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Kiwi13
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 Wed, Oct 06 2021, 1:17 am
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | 1. Why do you need to insult the ants? They aren't lazy if they are racing. Oh, right, I forgot they skipped the race to get ice cream. Lazy bums.
2. We will send you the bill in the mail. |
1. They weren’t even racing when they WERE racing!!! Crawling isn’t racing. They were faster rolling home after ice cream.
2. Fine, be that way. I’m keeping my Snapple facts cap.
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amother
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 8:51 am
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How is it possible to add 18 to 12 and end up with one?
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amother
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 8:59 am
OK this is a fun one (for math lovers).
A store has pocketbooks on sale in a variety of red, black and brown.
All of the pocketbooks, except 4, are red.
All of the pocketbooks, except 4 are black,
And all of the pocketbooks except 4 are brown.
How many pocketbooks are for sale?
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DrMom
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 9:11 am
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | OK this is a fun one (for math lovers).
A store has pocketbooks on sale in a variety of red, black and brown.
All of the pocketbooks, except 4, are red.
All of the pocketbooks, except 4 are black,
And all of the pocketbooks except 4 are brown.
How many pocketbooks are for sale? |
2 of each color (unless I am missing something obvious).
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bbhem5
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 9:15 am
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | OK this is a fun one (for math lovers).
A store has pocketbooks on sale in a variety of red, black and brown.
All of the pocketbooks, except 4, are red.
All of the pocketbooks, except 4 are black,
And all of the pocketbooks except 4 are brown.
How many pocketbooks are for sale? |
6 (2 of each)
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amother
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:20 am
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Dr Mom and BBhem5, both correct!
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amother
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:28 am
Ok here's another one my father used to do with us. You're supposed to use matchsticks, but since we did it on Shabbos, we used knives.
You have seven matchsticks before you. With these 7 matchsticks, you need to create an equation that equals 3.
You would use one matchstick for one, two for two, etc.
A plus sign would be two matchsticks, and a minus sign is one. X would be two matchsticks.
For example. 1111 - 1 is how you would write 4-1. That uses 6 matchsticks and you have to use all 7.
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amother
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 10:50 am
Firstly, you have to use 7 matchsticks and your equation only uses 5.
Second, according to the rules, 5 would be written like this: 11111, using 5 matchsticks.
Try again!
ETA: I should clarify that the "=3" is already fixed, so you can't count the equal sign into the total for the matchsticks.
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bbhem5
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 2:56 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | Ok here's another one my father used to do with us. You're supposed to use matchsticks, but since we did it on Shabbos, we used knives.
You have seven matchsticks before you. With these 7 matchsticks, you need to create an equation that equals 3.
You would use one matchstick for one, two for two, etc.
A plus sign would be two matchsticks, and a minus sign is one. X would be two matchsticks.
For example. 1111 - 1 is how you would write 4-1. That uses 6 matchsticks and you have to use all 7. |
X - Vll
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amother
Chocolate
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 3:00 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | Ok here's another one my father used to do with us. You're supposed to use matchsticks, but since we did it on Shabbos, we used knives.
You have seven matchsticks before you. With these 7 matchsticks, you need to create an equation that equals 3.
You would use one matchstick for one, two for two, etc.
A plus sign would be two matchsticks, and a minus sign is one. X would be two matchsticks.
For example. 1111 - 1 is how you would write 4-1. That uses 6 matchsticks and you have to use all 7. |
1+1+1
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observer
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 3:00 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | How did they pay $28?
Each man started out by giving $10, but received $1 back. So in the end they each paid 9. 9x3 is 27.
The bellhop kept 2. So where is the last dollar?? |
There is no missing dollar. The number 30 is not relevant anymore.
9x3=27
minus the $2 that the bellboy kept
equals $25 cost of the room.
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amother
Chocolate
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 3:09 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | Ok here's another one my father used to do with us. You're supposed to use matchsticks, but since we did it on Shabbos, we used knives.
You have seven matchsticks before you. With these 7 matchsticks, you need to create an equation that equals 3.
You would use one matchstick for one, two for two, etc.
A plus sign would be two matchsticks, and a minus sign is one. X would be two matchsticks.
For example. 1111 - 1 is how you would write 4-1. That uses 6 matchsticks and you have to use all 7. |
My father also used to do match stick games but different riddles
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amother
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 3:18 pm
This is good, but again, we aren't using Roman numerals. That was explained in the question.
If we were, this would be correct!
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amother
Chocolate
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 3:20 pm
Can you connect these 9 dots using only 4 continuous lines?
-You can't retrace any line (or part)
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They should be set up like a square just don't know how to draw it on here.
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amother
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 3:38 pm
| amother [ Chocolate ] wrote: | Can you connect these 9 dots using only 4 continuous lines?
-You can't retrace any line (or part)
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They should be set up like a square just don't know how to draw it on here. |
Yes I know this one.😀 It's very good
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amother
Chocolate
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 3:51 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | | Yes I know this one.😀 It's very good |
Ok, going to try to find you don't know;-)
Do you by any chance subscribe to GAMES magazine? I used to get it some decades ago...
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DrMom
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 4:29 pm
| bbhem5 wrote: | OK here's one of my favorite riddles. (If you knew it from before, don't answer.)
Three men went to a hotel. They split the cost of the room between them. The room costs $25 for the night.
They each give the receptionist at the desk $10. He said he will send them up the change with the bellhop.
He gives the bellhop 5 dollar bills. The bellhop goes to their room and gives them back 3 dollars (one for each man) and keeps two for himself, as a tip.
Now in the end, each guy paid $9. 9x3 is 27. The bellhop kept $2. Thats $29. They originally paid $30. So where is the last dollar?
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This business about $9x3 = $27 is confusing.
- The hotel receptionist has $25 (she got their $30 and gave $5 to the bellhop). At this point, the hotel bill is paid. Any other transactions are between the men and the bellhop.
- The bellhop was supposed to give them $5, but instead he gave them $3.
- The bellhop has the other $2.
$25 (hotel) + $3 (the guests, with $1 each) + $2 (bellhop) = $30
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nicole81
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Wed, Oct 06 2021, 4:47 pm
| amother [ Chocolate ] wrote: | Can you connect these 9 dots using only 4 continuous lines?
-You can't retrace any line (or part)
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They should be set up like a square just don't know how to draw it on here. |
Like this? 
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