(Image: Tutors Valley)This video explains how to solve it, and whether or not you found the correct solution. Fewer than one in five people pass this IQ test, thought to be the shortest in the world at only three questions long. Say the ball costs X. So we have bat + ball = X + (X + 1) = 1.1 because together they cost $1.10. This means the ball costs five cents and the bat costs $1.052.

Source: The Times March 07, 2026 02:43 UTC