Where is the money?

Question

Three men go to see a show, the receptionist at the cash desk said, the total to be paid is $30, so each man paid $10 and went into the show.

A while later the receptionist realised that she should have charged them $25, so she sent a wee boy to the theatre to give them $5 back.

The wee boy couldnt figure how to split the money evenly between the three men , so he gave them each $1 and kept $2 for himself for a treat.
This meant that each man had paid $9 , which is a total of $27, add the $2 that the wee boy kept = $29.
Where is the missing $1.

Answer 1

Wow! A money-laundry plan! Might work.

Answer 2

The wee boy twin has the $1 plus wee's $2 = $3
add this to the $27 = $30.

Answer 3

each man paid 9, the store has 25, and the boy kept 2. 25 + 2 = 27

Answer 4

your calculation is totally wrong. They indeed paid 27 dollars:

The receptionist has 25 $
The wee boy has 2 $

Total: 27 $

Instead of adding the 3$ the guys got back to the 27 $ they paid, you add 2 $ that they paid to the 27$ that they paid....

silly...

Answer 5

each man didn't pay 9, each man paid 9 and 1/3.

(1/3) * (3 men) = 1 and there's you're missing dollar.

Answer 6

the question should be ---- how can 3 people pay $25 for something, when 25 is not divisible by 3??????

Answer 7

Guys,ease up,i'm sure the missing dollar is somewhere..

Besides,if this lottery ticket I bought wins,you'll thank me!

Answer 8

yeah, I know. lets keep asking the same questions all the time, that'll make it fun

Answer 9

nothing went missing,u just did the calculations wrong.

Answer 10

The only answer is that you cant use that formula to answer the question.