Skills 1

Answers
There are 6 differences between these two pictures. Can
you spot them within 2 minutes? 62
 Mental and Visual Skills 2

See Next Slide for the Answers

There are 8 differences in these two images.
How many can you spot in a minute? 63
 Mental and Visual Skills 2

Answers
There are 8 differences in these two images.
How many can you spot in a minute? 64
 A Challenging Puzzle

See Next
Slide for
the
Answers

Use 3 separate lines (straight or curved) to join the boxes labeled with letters;
a single line for each to join “A” to “A”, “B” to “B” and “C” to “C”.
The lines cannot touch or cross each other. They must stay inside the (black
lines of the) diagram, and cannot touch the sides. They cannot touch or go
through other boxes. There’s no trick involved.

65
 A Challenging Puzzle

Answers

Use 3 separate lines (straight or curved)

to join the boxes labeled with letters; a
single line for each to join “A” to “A”,
“B” to “B” and “C” to “C”.
The lines cannot touch or cross each
other. They must stay inside the (black
lines of the) diagram, and cannot touch
the sides. They cannot touch or go
through other boxes. There’s no trick
involved.

66
 People who can think creatively and clearly
will be able to solve problems more easily.

 “Education but the

is not the training of
learning of minds to
facts,  think.” 

The End 67