Two mathematicians, Tom and Smith are walking down the street.
Tom: I know you have three sons. What are their ages?
Smith: The product of their ages is 36.
Tom: I can’t tell their ages from that.
Smith: Well, the sum of their ages is the same as that address across the street.
Tom: I still can’t tell.
Smith: The eldest is visiting his grandfather today.
Tom: Now I know their ages.
Do you know the age of the kids?
Riddle AnswerThree closed boxes have either white marbles, black marbles or both, and they are labeled white, black and both. However, all three boxes are mislabeled. You may reach into one of the boxes and pull out only one marble.
Which box should you remove a marble from to determine the contents of all three boxes?
Riddle AnswerTwo women apply for a job. They are identical and have the same mother, father and birthday. The interviewer asks, “Are you twins?” to which they honestly reply, “No”. How is this possible?
Riddle AnswerA man phoned his daughter to ask her to buy a few things he needed for a trip. He told her she would find enough dollar bills for the purchases in an envelope on his desk. She found the envelope with 98 written on it.
In a store she bought $90 worth of things, but when it was time to pay she not only didn’t have $8 left over but she was short. By how much was she short of cash, and why?
Riddle AnswerTomorrow is neither Wednesday nor Thursday. Yesterday was not Friday or Saturday. Today is not Thursday nor Monday nor Sunday. What day is today?
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