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.

Office 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?

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Remove 1 Letter It Remains the Same

It’s a 7 letter word.

If we remove 1 letter from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 2 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 3 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 4 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 5 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 6 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove all letters from it, it remains the same.

What is it?

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Average Monthly Salary

During a school lunch break, ten kids are discussing about their holiday jobs. In particular, they would like to know their average monthly salary (for the ten of them), but no one wants to admit openly exactly how much they make. Can you devise a way for them to calculate their average (mean) salary without anyone having to tell anyone else what their individual salaries are?

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