A man recently bought two aeroplanes, but afterwards found that they would not answer the purpose for which he wanted them. So he sold them for $600 each, making a loss of 20 percent on one machine and a profit of 20 percent on the other. Did he make a profit on the whole transaction, or a loss? And how much?
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Day after Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out.
“When the day after tomorrow is yesterday,” said Priscilla, “then ‘today’ will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was ‘today’ when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!”
On which day of the week did they have this conversation?
Riddle AnswerChocolate Wrapper Challenge
Charlie has $1000. He can buy his favorite chocolate bar for $1. And there is a promotion: for every 4 chocolate wrappers submitted, the store will give 1 chocolate bar.
What is the maximum number of chocolate bars Charlie can get?
Riddle AnswerTwo Books Sitting Side by Side
There are two books sitting side by side, consisting of exactly 100 pages. The book on the left is upside down. If you add the page number at the extreme left side of the book on the left to the page number at the extreme right side of the right hand book, what is the total?
Riddle AnswerGetting Home with the Money
Johnny is walking home. He has $300 to bring home to his mom. While he is walking, a man stops him and gives him a chance to double his money.
The man says, “I’ll give you $600 if you can roll 1 die and get a 4 or above, you can roll 2 dice and get a 5 or 6 on at least one of them, or you can roll 3 dice and get a 6 on at least one die. If you don’t I get your $300.”
What does Johnny do to have the best chance of getting home with the money?
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