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Just a brainteaser I got told ages ago. First time around it had me scratching my head for hours, I hope to do the same to you :P I may have posted it before, but here you go anyway :
3 old ladies go for lunch at a cafe. They all have the same meal, which costs 5 pounds each. At the end of the meal, they pay the waiter, by each giving him a 5 pound note, totalling 15 pounds. When the waiter gets to the cash register, the manager informs him that there is a special on - buy 2 meals get the 3rd free. The waiter is a shifty beggar and decides to exploit the situation. Of the 5 pounds change, he pockets 2 pounds, and then gives the ladies back a pound each, saying that he had overcharged them. So, the ladies have now all paid 4 pounds each. 3 x 4 = 12 pounds. The waiter pocketed 2 pounds. 12 + 2 = 14 pounds. So where has the other pound gone?
3 old ladies go for lunch at a cafe. They all have the same meal, which costs 5 pounds each. At the end of the meal, they pay the waiter, by each giving him a 5 pound note, totalling 15 pounds. When the waiter gets to the cash register, the manager informs him that there is a special on - buy 2 meals get the 3rd free. The waiter is a shifty beggar and decides to exploit the situation. Of the 5 pounds change, he pockets 2 pounds, and then gives the ladies back a pound each, saying that he had overcharged them. So, the ladies have now all paid 4 pounds each. 3 x 4 = 12 pounds. The waiter pocketed 2 pounds. 12 + 2 = 14 pounds. So where has the other pound gone?
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Just a brainteaser I got told ages ago. First time around it had me scratching my head for hours, I hope to do the same to you :P I may have posted it before, but here you go anyway :
3 old ladies go for lunch at a cafe. They all have the same meal, which costs 5 pounds each. At the end of the meal, they pay the waiter, by each giving him a 5 pound note, totalling 15 pounds. When the waiter gets to the cash register, the manager informs him that there is a special on - buy 2 meals get the 3rd free. The waiter is a shifty beggar and decides to exploit the situation. Of the 5 pounds change, he pockets 2 pounds, and then gives the ladies back a pound each, saying that he had overcharged them. So, the ladies have now all paid 4 pounds each. 3 x 4 = 12 pounds. The waiter pocketed 2 pounds. 12 + 2 = 14 pounds. So where has the other pound gone?
3 old ladies go for lunch at a cafe. They all have the same meal, which costs 5 pounds each. At the end of the meal, they pay the waiter, by each giving him a 5 pound note, totalling 15 pounds. When the waiter gets to the cash register, the manager informs him that there is a special on - buy 2 meals get the 3rd free. The waiter is a shifty beggar and decides to exploit the situation. Of the 5 pounds change, he pockets 2 pounds, and then gives the ladies back a pound each, saying that he had overcharged them. So, the ladies have now all paid 4 pounds each. 3 x 4 = 12 pounds. The waiter pocketed 2 pounds. 12 + 2 = 14 pounds. So where has the other pound gone?
Clever. I've got it, but I won't spoil it for others yet.
I got it, too, but I have heard it before.
This was on the Terry and Gabby show a while back.
"Oh the joys of maths"
Some people come up with very odd answers for this. I have my thoughts on it but I'll let others have a go at it too.
"Oh the joys of maths"
Some people come up with very odd answers for this. I have my thoughts on it but I'll let others have a go at it too.
He put it in the charity box to even up his theft so as he wont rot in hell!
POP.
Since each lady got £1 back, they only paid £4 for the meal a piece which is £12. Then you add the £2 the waiter kept and you get £14 quid.
Simple misdirection. This has been used by conmen for years. :)
Simple misdirection. This has been used by conmen for years. :)
that's not answering the question though!
ßora† SagdiyeV wrote:
> that's not answering the question though!
Where the extra pounds went? It never existed.
> that's not answering the question though!
Where the extra pounds went? It never existed.
ßora† SagdiyeV wrote:
> that's not answering the question though!
Where the extra pound went? It never existed.
> that's not answering the question though!
Where the extra pound went? It never existed.
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