Julie says to her brother Pete: “I have as many sisters as brothers.”
“Yeah, well,” replies Pete: “I’ve got twice as many sisters as I have brothers.”
How many sisters and brothers are there?
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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?
Riddle AnswerMr Tan’s Birthday
Ben and Mark are students of Mr Tan. Mr Tan’s date of birth is on N/M/1970 and both of them know that Mr Tan’s birthday is one of these 10 dates:
4/3/1970 5/3/1970 8/3/1970 4/6/1970 7/6/1970 1/9/1970 5/9/1970 1/12/1970 2/12/1970 8/12/1970
Mr Tan tells Ben the value of M and tells Mark the value of N. Then Mr Tan asks them: “Do you know when my birthday is?”
Ben says: “I don’t know, but I can be sure that Mark doesn’t know either.”
Mark says: “Initially I don’t know, but now I do.”
Ben says: “Oh, then now I know it too.”
Based on this dialogue and the dates given, can you figure out which is the correct date of Mr Tan’s birthday?
Riddle AnswerSabrina and Samantha
Sabrina gave Samantha as many dollars as Samantha started out with. Samantha then gave Sabrina back as much as Sabrina had left.
Sabrina then gave Samantha back as many dollars as Samantha had left, which left Sabrina broke and gave Samantha a total of $80.00. How much did Sabrina and Samantha have at the beginning of their exchange?
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