#321 - Profit Or Loss Riddle

Johanna purchased a portable music player for $100 through a deal. She sold it to Sindy for $125. After a year, she bought it back from Sindy at $150. Upon using it for a month, she sold it to Suzzanne for $175.

Can you calculate if this entire deal was profitable or a loss for Johanna?

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In the first deal, Johanna made a profit of $25 from Sindy.
In the second deal, Johanna made a profit of $25 again from Suzzanne.

Therefore, the entire deal was profitable for Johanna and she made a total profit of $50.

#322 - Replace Question Mark Riddle

Can you find out the number that should replace the question mark with a valid reason?

Replace Question Mark Riddle
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The number that will replace the question mark is 0. This is because, in this number pie, the diagonals add up to 25.

#323 - Math Pyramid Puzzle

You need to solve the below maths pyramid puzzle by replacing question mark with the perfect numbers.

168
12 14
? 2 ?
? 2 1 ?

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A number if formed by multiplying two numbers below it.

168
12 14
6 2 7
3 2 1 7

#324 - The Stairs Riddle

You need to climb ten stairs. At every stair, you can either take one step up or you can jump two steps up.

In how many different ways you can climb 10 stairs?

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89

#325 - Smart Algebra Equation Riddle

If
Aakriti = 742
Lavesh = 622
Shruti = 620
Anmol = 522
Then,
Sonal = ?

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522

1st Number = Number of alphabets
2nd Number = Number of vowels
3rd Number = Number Of Circles

Example,
Lavesh = 6 alphabets + 2 vowels(a,e) + 2 circles(in "a" and in "e") = 622

#326 - The Lottery Riddle

Chances of Mr. Button winning the local lottery in 8%. All participants lined up and Mr. Button is 3rd in the row. The first two participants lose the lottery.

What is the chance of Samuel Mr. Button now?

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8%

The winning chance probability is still 8% as the outcome of Mr.Bitton winning the lottery is a separate event from rest losing the lottery.

#327 - Distance Time Riddle

Before the start of the car race, Tony Stewart and Jamie Mcmurray have the same amount of fuel in the car. With this fuel Tony Stewart can drive for 4 hours while Jamie can drive five hours.
After a time they realize that amount of fuel left in Tony car is 1/4th of the fuel in Jamie car.

For long they are racing ?

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15/4 hours

Explanation:
Let us say they drive for "t" hours and initial fuel is "f"

Amount of fuel used by Tony car is ft/4
Amount of fuel used by Jamie car is ft/5

As per given condition,
f - ft/5 = 4(f-ft/4)
Solving, t = 15/4 hours




#328 - Relationship Numbers Riddle

Can you replace the question mark with the correct number, given the pair of numbers exhibits similar relationship?

? : 3839 :: 11 : 1209

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16

Formular used :
pow(x,3) - pow(x,2) - 1
11*11*11 - 11*11 - 1
1331 - 121 - 1
1209

Similarly, we can solve
pow($x,3) - pow($x,2) - 1 = 3839
This condition holds true for number-16.

#329 - Happy Diwali Maths Riddle

Replace the alphabet with the number such that below equation hold true.

HAPPY
+ DIWALI
--------------
HDLALA
--------------

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35997
+ 284508
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320505
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#330 - Fun Algebra Puzzle

The following alphametic has only one solution. Can you find it?
ENLIST + SILENT + LISTEN = ANAGRAM

PS: You may start the number from 0.

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Since leading a number with 0 is allowed, it can be the only possible solution:
547809 + 087549 + 780954 = 1416312