puzzle

The 60-minute fuse

You have a box of matches and six 64-minute fuses. Each fuse burns exactly 64 minutes but the rate of burning is inconsistent. A half a fuse would not necessarily burn in 32 minutes. The fuses are also not equally inconsistent.

test

You say tomato, I say potato. Which is better the ACT or the SAT?

This is an oft-asked question in examland amongst both frenzied students and parents. The SAT changed its skin this year after 10 years of students the world over endeavouring to attain that perfect 2400 –and there were quite a few who did some arguably by more nefarious means.