Riddles and Puzzles

[benb]

Eggactly How
If a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many hens would it take to lay 18 eggs in 3 days?

Basically, 1 hen lays 1 egg a day.
So for 18 eggs in 3 days that's 6 hens.

 

[jefmcg]

no, that's not right .... I think.

Get it into whole numbers. Double the number of hens ... 3 hens can lay 3 eggs in a day and a half. Double the number of days ... 3 hens can lay 6 eggs in 3 days.

we need 3x6 eggs, so thats 9 hens.

(or eggs/hen day == 1.5/(1.5*1.5) == 2/3 eggs per hen day, so 18 eggs requires 27 hen days)

 

[MikeG]

Eggactly How
If a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many hens would it take to lay 18 eggs in 3 days?

9

 

[welsh dragon]

No.

ARe there 18 left?

 

[MikeG]

Oh, and the woman had a miraculous sex change in the second last sentence.

And the last, rendering the puzzle pointless........

 

[Shut Up Legs]

If all but 9 die, then I'm guessing it's probably... 9!

Sorry, @classic33, but I think my answer of 17 was also correct. Yes, I know that the puzzle was most likely written with only 1 correct answer in mind, but even so, I maintain that my answer also makes sense.

 

[classic33]

ARe there 18 left?

No.

 

[welsh dragon]

No.

Thanks for nothing

 

[classic33]

Thanks for nothing

No problem!

 

[benb]

no, that's not right .... I think.

Get it into whole numbers. Double the number of hens ... 3 hens can lay 3 eggs in a day and a half. Double the number of days ... 3 hens can lay 6 eggs in 3 days.

we need 3x6 eggs, so thats 9 hens.

(or eggs/hen day == 1.5/(1.5*1.5) == 2/3 eggs per hen day, so 18 eggs requires 27 hen days)

Nice, thanks for spotting where I'd gone wrong

 

[classic33]

I Never
I never was, am always to be.
No one ever saw me, nor ever will.
Yet I am the confidence of all.
To live and to breathe on this terrestrial ball.

What am I?

 

[classic33]

The House
What goes round the house, in the house but never touches the house?

 

[classic33]

What Day
If its not the day after Monday, nor the day before Thursday, and it wasn't Sunday yesterday. The day after tomorrow isn't Saturday, whilst the day before yesterday wasn't Wednesday.
What day is it?

 

[classic33]

Blind or Not
What has five eyes but cannot see?

 

[classic33]

I Do
I do not breathe, yet I run and jump.
I do not eat, yet I swim and stretch.
I do not drink, yet I sleep and stand.
I do not think, yet I grow and play.
I do not see, yet you see me everyday.