Brain teasers where is the dollar

Just overspending because a weasel told on himself. Yo says May 26, The explanation is perfectly fine. You should subtract 2 and not add 2. Get Free Riddles By Email! Show the answer ». Posted in Brain Teasers.

Logical Puzzles. Daniel Kim says September 5, This is dumb what kind of answer is that, there is no missing dollar, actually the question is dumb, the answer was completely fine! Justin says November 5, Haha. But, you say, he ended up with the same amount of money that he started with!

However, as he transported Canadian dollars into Canada and US dollars into the US, he performed "economic work" by moving the currency to a location where it was in greater demand and thus valued higher. The earnings from this work were spent on the drinks. What Next? View a Similar Brain Teaser The cook says he put the money under a book on his desk to keep it safe. They check and it is no longer there.

The maid says she moved it when she was cleaning to the inside of the book between page 1 and 2. They open the book and look between page number 1 and 2 but it isn't there.

The mail guy says he saw it sticking out of the book and to keep it safe he moved it to between page number 2 and 3. Once they are done the culprit is promptly arrested. Who did it and how did he know? The mail guy did it because if he checked between page numbers 1 and 2 page numbers 2 and 3 are opposite sides of one page and could not hold the dollar bill. I better read the linked wiki so I can get more info. Though the second situation the jeweler is much easier to catch.

I agree with both of your recommendations. These can both be easily solved with an accountant on the case. Like Like. If there is money missing, I always assume it is the government. But I did enjoy the mental exercise to find the missing dollar. I am sure I have been done in by this type of misdirection in the past.

IT is interesting how we can be lead to an incorrect answer so willingly. Very entertaining post! You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.