I live on Sunset Boulevard, where there are 6 houses on my side of the block. The house numbers are consecutive even numbers. The sum of all 6 house numbers is 8790. You don’t know which block I live on, and it’s a long street, but I will tell you that I live in the lowest number on my side of the block. What’s my address?
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Bank 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 Answer1000 One Dollar Bills and 10 Envelopes
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.
Riddle Answer25 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 Answer1 Meter High
You have a rope that will reach around the earth (+/- 40,000 km). If you put sticks of 1 meter high around the world and lay the rope on these sticks, how much longer will the rope need to be?
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