Confusing Riddle?

Question

3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS
$300, SO EACH MAN PAID $100 AND WENT TO THE ROOM. A WHILE LATER THE
MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY $250, SO HE SENT
THE
BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $50. ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY
COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $50 EVENLY BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE
GAVE EACH MAN A $10 BILL AND KEPT THE
OTHER $20 FOR HIMSELF. THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $90 FOR
THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF $270, ADD THE $20 THAT THE BELLBOY
KEPT = $290.
WHERE ARE THE OTHER 10 DOLLARS?
i cant figure that out

Answer 1

This is just another case of operations being done incorrectly. If $300 was originally paid, and there was a $50 screw up, resulting in the final price being $250 and each man received $10 back (total of $30) and the bellboy kept $20, you take the actual cost of the rental, $250 plus the amounts of the refund, $30 plus $20 = $50 + $250 = $300 (the amount they originally paid). There is no money missing, its just playing on operation logic.

Answer 2

It does not make sense to add the $270 that the 3 men paid, to the $20 that the bellboy kept. The $20 is already part of the $270.

The 3 men paid $270. This was split: $250 for the desk clerk, and $20 for the bellboy.

Answer 3

There isn't another 10 dollars. The guys paid 90 each, which is a total of 270, minus the 20 the bellboy stole, which is the cost of the room, or 250. It's just a confusingly-worded problem - there's no missing money if you look at it correctly.

Answer 4

I have seen a dozen varietions on this "problem". There is no earthly reason why why amounts paid and the amounts owed should be equivalent.

Say the room cost $300, but the bellboy mistakenly charged $1200. The manager tells him to return $900, but this errant bellboy keeps the whole thing. So, the guys have paid $1200, and the bellboy (so long as he keeps his job) has $900. So, gosh, where did that extra $900 come from? Here it should be fairly obvious it came from the guys, whom I hope are from wealthy families.

Answer 5

The men paid 270, yes, and the desk clerk has 250 of it and the bellboy has the other 20. Where's the problem? Why add part of what they paid to what they paid? That's nonsense.

Of course, there's a sucker born every minute. (P.T. Barnum)

Answer 6

Take the $270 the men payed and subract the $20 that the bell boy took and you get $250. The cost of the room.