Liam, Major Major drummer
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riddle me thiscan anyone think of a legitimate sentence in english that is gramtically correct and has the word and consecutivly 5 times in it?
10 points for the first correct answer.
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Gibbo
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You can use had like that, but more than five
Frank, where Vera had had 'had', had had 'had had'; had 'had had' been the right answer
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Dave
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This sentence contains and, and, and and and
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Liam, Major Major drummer
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the corect answer is
a man owned a pub called the pig and whistle. he had a new sign made for it but decided that the spaces between the words were too small so he phoned up the sign makers and said "there is not enough room between 'pig' and 'and' and 'and' and 'whistle'"
and gibbos post confuses me.
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Gibbo
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It makes sense though, but it does take a while to figure it out.
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Scratch-n-sniff
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Gibbo
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Dave
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Haha that riddle is great, there can't be many sentences that have the same word five times in a row
Gibbo's one makes my brain bleed, I just lose it after the first 'had'
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Scratch-n-sniff
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tis pretty good, im gonna be telling it down the pub tomorrow
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Gibbo
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| Gibbo wrote: | You can use had like that, but more than five
Frank, where Vera had had 'had', had had 'had had'; had 'had had had' been the right answer they would both have been wrong |
Imagine they're doing an exam or something. I've edited it to make it easier, but still it's easier to understand if you substitute the answers for another word like "anti-cake"
Vera had had "anti-cake" as her answer
Frank, in the same exam had had "anti-cake anti-cake" as the answer
Had "anti-cake anti-cake anti-cake" been the right answer they'd both have got the wrong answer
So Frank, where Vera had had "anti-cake", had had "anti-cake anti-cake"; had "anti-cake anti-cake anti-cake" been the right answer they would both have been wrong.
It hurts my head too
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Conor Major Major
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I get it now. That's very good. Good explainantion too
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Dave
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Oooooh I understand now, I hope I get that in an exam
I also wish I had had anti-cake for dinner
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JakeTheMasterOfDance
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Fucking hell i actually have a headache after the had one.
Just made sense of it.
Phwoar.
I liked the and one, that was easier to understand =[ xx
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Scratch-n-sniff
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Yeah all i have is a craving for anti-cake from that
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Dave
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What's red and smells like blue paint?
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Scratch-n-sniff
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red paint
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JakeTheMasterOfDance
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That was suprisingly clever : )
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Dave
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I just felt angry and stupid when I got told the answer
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JakeTheMasterOfDance
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What two coins make 30p, and one of them isnt 20p.
If you're well watched with the whole TV thing. You'll get this one easily.
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Scratch-n-sniff
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divvy.
What starts with "e" ends with "e" and contains only one letter?
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Scratch-n-sniff
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| JakeTheMasterOfDance wrote: | What two coins make 30p, and one of them isnt 20p.
If you're well watched with the whole TV thing. You'll get this one easily. |
The other one is 20p, thats from scrubs
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JakeTheMasterOfDance
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Yeah, i thought people would have seen that, quite annoying tbh : )
The E one is annoying me, I'm assuming the answer "E" is too obvious?
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Dave
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Envelope
We should start getting proper riddles, these are just bad jokes
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Scratch-n-sniff
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What driver doesn't have a license?
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Dave
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A screwdriver
Devon
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Scratch-n-sniff
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What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?
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JakeTheMasterOfDance
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You come to a crossroads.
You can take either path a or path b.
Both paths lead to death.
There are two brothers who can help you along the paths...
You may ask them one question.
If you do...
...You will most probably be killed.
Which road do you take?
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Dave
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I guess you just turn around and go back the way you came
And technically that's not a crossroads, it's a T junction
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Gibbo
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Or you let them help you without asking them a question. Either way, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
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Liam, Major Major drummer
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just give them a anti-cake and they will help you without having to ask them a question.
or the answer is ask them what the other one would say is the right road.
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Gibbo
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That isn't the question though by the looks of it. No mention of one always lying and the other always telling the truth
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Major Neil
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ask one of them the question "don't kill me" then continue to walk down their part of the t junction to death.
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Liam, Major Major drummer
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thats not really a question is it neil.
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Scratch-n-sniff
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no ones done mine
What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?
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Liam, Major Major drummer
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i was tryin to work it out but i couldnt.
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Dave
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| Monty Pythons biggest Fan!! wrote: | | What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed? |
Is it 'lounger'? I know it has to be some sort of play on words
I also love that 'onetellsthetruthonetellsalie' riddle, it's brilliantly pointless
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Scratch-n-sniff
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You are correct sir!
what start with "C" ends in "T", hairy on the outside and moist on the inside?
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Dave
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Coconut
What starts with F and ends with UCK?
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Scratch-n-sniff
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fried duck
You have 9 gold coins. All 9 coins look exactly the same but one coin is a fake and is either lighter or heavier than the other 8 coins. You have a scale, balance type with 2 trays, but can only load it twice. How do you find the fake gold coin?
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Dave
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If it's that subtle I'd just keep it
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Scratch-n-sniff
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nah its a proper "really gotta think about it" kinda one
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JakeTheMasterOfDance
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Ah that riddle is good, as i was trying to explain it i kind of realised how wrong i was.
ANSWER SOON PLX. x
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Scratch-n-sniff
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Take any 8 of the 9 coins, and load the scale up with four coins on either side. If the two sides are equal, then the remaining coin is the fake.
If the two sides are not equal, then that remaining coin is a real coin and the fake is in one side or the other of the scale. The trick is that now you must unload at the same time a single coin from each side of the scales. If the scales now balance, the bad coin is one of the two which you just withdrew. If the scales remain unbalanced, the fake is still on the scales. As you remove good coins you can just add them to the good coin pile which began with the first isolated coin. Once you have found the two coins which when removed balance the scales, or if they are the final two and the scales are still unbalanced, you take one of those two and weigh it against a known good coin. If they balance on this second loading of the scales, or if the don't, you have now with only two loadings of the scales correctly identified the fake coin.
rub it on your nan!
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JakeTheMasterOfDance
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| Monty Pythons biggest Fan!! wrote: |
rub it on your nan! |
Is that some sort of crazy alternative?
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Scratch-n-sniff
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lol, t.ry it on your nan, that pesky admin! **shakes fist**
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StinkyP
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If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or telling a lie?
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JakeTheMasterOfDance
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That's not a riddle, its a paradox.
Woah, what am I, a fallout boy song?! Im doing IT homework.
ITS REALLY REALLY BORING.
IM GOING TO PARIS TOMMOROW.
I DONT WANT TO GO.
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Scratch-n-sniff
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| StinkyP wrote: | | If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or telling a lie? |
then your telling a lie which means ur telling the truth
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Scratch-n-sniff
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Stopping along the trail to rest, Judy saw that one-third of the rest of the group from the Girl Scouts was behind her and three-fourths were ahead. Not counting Judy, what was the total number in her group?
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StinkyP
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| Monty Pythons biggest Fan!! wrote: | | StinkyP wrote: | | If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or telling a lie? |
then your telling a lie which means ur telling the truth |
No, I think I'm lying. It can't be true without being a lie. I knew the answer when I posted it but now my head has exploded.
| Monty Pythons biggest Fan!! wrote: | | Stopping along the trail to rest, Judy saw that one-third of the rest of the group from the Girl Scouts was behind her and three-fourths were ahead. Not counting Judy, what was the total number in her group? |
0. I'm going to say; it doesn't say she's a member of the Girls Scouts so, not including Judy, nobody is in her group.
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Dave
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| Monty Pythons biggest Fan!! wrote: | | three-fourths |
What?
I'll say the answer is a million billion zillion
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Scratch-n-sniff
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3/4 then
there is a ligitimate numerical answer to this
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EmmersoN
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| Monty Pythons biggest Fan!! wrote: | 3/4 then
there is a ligitimate numerical answer to this |
I doubt that.
From what you've said she's not included in the either the 1/3 or the 3/4s*
So an answer would require 2/3's = 3/4 and equally 1/4 = 1/3 and if you can find a numerical system where they are true i'll be impressed
*on the presumption that you are neither behind or ahead of yourself... which I'd like to think is reasonable!
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Dave
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This is one of those riddles where you tell us the answer and we just say "oh" in a very uninterested kind of way, I want to hear more like that pig and whistle one, that was great
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Major Neil
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| Monty Pythons biggest Fan!! wrote: | | Stopping along the trail to rest, Judy saw that one-third of the rest of the group from the Girl Scouts was behind her and three-fourths were ahead. Not counting Judy, what was the total number in her group? |
right well she is obviously a brutal murderer... the answer is there was one person in the girl scouts group...
judy stops for a rest and "one-third of the rest of the group from the Girl Scouts was behind her"...
She has just brutally murdered her friend (we shall call her Molly for easiness)(her friend Molly also has a giant head which takes up 3/4 of her body!) and after killing "Molly" she cuts her up.
whilst carrying the parts of her body, a very strenuous task she drops the legs on the floor which are 1/3 of her body, this can be measured if you actually saw this freak called Molly! Because Judy is getting tired and obviously dropping everything she rests...as she sits down she drops more of the mutilated body in front of her...it is Mollys head. "three forths" "were a head"!!
and thats how you get around that riddle!
why thank you!
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Dave
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That's that solved
Next one
What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
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Liam, Major Major drummer
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E
moo ha ha
i stil dont get sams one
1 third or 4/12 + 3 quarters or 9/12 = 13/12 which is top heavy.
unless as she turns someon passes her from behind. then the answer would be 12. is that it?
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Dave
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Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is
This one drove me mad years ago but now I know the answer
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Scratch-n-sniff
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right idea but wrong, include her when you work it out, so there is 1/3, 3/4 and 1/?. Your pretty close
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Scratch-n-sniff
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| Dave wrote: | Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is
This one drove me mad years ago but now I know the answer |
Yeah that ones good, drove me ballistic!
(it's language btw)
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Scratch-n-sniff
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| Liam, Major Major drummer wrote: | E
moo ha ha
i stil dont get sams one
1 third or 4/12 + 3 quarters or 9/12 = 13/12 which is top heavy.
unless as she turns someon passes her from behind. then the answer would be 12. is that it? |
Also read the question VERY carefully on what 3/4, 1/3 is etc.
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Liam, Major Major drummer
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| Monty Pythons biggest Fan!! wrote: | | Stopping along the trail to rest, Judy saw that one-third of the rest of the group from the Girl Scouts was behind her and three-fourths were ahead. Not counting Judy, what was the total number in her group? |
is it in the wording?
ie 1/3rd of the rest of the group not including judy. then 3/4ths including judy were ahead of the aforementiond 1/3rd?
i cant work out the numbers though cos they have changed.
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Scratch-n-sniff
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your on the right lines, there is still a ligitimate answer. You have to think about including her in the total of one of the fractions depending on if you've read it right then taking her off once the total is found.
I'm banking on the Oxbridge people to get this as its a question that's asked in an interview
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Liam, Major Major drummer
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is it 11?
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Scratch-n-sniff
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| Liam, Major Major drummer wrote: | | is it 11? |
no your just guessing
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StinkyP
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Assuming my last answer was wrong; if Judy is the one third of the group behind those that are ahead, I guessed at a third being five and it worked out. 3/4 ahead of the behind group is 11, which not including Judy is 10. 10 + 5 = 15.
This is the dodgiest puzzle ever, too little is given as fact.
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Scratch-n-sniff
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no wait thats wrong
3/4 of 15 is 11.25, all numbers involved are whole integers.
I'll give you another hint. If Judy is included in the 3/4 that means the fraction must change.
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Gibbo
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It's not going to be something stupid like Fourth being a position in Girl Scouts is it, so three of them are ahead of her?
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Scratch-n-sniff
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no no no, its a ligitmate mathematical puzzle with an integer for an answer
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Scratch-n-sniff
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| EmmersoN wrote: |
From what you've said she's not included in the either the 1/3 or the 3/4s* |
she is if you read it right
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Liam, Major Major drummer
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she is included in the 3/4ths but not in the 1/3rd.
also the 3/4ths are from the whole lot of them but the 1/3rd is the whole lot minus 1, judy. so the 3/4 has to be a number that when you take 1 away becomes 2/3rds. i think i get the theory but i cant work the numbers.
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Scratch-n-sniff
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omg! your sooooooo close!!!!!
p.s that theory is good but not correct, very very close
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Scratch-n-sniff
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Ok for those fed up with that one this one is easier
A Farmer goes to market and spends £100 and buys 100 animals and buys at least one of each animal. Cows cost £10, Sheep cost £1 and rabbits are 8 for £1. How many of each animals did he buy?
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