Riddle:
A man enters an expensive restaurant and orders a meal. When the waiter brings him his meal the man takes out a slip of paper and writes down 102004180, then leaves. The cashier hands the slip of paper to the cashier who understood it immediately.
What did the slip of paper say?
Answer: I =1, 0=Ought, 2=To, 0=Owe, 0=Nothing, 4=For, 1=I, 8=Ate, 0=Nothing. I Ought To Owe Nothing For I Ate Nothing. 102004180
Riddle:
You are locked in a house and you have four objects. You have a wooden chair, a ladder, a piano, and a rubber ax. You can only pick one object and you can't get out by breaking anything. What would you use to get out?
Answer: You use the piano KEYS to ulock the door!
Riddle:
Carl is trying to find solutions to a geometric puzzle. He has a square plot of land that he needs to reserve 1/4 for himself and divide the remaining 3/4 equally and in a similar shape, among his 4 children. There are two possible solutions. Can you solve the puzzle?
Answer: Solution #1 - Squares
First, Carl divides his as to reserve to himself one-fourth in the form of a square.
Then, Carl takes the remaining 3/4 shape and scales it down by 1/4. He then, multiplies the shape into 4 identically shaped pieces, and aranges them so that they fit into the original 3/4 shape.
Solution #2 - Rectangles
First, create a triangle that is 1/4 the size of the square.
Now, with straight lines, create two squares.
Proceed to disect the two squares with horizontal lines creating 4 triangles.
Then, disect one of the resultuing triangles from each square. The shape of land for each of his four children is divided evenly and is the same shape.
Then, Carl takes the remaining 3/4 shape and scales it down by 1/4. He then, multiplies the shape into 4 identically shaped pieces, and aranges them so that they fit into the original 3/4 shape.
Solution #2 - Rectangles
First, create a triangle that is 1/4 the size of the square.
Now, with straight lines, create two squares.
Proceed to disect the two squares with horizontal lines creating 4 triangles.
Then, disect one of the resultuing triangles from each square. The shape of land for each of his four children is divided evenly and is the same shape.
Riddle:
Angry and Hungry are two words ending in 'gry" There are three words, (Using popular terminology) in the English Language, that ends in "GRY".
The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is. What is the third word?
Answer: The answer is terminology. It's the third word ending in gry. Using popular terminology
Riddle:
Three working women have different careers. If only one of statements 1, 2 and 3 are true, can you tell whether or not Mary is a nurse? 1. This statement is only true if statement 5 is false. 2. This statement is true if statements 4 or 5, or both 4 and 5 are true. 3. This statement is false only if both statements 6 and 1 are true. 4. Mary is a nurse 5. Karen is an artist. 6. Sarah is a photographer.
Answer: Mary is not a nurse. The way to solve this riddle is to consider statements 4, 5, and 6 and create a chart of all possible true and false answers. Next, fill in the chart according to statements 1 through 3. You will discover that there is only one line where only one of the statements one, two, and three are true. Thus, it is determined that: Statements 4 and 5 are false and statement 6 is true.
Riddle:
A man told his son that he would give him $1000 if he could accomplish the following task. The father gave his son ten envelopes and a thousand dollars, all in one dollar bills. He told his son, "Place the money in the envelopes in such a manner that no matter what number of dollars I ask for, you can give me one or more of the envelopes, containing the exact amount I asked for without having to open any of the envelopes. If you can do this, you will keep the $1000." When the father asked for a sum of money, the son was able to give him envelopes containing the exact amount of money asked for. How did the son distribute the money among the ten envelopes?
Answer: The contents or the ten envelopes (in dollar bills) should be as follows: $1, $2, $4, $8, $16, $32, $64, $128, $256, $489. The first nine numbers are in geometrical progression, and their sum, deducted from $1,000, gives the contents of the tenth envelope.
Answer explained: The son distributed $1000 into ten envelopes using a clever binary-like approach to ensure he could provide any exact amount from $1 to $1000 by handing over a combination of envelopes without opening them. The first nine envelopes contain amounts that are powers of 2: $1, $2, $4, $8, $16, $32, $64, $128, and $256$, which total $511. The tenth envelope holds the remaining $489 ($1000 - $511$).This setup works because the first nine envelopes can form any amount up to $511 through unique combinations, much like binary numbers. For amounts between $489 and $1000, the son uses the $489 envelope plus a combination of the first nine envelopes to cover the difference—for example, $512 = $489 + $23$, where $23 is made from $16 + $4 + $2 + $1$. This ensures every possible amount from $1 to $1000 can be achieved with a unique combination of envelopes.
Answer explained: The son distributed $1000 into ten envelopes using a clever binary-like approach to ensure he could provide any exact amount from $1 to $1000 by handing over a combination of envelopes without opening them. The first nine envelopes contain amounts that are powers of 2: $1, $2, $4, $8, $16, $32, $64, $128, and $256$, which total $511. The tenth envelope holds the remaining $489 ($1000 - $511$).This setup works because the first nine envelopes can form any amount up to $511 through unique combinations, much like binary numbers. For amounts between $489 and $1000, the son uses the $489 envelope plus a combination of the first nine envelopes to cover the difference—for example, $512 = $489 + $23$, where $23 is made from $16 + $4 + $2 + $1$. This ensures every possible amount from $1 to $1000 can be achieved with a unique combination of envelopes.
Riddle:
How can the number four be half of five?
Answer: It's true if you think of Roman numerals. FIVE, take away the F and the E and you are left with IV, half of the word FIVE, which is the Roman number for Four.
