To awaken a clear mind, look closely and answer whether the cat is going up or down.

Daily consuming large amounts of information, a person eventually loses his ability to think and analyze, gets used to getting everything ready-made. Therefore, solving various interesting puzzles is simply necessary, and at any age.

And today's edition. "Site" Ask readers to find out, where the cat goes. And try to solve a couple more exciting tasks. Of course, you will have to think a little, think about it, but the benefits of such activities are definitely there. Can you find the right answers?



Where the cat goes

1. This puzzle made a lot of noise on the Internet. That’s because social media users can’t figure out where the cat is going: up or down. Supporters of each answer have their own arguments. Try to look closely at the picture to still understand which way the tailed purl moves.
   
   
   
   
2. In the second task, you will need to understand how much a whole brick weighs. At the same time, we know that if you add something weighing one kilogram to half a brick, you get just the weight of a whole brick. Can you give the right answer on the go?
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3. And finally, we offer a more complex mathematical task, which is nevertheless quite capable of solving even elementary school students. But will it be possible to deal with this intricate example in an adult? Try to remember the basic mathematical rules, so that instead of a question mark, write the correct number.
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Tips and answers to tasks

1. Someone will say that the cat goes about his important cat business and should not be touched. That’s true, but it’s interesting whether it goes up or down. The most observant people look at the steps and then confidently state that the animal is moving down. And we'll probably agree with them. After all, if you look at the shadow of the cat, it becomes clear that it falls forward. So the light source is behind the cat’s back – somewhere on top.
   
   
   
   
2. From the condition of the problem, it is easy to understand that half a brick weighs exactly one kilogram. And in this case, the entire brick, consisting of two halves (like the world in the songs of Valery Meladze), will weigh 1 kg + 1 kg = 2 kg.
3. First of all, we perform actions in brackets. Therefore, we perform all arithmetic operations from left to right. Hence 12 ÷ 2 × 3 = 6 × 3 = 18. I hope your answers are the same as ours. Or did you decide otherwise?
   
   
   
   

Such a small and rather diverse warm-up for the mind will definitely benefit everyone. Don’t forget to share your answers in the comments. And also solve other (more complex) puzzles that we published recently.