Mysteries contribute to the development of the child. The constant solution of unpretentious verbal "puzzles" develops children's imagination. This is a training session that helps you look for a logical connection between objects, images, and situations. The use of riddles in the development of speech is also known, thinking aloud replenishes the child's vocabulary.
But not only children tend to love puzzles. Adults also like to solve complex puzzles, including about the heroes of children's tales. For example, a riddle about gnomes and a giant. She is often offered to guess potential employees at interviews in large companies. This is done for the purpose - to see how the logic of the candidate for the position works, whether a person can be creative and find a way out of a difficult situation.
The mystery about gnomes and a giant for adults
Simplified version.
Once upon a time there was a giant, and he was very hungry. Once he caught the seven dwarfs. But to eat them just like that was not interesting to him. And since the giant was very wise, he came up with a task for the dwarves. He decided to line them up in a column and put on everyone a blue or white hat. Each of the gnomes can see the hats of those who stand in front. But she will not be able to see her. The giant will ask, starting at the end of the column, which cap is worn on the gnome. If he guesses, then he will remain alive. But no - the giant will eat him. Talking to the Dwarves was forbidden during the passage of the test. But the giant decided to give them time to discuss the situation and think what to do, so he locked them all together overnight in a cave.
Question: what did the dwarves invent for their salvation?
Answer:
They agreed that if they see a blue hat on the gnome standing in front, they will speak their color loudly, if white - quietly. As a result, the probability that a giant will eat at least one gnome from a column will be 50 percent, since the last of them could well guess the color of his hat.
Let's complicate the task
The conditions remain the same. All gnomes stand in a column and can only see those in front. But at the same time, they cannot raise or lower their voices, or change them in any other way.
Answer:
Suppose blue hats, this is zero. And white is one. The last gnome counts the number of blue and white hats, and if the result is an even number, it says “blue,” and if it’s odd, it’s “white.” That is, he says the color, which is calculated by dividing the entire amount of caps by two. The sixth gnome, having done the same procedure, calculates the color that corresponds to his number, and thus is saved. All the gnomes in front do the same.
Collection of Short Puzzles
A gnome is a character beloved by all, familiar to children and adults from fairy tales such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "The Hobbit", "Little Men", etc. The child gets acquainted with these dwarfs by watching cartoons, looking at pictures in books . Therefore, guessing the riddle about the gnome for children will turn into a fun and interesting game.
Short puzzles for children about gnomes:
- Small, bearded, in a cap and with a shovel. Who is he? (Dwarf).
- He has a red nose, red boots. He is almost like Santa Claus, but he has not grown up. Who is it? (Dwarf).
- Lived with Snow White animals, birds and ... (gnomes).
- Who is knocking on the mountain day and night: “knock” and “knock”? Who carries home and hides gold in a chest? Who is walking with the height of a children's shoe? Nerd, Shy, Sonya, Grunt and Simpleton! (Gnomes).
The riddle about the gnome and the logic elevator
The gnome lived on the 7th floor. Every day he went down to the first floor and went to work. And when he returned, he went up to the third floor, and the other four passed on foot. Why?
Answer:
Because the gnome was small in stature and only reached the button of the third floor.
Math riddle
Gnome for one night is enough for one candle. Of the five unburned candles, he can make another new one. How many candles can he make if he has 25 cinders?
Answer:
Six. Of the 25 cinders, the gnome will make 5 candles. When they burn out, of the five cinders left from them, he will make another candle.
Rhymed riddles collection
Poems are a surefire way to get a child’s attention. Children are very fond of funny understandable rhymes. And monotonous speeches quickly tire them. The riddle about the gnome in verses will delight and amuse every child.
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Dwarf with a long beard
Small, gray
Covered with a cap
Like he doesn't know us
He is cheerful and smart.
Walks at night with a lantern
And in the forest has a house
Who are he children? This is ... (Dwarf).
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In a fabulous, wonderful world
Where the dark blue forest
Little men
Hide the emeralds shine.
Quietly down the path
Friendly caps go
Both in baskets and in bags
They carry the treasure home.
Quiet and quiet along the track
Someone's little legs
Stomp in their bins
Who are they? This is ... (Dwarves).
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He came to us from a fairy tale -
I knocked on the window.
This good old ... (dwarf)
Scared a little.
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What is here for the toy?
Cap, in the hands of a cheesecake
Bearded, small -
Growth is just like felt boots ... (dwarf).
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He pounds day after day
Pickaxe mountain with a lantern
In a red cap, with a bag
Looking for a wonderful treasure ... (gnome).