Easy riddles... let see how long it takes someone to get them!

[RoboG2]

Three guys go into a hotel to share a room. The desk clerk tells them the room is $30.00, so they each put in ten dollars and go up to their room. Later, the clerk realizes he made a mistake, and the room is only $25.00. So, he gives the bellhop five dollars to take back to them. But the bellhop is a little crooked and figures they can't split five dollars between the three of them evenly, so he gives them back three dollars and pockets two. Each guy paid ten dollars and got one dollar back, so each guy paid nine dollars. Nine times three is twenty-seven, plus the two the bellhop kept makes twenty-nine. Where's the other dollar???

[RoboG2]

Here's another:
You are in the attic of a building. On the wall are three numbered light switches.
Down in the basement are three numbered light bulbs, each is connected to one switch. You don't know which switch is connected to which light. You do know that they are all off to start with.

You can do what you like with the switches, but once you leave the attic, the attic door will lock and you can't get back in.
The only place you can go to is the basement (three floors down).

Which bulb is connected to which switch?

[nipsmg]

Three guys go into a hotel to share a room. The desk clerk tells them the room is $30.00, so they each put in ten dollars and go up to their room. Later, the clerk realizes he made a mistake, and the room is only $25.00. So, he gives the bellhop five dollars to take back to them. But the bellhop is a little crooked and figures they can't split five dollars between the three of them evenly, so he gives them back three dollars and pockets two. Each guy paid ten dollars and got one dollar back, so each guy paid nine dollars. Nine times three is twenty-seven, plus the two the bellhop kept makes twenty-nine. Where's the other dollar???

No they didn't each pay $9.  They each paid something like $8.33 a piece, and the bellhop stole from them.

Hotel clerk has $25
Bellhop has $2
Man 1 has $1
Man 2 has $1
Man 3 has $1

do the math.

Cute way of playing w/ people's heads tho . :-D

[nipsmg]

Here's another:
You are in the attic of a building. On the wall are three numbered light switches.
Down in the basement are three numbered light bulbs, each is connected to one switch. You don't know which switch is connected to which light. You do know that they are all off to start with.

You can do what you like with the switches, but once you leave the attic, the attic door will lock and you can't get back in.
The only place you can go to is the basement (three floors down).

Which bulb is connected to which switch?

The light bulbs are numbered.
So are the switches.

Match them.

[Sephroth57]

Three guys go into a hotel to share a room. The desk clerk tells them the room is $30.00, so they each put in ten dollars and go up to their room. Later, the clerk realizes he made a mistake, and the room is only $25.00. So, he gives the bellhop five dollars to take back to them. But the bellhop is a little crooked and figures they can't split five dollars between the three of them evenly, so he gives them back three dollars and pockets two. Each guy paid ten dollars and got one dollar back, so each guy paid nine dollars. Nine times three is twenty-seven, plus the two the bellhop kept makes twenty-nine. Where's the other dollar???

not really a ridlle just wrong math.. the 3 guys paid 28 total, the bellhop kept 2.

[tmasman]

Here's another:
You are in the attic of a building. On the wall are three numbered light switches.
Down in the basement are three numbered light bulbs, each is connected to one switch. You don't know which switch is connected to which light. You do know that they are all off to start with.

You can do what you like with the switches, but once you leave the attic, the attic door will lock and you can't get back in.
The only place you can go to is the basement (three floors down).

Which bulb is connected to which switch?

I'm assuming all the switches are in the same position (down) to start with (On or off doesn't matter)...

Switches 1, 2, 3...

Flip switches 1 & 2 ... Leave them that way for about an hour... Flip switch 2 back.

Go to the basement...

If the lights were OFF to begin with...
You'll have switch 1's light on,
Switch 2's 1 lightbulb will be warm, &
switch 3's off.

If the lights were ON to begin with...
Switch 1's will be off,
Switch 2 & 3 will be on, but switch 2's light won't be as hot.

Thank you, thank you... I'll be here all week.

[tmasman]

No they didn't each pay $9.  They each paid something like $8.33 a piece, and the bellhop stole from them.

I think it was more like $9.33... But you had the right idea.

[Grasshopper]

The first riddle is easy. The guys paid $9 each making $27 in total. The hotel charged them $25 (once the $5 refund is taken into account). The $2 difference was pocketed by the bellhop.

The final sentence should read something like 'Nine times three is twenty-seven, MINUS the two the bellhop kept makes TWENTY FIVE'.

[drunkatuw]

The first riddle is easy. The guys paid $9 each making $27 in total. The hotel charged them $25 (once the $5 refund is taken into account). The $2 difference was pocketed by the bellhop.

The final sentence should read something like 'Nine times three is twenty-seven, MINUS the two the bellhop kept makes TWENTY FIVE'.

I like this solution much better.  I don't see how they could each have paid $9.33.  If I gave someone $10 and they gave me back a dollar, there is no way I paid anything other than $9.

Edit:  Now I see what others were saying, $8.33 of the $9 they spent went towards the hotel room, and the additional $0.67 (x3=$2) was stolen by the bellhop.

[Shape D.]

well technically they paid $9.333333333333333333333333333333333333

[quarterback]

well technically they paid $9.333333333333333333333333333333333333

No, technically they each paid $9.

[Dartful Dodger]

(9 x 3) - 2 = 25 = (10 x 3)- 5

[Shape D.]

(3+4A)x13M=12C/(13BxD)

[Dartful Dodger]

(3+4A)x13M=12C/(13BxD)

Not if C = Pi^2

[DrewKaree]

Why was 6 afraid of 7?

[DrewKaree]

Because 7 8 9

[danny_galaga]

yes, that bellboy one is really a play on words. for something more interesting, ive just read 'the cracking code book' by simon singh. really interesting look into the history of codes. and some fun examples to crack at the back. felt really good to crack them all (",)

heres more :

http://www.simonsingh.com/Vigenere_Cryptograms.html

[DrewKaree]

Or, for those who are more visually oriented, here it is in ascii format. "follow the money":
They enter the hotel, they pay for the room, the clerk discovers the mistake, the bellhop returns some of the money

guy1    guy2     guy3         clerk         bellhop
------   -------    -------      --------      -----------
$10      $10      $10           $0              $0          = $30
$0        $0       $0             $30            $0          = $30
$0        $0       $0             $25            $5          = $30
$1        $1       $1             $25            $2          = $30

That's really bad when we have time to not only figure this crap out, but to color code it and put it into a chart and do the math

That OCD is hard to shake 

[Bones]

guy1

[quarterback]

That's really bad when we have time to not only figure this crap out, but to color code it and put it into a chart and do the math

That OCD is hard to shake

[DrewKaree]

Why can't an elephant ride a tricycle?

(this is my mother-in-law's FAVORITE joke, so don't you DARE make fun of me for this, or I'll tell her and she'll come over to your house and kick your ayse!)

[Shape D.]

Because theres not enough trunk space.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA.

Mwuahahaha.

Bwahahaha.

[Dartful Dodger]

If a pick pocket snatches watches, what does a peeping tom do?

If the circus has a cunning array of stunts, what does the Rockettes have?

[danny_galaga]

thats similar to:

"whats the difference between a gold fish and a goat? the goldfish likes mucking around in fountains, the goat likes ******* around on mountains. so then, whats the difference between a police mans baton and a magicians wand? the wand is used for cunning stunts...."