Riddles-Hard ones!

pattypus · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:53 pm

Post riddles here, or try to figure some out!
Here are some, which I know the answer to...(PM me if you really want to know!)
If you pass the person in second place during a race, then what place are you in?
How much smoke does an electric train create?
How much dirt is in a hole?
A man says to someone,"everything I say is a lie." Is he lying or telling the truth?
A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?
What goes in a toaster?

Ok, those are some riddles. All of which, except for the lying one, I got wrong... :lol:

Trinity · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:02 pm

pattypus wrote:

Post riddles here, or try to figure some out!
Here are some, which I know the answer to...(PM me if you really want to know!)
If you pass the person in second place during a race, then what place are you in?
Second place
How much smoke does an electric train create?
None, it's electric
How much dirt is in a hole?
None, it's a hole
A man says to someone,"everything I say is a lie." Is he lying or telling the truth?
Telling the truth... Somehow... Maybe...
A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?
This... I don't know...
What goes in a toaster?
Bread

Ok, those are some riddles. All of which, except for the lying one, I got wrong... :lol:

Angus Young · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:07 pm

pattypus wrote:

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?
she has 3 boys already born, and one on the way?

smudgeoffudge · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:50 pm

A man sees a nice horse for sale, it costs 50 dollars.
So he takes out 50 dollars and buys the horse.
Later, someone sees his horse and offers him 60 dollars for it.
He sales the horse but then decides he wants it back.
He has to buy it back for 70 dollars.
The someone else sees the horse and offers him 80 dollars for it.
This is too good to pass up, so he sales the dog once again.
Has he made a 10 dollar profit or a 20 dollar profit?

We did this in class and about ten people said he made ten dollars and about four or five said he made 20 dollars. The teacher said it depended on if you counted his first 50 dollars into the equation or not.

pattypus · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:17 am

I can't decide if it's 20 or 10 dollars... Aw. Darn!

Ok, here's another one:

Bob and Chris each wash a car. Bob washes the car in 8 minutes, and Chris washes it in 6 minutes. How much time would it take for them to both wash a car, together?

I have never figured this out. I asked my teacher, and she didn't know.

ahoteinrun · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:26 am

smudgeoffudge wrote:

A man sees a nice horse for sale, it costs 50 dollars.
So he takes out 50 dollars and buys the horse.
Later, someone sees his horse and offers him 60 dollars for it.
He sales the horse but then decides he wants it back.
He has to buy it back for 70 dollars.
The someone else sees the horse and offers him 80 dollars for it.
This is too good to pass up, so he sales the dog once again.
Has he made a 10 dollar profit or a 20 dollar profit?

We did this in class and about ten people said he made ten dollars and about four or five said he made 20 dollars. The teacher said it depended on if you counted his first 50 dollars into the equation or not.

Well it goes from horse to dog...

Qanda · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:35 am

pattypus wrote:

A man says to someone,"everything I say is a lie." Is he lying or telling the truth?
A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?

I will answer the above two which I don't think Trinity answered correctly.

The man is lying. That means while not everything he says is a lie, it does not necessarily mean he tells the truth all the time. Thus it will not be contradictory to say he is lying here.

All of the women's children are boys. Therefore if all of them are boys, half of them will be boys, quarter of them will be boys, 1/3 of them will still be boys.

Angus Young · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:38 am

Qanda wrote:

pattypus wrote:

A man says to someone,"everything I say is a lie." Is he lying or telling the truth?
A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?

I will answer the above two which I don't think Trinity answered correctly.

The man is lying. That means while not everything he says is a lie, it does not necessarily mean he tells the truth all the time. Thus it will not be contradictory to say he is lying here.

All of the women's children are boys. Therefore if all of them are boys, half of them will be boys, quarter of them will be boys, 1/3 of them will still be boys.

or the woman could be 4.5months pregnant

sirclucky · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:51 am

Dont fear- clucky the supa ridda solva is here

pattypus wrote:

Bob and Chris each wash a car. Bob washes the car in 8 minutes, and Chris washes it in 6 minutes. How much time would it take for them to both wash a car, together?

I have never figured this out. I asked my teacher, and she didn't know.

In one minute, bob can wash 1/8 of the car. In one minute, chirst can wash 1/6 of the car, thus in one minute, they can both wash 1/8+1/6=5/24ths of the car. Hence in 4 minutes they can wash 20/24th of the car, and in 4/5ths on an extra minute they can wash all the car. Thus it takes 4 and 4/5ths minutes, or 4 minutes 48 seconds for them to wash the car.

Quote:

A man sees a nice horse for sale, it costs 50 dollars.
So he takes out 50 dollars and buys the horse.
Later, someone sees his horse and offers him 60 dollars for it.
He sales the horse but then decides he wants it back.
He has to buy it back for 70 dollars.
The someone else sees the horse and offers him 80 dollars for it.
This is too good to pass up, so he sales the dog once again.
Has he made a 10 dollar profit or a 20 dollar profit?

he starts with no horse and ends with no horse
over time he spends 120(50+70) dollars and gets 140(60+80) dollars.
If you think its a ten dollar profit, i'll give you 15 bucks for profit

Quote:

A man says to someone,"everything I say is a lie." Is he lying or telling the truth?

He is lieing. Everything he says could be the truth or could be a lie. The currently statment is a lie-he could then say "the sky is blue" and tell the truth.

pattypus · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:08 am

Woah. You're smart, sirclucky! *bows* I want to be like you some day!

Then I will be able to solve riddles! Yay! ~:>

Alex · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:23 am

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If you pass the person in second place during a race, then what place are you in?

Second.

Quote:

How much smoke does an electric train create?

None. It's electric.

Quote:

How much dirt is in a hole?

None.

Quote:

A man says to someone,"everything I say is a lie." Is he lying or telling the truth?

Lying. I think.

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A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?

They're all boys.

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What goes in a toaster?

Bread.

Qanda · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:43 am

sirclucky wrote:

Dont fear- clucky the supa ridda solva is here

pattypus wrote:

Bob and Chris each wash a car. Bob washes the car in 8 minutes, and Chris washes it in 6 minutes. How much time would it take for them to both wash a car, together?

I have never figured this out. I asked my teacher, and she didn't know.

In one minute, bob can wash 1/8 of the car. In one minute, chirst can wash 1/6 of the car, thus in one minute, they can both wash 1/8+1/6=5/24ths of the car. Hence in 4 minutes they can wash 20/24th of the car, and in 4/5ths on an extra minute they can wash all the car. Thus it takes 4 and 4/5ths minutes, or 4 minutes 48 seconds for them to wash the car.

Yeah, that is the correct way to solve it. What grade are you in, pattypus? I can hardly believe any qualified Maths teacher won't know the answer to that question.

pattypus · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:49 am

I'm in grade 6...
I'm younger than most people here, and my teacher is a teacher that teaches all subjects. She's not smart, actually, when you think of it. She says chocolate milk is really the blood of cows. ANYways...
Ya. I'm in grade 6, 12 years old.

Alex · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:12 am

Oooh, I have one!

The person who makes it doesn't want it;
The person who buys it doesn't use it;
The person who uses it doesn't see it;
What is it?

ahoteinrun · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:45 am

Alex wrote:

Oooh, I have one!

The person who makes it doesn't want it;
The person who buys it doesn't use it;
The person who uses it doesn't see it;
What is it?

a coffin.

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