3 business men go and check in at a hotel for the night but the hotel only has one room left.?

Question

They are told its £30 per night for the room. They pay £10 each and go up to the room. About an hour later the hotel receptionist finds out she has overcharged the 3 men for the room. It should have been just £25 per night.
So, she sends up a porter with £5 to give back to the 3 men. On his way up the porter starts wondering how he is going to split £5 three ways!
Anyway, he knocks on the door and the men come to the door and he explains why he is there. He says if i give you all back £1 each and have the remaining £2 for myself to save any unfairness is that ok? Yes saythe 3 men.
So now the 3 men have paid only £9 each towards the room for the night which X3 = £27 in total. The porter has £2 making £29 total. So whats happened to the last £1 ???????????

Answer 1

They paid £9.00 each this makes a total of £27.00.

The room costs £25,00, the porter kept £2.00 total = £27.00.

It balances.
Old favourite, very clever way of twisting the truth.

Merry Christmas

Answer 2

I asked this question last week!
The mistake is in how the thirty Pounds are accounted for. The two Pounds that the Porter has are part of the 27 the men have paid. A correct accounting of the money is that 27 pounds were paid and three pounds were not, totaling 30 pounds

Answer 3

this has been on here a hundred times.
the dollar didn't go anywhere.
your math is wrong

men payed 25 for the room plus they got 3 back plus the porter has the other 2
25+3+2=30

Answer 4

You have to subtract 2 from 27, not add it to make 29. You end up with 25, the discount price.

Answer 5

Very clever indeed ,A very merry Christmas to you .
By the way Santa nicked the other£1.

Answer 6

The porter has accidentally dropped the one pound into his pocket?

Answer 7

math can be a tricky subject. nice riddle.

Answer 8

wow! good question. I'm stumped

Answer 9

very good

Answer 10

That was cool..