You are given two candles of equal size, which can burn 1 hour each. You have to measure 90 minutes with these candles.
There is no scale or clock. You are also given a lighter. How do you do it?
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Give and Take
A boy and a girl each have a bag of containing the same number of jelly beans. How many jelly beans must the boy give the girl so that the girl will have ten more jelly beans than the boy?
Riddle Answer100 Eggs With 100 Cents
You must buy hundred eggs with hundred cents. There are three types of eggs and you will need to buy all three types of eggs. Goose eggs must be bought in multiples of 20.
- 1 Chicken egg cost 5 cents
- 1 Duck egg cost 1 cent
- 20 Goose eggs cost 1 cent
How many chicken, duck and goose eggs do you need to buy?
Riddle Answer25 Horses
There are 25 horses and you need to figure out the 3 fastest horses by placing them into races. You can race 5 horses at a time. Each horse always finishes the race in the same amount of time and there are no ties. The only information you get from each race is the order that the 5 horses finished in. You will not get any information regarding the time taken for the horses to complete the race.
What is the smallest number of races you need to find the 3 fastest horses in order?
Riddle Answer100 Meter Race
Two boys, Tom and Harry, are running a 100 meter race. The first time they race Tom beats Harry by 5 meters. To make things fair, the next time they race Tom stands 5 meters behind the starting line.
Who wins the second race (assuming they run at the same speed as the first race)?
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