Test Your Math Skill

Do you know why we don't post riddle very often? Well, that's because we hate it! Why have to force our brain to think hard just for a little laugh? Where's the fun in that? Nevertheless, there are still many Einstein wannabe out there that loves riddle, especially the math one. So, here goes:

1. What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1000?

2. If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice or two friends to the movies at the same time?

3. There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20 socks cost $25 a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method how much would a pair of underwear cost?


4. Two mothers and two daughters go shopping. They have $21 which they split equally between them. How can this be possible?

5. The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outfit he ran 20 miles in 80 minutes but when he wore a dark outfit he ran 20 miles in one hour and twenty minutes. What does this mean for his next race?


The Answers

1. One hundred - work backwards and you will understand.

2. It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case you would only be buying three tickets whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.

3. $45. The pricing method consists of charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item.

4. There are only three people. One of the mothers is a daughter also because there is a grandmother a mother and a daughter! They each get $7 exactly.

5. Absolutely nothing as 80 minutes equals an hour and twenty minutes.

Another Hilarious Riddles

Been a while since I posted fun brain teaser and riddles. This is another 5 questions for you to answer. You might find this a little bit lame later, but I can't help to post it anyway because I still think that these are funny.

1. A man and his son were in a terrible accident, the man died. The son was rushed into emergency surgery. The doctor walked into the room looked down at the boy and said "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son". Who was the doctor?

2. A plane crashed on the Texas and Oklahoma border, in which state were the survivors buried?

3. If a rooster is standing on top of a slanted roof of the barn and lays an egg, which way will the egg fall?

4. A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

5. How do you keep an idiot in suspense?


The Answers:


1. The boy's mother

2. None, they don't bury survivors.

3. Neither way, it's a rooster (male chicken) and roosters don't lay eggs.

4. The parrot was deaf.

5. I'll tell you later.

Funny Riddles

Can you solve these funny questions? Just look for the answers below if you get stuck. Enjoy and have fun!

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years - Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 10 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together - How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!


ANSWERS

1. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
3. The answer is Charcoal. In Homer Simpson's words: hmmmm... Barbecue.
4. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!
5. The letter "e", which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph.

Word Teaser

I've got some hilarious riddles for you. This is the kind of riddle that makes you think, but also makes you laugh in the other hand.


Question no. 1
The first two letters are a man.
The first three letters are a woman.
The first four letters are a great man.
The whole word is a great woman.

Question no. 2
There is a common English word that is nine letters long.
Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter.
What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Question no.3
The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place


The Answers

No. 1 The word is heroine

No. 2 The base word is Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I

No. 3 The letter 'e'