Can you find the missing pound?

Question

Three men go out for a meal, and overall the meal costs £25. They each pay in a £10 note, and the waiter comes back with change. As £5 cannot be evenly divided into three, he kept £2 as a tip, and gave each man £1 back. So they each paid £9 so thats £27 in total and the waiter took £2 so overall £29... where's the missing pound?

B*llcks it took me ages to figure this one out...

Answer 1

well well well lastly a tricky one,
well here is the solution i got:
they paid 25 and the change is with the waiter, he gave them 3 and took 2 that will be 28, well divide the 28/3 it will be = 9.3periodic, that how it happens.

9.3 periodic X 3 = 28 + 2 = 30.

Answer 2

There is no missing pound.

They paid a total of £27 which already included the £2 tip.

The problem adds the £2 tip to the £27 which already includes the £2 tip.

Meal £25 + tip £2 = £27. This is what cost each man £9.

£3 returned to the 3 men for a total of £30.

Answer 3

25 +1+1+1+2=30

Answer 4

They each paid 9, of which 25 to cover the bill and 2 as a tip for the waiter. From the original 10 they gave they each got 1 back.

The 2 from the waiter is included in the 27, you don't have to add it anymore.

Answer 5

the meal cost 25 pounds plus the 2 pounds the waiter took that's 27 pounds plus the 3 pounds the waiter shared between the 3 men that makes 30 pounds . No pound was mising.

Answer 6

They each paid 9 which is 27 (25 for the bill and 2 for the tip) nothing i missing

Answer 7

each payed 10 =30
change =5
=25
change divided into 4 parts, 2 for the waiter, 1 for each person =5
there really isn't a missing pound

Answer 8

there is no missing pound. You counted the 25 twice. If he gave each person one pound back, it would total 28, add his two pound tip, its 30

Answer 9

You broke man or something? No pound missing here. But keep looking anyway.

Answer 10

in your pocket :)