You are given 1000 one dollar bills and 10 envelopes. Put the bills into the envelopes in such a way that someone can ask you for any amount of money from $1 to $1000 and you can give it to them through a combination of the envelopes.
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25 Coins to Make a Dollar
I have 25 coins that are made up of dimes (10¢), nickels (5¢) and pennies (1¢). They add up to a dollar. How many coins of each do I have?
Riddle AnswerBank Balance Missing Dollar
A bank customer had $100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totaling $100. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:
| Withdrawal | Balance | |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 50 | |
| 25 | 25 | |
| 10 | 15 | |
| 8 | 7 | |
| 5 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | 99 |
When he added up the balance column, there is only $99. Where is the missing dollar?
Riddle AnswerOffice Murder
A man was killed in his office. At the time of murder there were only four people in the office: Bill, Tom, Harry and Mike.
When police interrogated them, they gave the following statements.
Bill: “Tom did it.”
Tom: “Bill did it.”
Harry: “Tom’s telling the truth.”
Mike: “Harry’s not lying.”
After analysis, the police found out that only one person was telling the truth and the rest were lying. Can you analyse the statements and determine the killer?
Riddle AnswerTwin Birthday
Chris and Leon are twin brothers. Chris is elder to Leon by 2 minutes.
One day, Chris celebrated his birthday. Two days later, his twin brother, Leon, celebrated his birthday. How is this possible?
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