A man is going to the 12th floor of the building and on each floor the guard takes the half of his money and give him 1 dollar. So how much money did he brought that he only have 2 dollars left in him after he reached the 12th floor?
Answer for the previous puzzle A matter of time: 36 minutes
Friday, July 30, 2010
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Answers to the post on July 23, 2010
Answer to Brothers and Sisters:
Since the boy has many brothers as sisters, there must be 1 boy more than the number of girls. If we try 2 and 1, 3 and 2, and 4 and 3 we will find that 4 boys and 3 girls is the solution to fulfill the requirement that each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters.
Answers to Going to the market:
Just I myself! Only I was going to the market and I met all the others coming from the opposite direction.
New Puzzles:
A matter of Time:
50 Minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past 3 o’clock, how many minutes is it to 6 o’clock?
Friday, July 23, 2010
July 23, 2010
Brothers and Sisters
A family I know has several children. Each boy in this family has as many sisters as brothers but each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters.
How many brothers and sisters are there?
On the Way to Market
One Morning I was on my way to the market and met a man who had 4 wives. Each of the wives had 4 bags containing 4 dogs and 4 puppies.
Taking all things into consideration, how many were going to the market?
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