Riddles, Brain Teasers And Maths Puzzles

[dean80's]

too easy!!!!! your go

[dondons69]

If there are 5 apples on the counter and you take away 2, how many do you have?

[dean80's]

you still have 5 cos you took them.

[dondons69]

wrong

[dean80's]

3 then. cos you take 2 away.

[dondons69]

reverse that and you're right

[dean80's]

yeah, i meant that!!!! LOL

[dondons69]

course you did! your go

[dondons69]

earth to dean it's your go!!

[dean80's]

ok ok....

Three people check into a hotel. They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets £2 and gives £1 to each person. Now each person paid £10 and got back £1. So they paid £9 each, totalling £27. The bellboy has £2, totalling £29. Where is the missing £1?

[dondons69]

i've heard this one before but can't remember where the £1 is

[dean80's]

ill let you stew on it til wednesday.....

[childofthe80's]

good gosh! I always hated these in school. I dunno...he dropped it on the way back up to the rooms?

[SpiralCoolStuff]

i have no idea

[dondons69]

no i remember now i had to work it out using pieces of paper the bell boy had £2 and the hotel had £25.00 they were given £3 which makes £28.00 divide that by 3 =£9.3333333 which is how much they paid each they didnt pay £9 each, sorry if i havent explained it very well try it yourself if you don't understand