#241 - Tricky Riddle
How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?
Just once, because after you subtract anything from it, it's not 25 anymore.
#243 - Relationship Riddle
That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.
But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.
Who is lying?
Neither, the accountant was his sister.
#246 - Funny Problem
A man drove to a hotel and as soon as he got there he was bankrupt. Explain.
The man was playing Monopoly and when he rolled the dice he landed on a property he could not afford to pay the rent on.
#247 - Mismatch Sum Puzzle
A bank customer had £100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totaling £. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:
Withdrawals Balance left
£50 £50
£25 £25
£10 £15
£8 £7
£5 £2
£2 £0
£100 £99
Why are the Totals not exactly right ?
There is no reason whatever why the customer's original deposit of £100 should equal the total of the balances left after each withdrawal.
The total of withdrawals in the left-hand colum may equal £100, but is is purely coincidence that the total of the right-hand column is close to £100.
Let us show another example, but starting with £200 in the bank:
Withdrawals Balance left
£50 £150
£25 £125
£10 £115
£8 £107
£5 £102
£2 £100
£100 £699
Moral of this story? Don't Total Balances.
#249 - Easy math puzzle
I am the owner of a birds store. If I put in one bird per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two bird per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and birds do I have?
I have 3 cages and 4 birds
#250 - Great Comedy Riddle
When does an British Potato changes its nationality?
When it become french fires