Three guests check into a hotel room...

Riddle: Three guests check into a hotel room. The manager says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the manager realizes the bill should only have been $25. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $5 as five one-dollar bills to return to the guests. The bellhop realizes that he cannot equally divide the five one-dollar bills among the three guests, so he just gives each guest $1 back and keeps $2 as a tip for himself. As each guest got $1 back, each guest only paid $9, bringing the total paid to $27. The bellhop kept $2, which when added to the $27, comes to $29. So if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1?

Answer: The $27 paid already includes the bellhop's tip, so $27 + 3x$1 in hand makes $30.

Rating: 100%

Riddle Categories

Related Riddles

Riddle: A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?

Answer: 11 times. It chimes at zero and then once every second for 10 seconds

Rating: 100%

Riddle: A new medical building containing 100 offices had just been completed. Mark was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Mark have to paint the number nine?

Answer: The answer is 20! 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99.

Rating: 100%

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2025
WordConnect
WordConnect
Classic Word Puzzles
by AppGeneration Software
Word Search Nature
Classic Word Puzzles
by AppGeneration Software

Riddle of the Day

Bouncing Bob was riding a particularly frisky horse when suddenly its bridle came off. As they raced down the road, a screaming Bob clung to the horse's ears for dear life. Out of the corner of his eye, Bob saw a car coming, and realizing the horse was completely out of control, he panicked. Flailing his arms about, he accidentally caused the horse to come to an abrupt halt. What could Bouncing Bob have done to make the horse stop?