Logic Riddles

Logic riddles with answers involve looking at situations and making judgements about them by ruling out impossibilities. If you like solving maths puzzles, you will most probably like logic riddles as well.

Pocket Money

You have unlimited supply of 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢ and 50¢ (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar respectively) coins. What is the fewest number of coins required to have an exact change for all possible items that cost from one cent up to and including one dollar in one-cent increments?

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Burglary Report

The Johnsons have just reported a robbery. “All the wife’s jewels are missing. You’ll want to check inside for fingerprints,” Mr. Johnson said to the policeman, pointing to the broken window glasses on the outside of the house. The burglar presumably entered the house by breaking through the window.

The policeman noticed that the inside of the house had a number of very tiny pieces of window glass particles scattered around near the broken window area and replied, “That won’t be necessary. There’s been no burglary.” What made the policeman so sure?

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