Brain Teasers

[stedtale]

Post 'em, and solve 'em. Me first.

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29.

Where is the missing $1?

[MakiSupaStar]

Who wins in a 69?

[casualmadness]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Who wins in a 69?

Everyone wins Maki...everyone wins.

[Bryan316]

Originally Posted by stedtale

Post 'em, and solve 'em. Me first.

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29.

Where is the missing $1?

I remember this one... but I can't remember the solution.

Something to do with the group actually paying $28 for the room. Crap. I hate being dum.

[stedtale]

Originally Posted by Bryan316

I remember this one... but I can't remember the solution.

Something to do with the group actually paying $28 for the room. Crap. I hate being dum.

Close....

they actually only paid $27 (3x$9) for the room, so that plus the $2 in the bellboys pants make for $29...


next:
Which of these is correct:
Six and six IS eleven or six and six ARE eleven?

[werbo1]

they actually pay 25 for the room, then get 3 back, then "tip" the bellhop 2, totaling 30. I don't think thats an adequate explanation, but i do remember my calculus teacher telling us this

[stedtale]

Originally Posted by werbo1

they actually pay 25 for the room, then get 3 back, then "tip" the bellhop 2, totaling 30. I don't think thats an adequate explanation, but i do remember my calculus teacher telling us this

yes, that is another way to see it.

[username n/a]

Originally Posted by stedtale

Close....

they actually only paid $27 (3x$9) for the room, so that plus the $2 in the bellboys pants make for $29...


next:
Which of these is correct:
Six and six IS eleven or six and six ARE eleven?

six and six is six^2

But if your thinking 6+6 then then the answer is 12 not 11.

[stedtale]

Originally Posted by username n/a

six and six is six^2

But if your thinking 6+6 then then the answer is 12 not 11.

well done.



Would you rather a crocodile attack you or an alligator?

[username n/a]

Originally Posted by stedtale

well done.



Would you rather a crocodile attack you or an alligator?

I would rather have the crocodile attack the alligator.

[stedtale]

Originally Posted by username n/a

I would rather have the crocodile attack the alligator.

nice.


What number comes next in this sequence:

15 20 20 6 6 19 ==?==

[MonetBass]

Originally Posted by stedtale

Post 'em, and solve 'em. Me first.

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29.

Where is the missing $1?

They didn't pay $10 each for the room. They paid $25 ÷ 3 = ~$8.33 each. $25 + 3 + 2 = $30. The extra dollar -- $0.33 x 3 -- is in their pockets.

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

This is a really old one, but anyway...

If one brick weighs ten pounds plus half a brick, how much does a brick and a half weigh?

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by stedtale

What number comes next in this sequence:

15 20 20 6 6 19 ==?==

19, assuming that 15 isn't really the first number and there's another 15 before.

[stedtale]

Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

19, assuming that 15 isn't really the first number and there's another 15 before.

nope.

EDIT: well...right number....wrong explanation....

19: each term's initial letter position in the alphabet, 7 >> Seven >> S >> 19th letter.

position 1: 15 (One=O=15th letter of the alphabet)
postition 2: 20 (Two=T=20th letter of the alphabet)
postion 7: the missing position (Seven=S=19th letter of the alphabet)

[Bryan316]

Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

This is a really old one, but anyway...

If one brick weighs ten pounds plus half a brick, how much does a brick and a half weigh?

A brick weighs 20 pounds. So 10 plus 10 equals 20. A brick and a half weighs 30 pounds.

[casualmadness]

If a chicken and a half laid and egg and a half in a day and a half, how long would it take a grasshopper with one wooden leg to kick all of the seeds out of a dill pickle?

[Bryan316]

About a hundred.

[MakiSupaStar]

One egg floats. One walks away. When will the train arrive in Tokyo?

[MonetBass]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

One egg floats. One walks away. When will the train arrive in Tokyo?

At the same time the rabbit in the waistcoat makes a phone call, of course.