an old man dies and his possessions (17 camels) are given to his 3 sons. the old man wanted his oldest sun to get 1/2 of the camels, the middle one 1/3 of the camels and the youngest 1/9 of the camels.
now they have no clue how to solve this, as they dont want to cut the camels into pieces.
so they go see a wise man and tell him about their prob. he thinks for a moment and then gives them 1 of his own camels. they have 18 camels then. so the oldest gets 9 of those, the middle one gets 6, the youngest gets 2. that leaves them with 1 camel left over, which they give back to the wise man. how did that work?
Originally posted by crazyblue there you have a puzzle (an old one though):
an old man dies and his possessions (17 camels) are given to his 3 sons. the old man wanted his oldest sun to get 1/2 of the camels, the middle one 1/3 of the camels and the youngest 1/9 of the camels.
now they have no clue how to solve this, as they dont want to cut the camels into pieces.
so they go see ...[text shortened]... hat leaves them with 1 camel left over, which they give back to the wise man. how did that work?
Because the father left 1/18 of his possessions unaccounted for? I don't know, the whole riddle just kind of makes sense.
Originally posted by TheGambit When is a joke not a joke?
When it is misunderstood.
So tell us some great riddles then sofar or do you only have criticisms?
well "TheGambit" if you came up with better riddles yourself then i wouldn't criticizing them, now would i?
i know that i can't come up with good riddles
why do you think that i don't post new ones very often?
however i don't change the subject of i thread when it is already specified either
"when is a door not a door?"
think about it it SOUNDS comepletely stupid
stupid riddles
26 Jul '06 07:53
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