Brain Teaser help

[tantrumbean]

Ooops sorry, I was going to put the answer on, but was playing with the pale yellow fonts and messed it up... Heyho, uforgot provided it anyway! (And I didn't read the bit about them having to be math related either)

[alpinerabbit]

This is a lateral thinking teaser:


Caesar lies dead on the floor. Cleopatra jumped out of the window.
On the floor, there is broken glass and a puddle of water.


What happened?

[tantrumbean]

This is a lateral thinking teaser:


Caesar lies dead on the floor. Cleopatra jumped out of the window.
On the floor, there is broken glass and a puddle of water.


What happened?

Caesar is the goldfish, Cleopatra the cat!

[uforgot]

Ooops sorry, I was going to put the answer on, but was playing with the pale yellow fonts and messed it up... Heyho, uforgot provided it anyway! (And I didn't read the bit about them having to be math related either)

Oh, it's okay if it isn't math related. I like them all. I'll use the math ones on my test and enjoy the others! Sorry I couldn't resist answering and hey, I waited almost a day! The Caesar/Cleopatra is going on my board today.

Here is a favorite of mine. An oldie classic:

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Seven wives had seven sacks,
Seven sacks had seven cats,
Seven cats had seven kits,
Kits, Cats, Sacks, Wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

[Over50Newbie]

Aaahh, now I see...

Thanks, uforgot!

Okay, here's one more. This one is much more math related:

Man Wrinkle spent one-fourth of his life as a boy, one-eighth as a youth, and one-half as an active man. If Man Wrinkle spent 9 years as an old man, then how many years did he spend as an active man?

Highlight to find answer.

Answer
36

Solution:

Fraction of life as a boy = 1/4
Fraction of life as a youth = 1/8
Fraction of life as an active man = 1/2
Fraction of life as boy, youth and active man = 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/2 = (2 + 1 + 4)/8 = 7/8
Fraction of life as an old man = 1 − 7/8 = 1/8
Thus, one-eighth of Man Wrinkle's life (as an old man) is 9 years.
So, Man Wrinkle's Age = 72 years.