Three men went to motel to get a room. When they got there the Clerk told them that they only had one room left with just two beds. The men said they didn't care because they had to have a place to stay. They asked how much for the room? The Clerk told them thirty dollars. They each pulled out ten dollars and paid for the room. Later the Clerk felt a little guilty about charging full price for the room. He told the Bellhop to take five dollars and give it back to the men. The Bellhop decided that five dollars was too hard to divide. What he did was give each man back one dollar each, and kept the other two for himself.
If each man paid ten dollars originally and the Bellhop gave them back one dollar each, then they each paid nine dollars. Three times nine equals twenty-seven, the Bellhop kept two, which makes twenty-nine, where did the other dollar go?
2007-02-18 17:39:44 · 12 answers · asked by ? 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
For raymanfra... I knew the answer to the riddle I was just trying to see if anyone else got it. Stop being so mean!
2007-02-18 17:59:16 · update #1
the bellhop kept 2. 27-2=25 25+5=30 the bellhop keeping two is from the change offive, not the addition to the remainder
2007-02-18 17:47:48 · answer #1 · answered by wilrycar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all depends on how u do the math, the way u did it didnt follow the order of operations. 25 for the room, 3 for the men, 2 for the bellhop and thats thirty
2007-02-19 01:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the clerk?
2007-02-19 01:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by Daughter of a Coma Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could you get me a calculator, math is too hard. How do you do that. Who really knows only god knows. Which is dog spelled backwards did ya know. What is jesus backwards the devil. See 23 dived by 12 is 666.
2007-02-19 01:50:48 · answer #4 · answered by raymanfranks 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
omfg....this question has been asked almost 30 times. Seriously.
Its cause it's 27 +3 not +2
2007-02-19 01:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by adklsjfklsdj 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
25 room fee
3 to the occupants
2 for the bell boy......30?
2007-02-19 01:42:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
know what? this question should be in the 'i love maths' category so what is it doing here?
2007-02-19 02:22:10 · answer #7 · answered by nikita loves_ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Looking4answers" has got it spot on.
2007-02-19 01:48:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my pockect
2007-02-19 01:43:02 · answer #9 · answered by Shadow 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dunno, the clerk.? or maybe the clerk just got ripped off.
2007-02-19 02:01:24 · answer #10 · answered by Kacy! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋