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Five Presidents
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Puzzle ID: #14600
Submitted By: mathemagician Corrected By: shenqiang
Submitted By: mathemagician Corrected By: shenqiang
Trivia
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.Trivia
What replaces the ??? in the puzzle below?
1 Lincoln
+ 2 Jeffersons
+ 3 Roosevelts
+ 4 Washingtons
+ 5 Kennedys
_______________
???
1 Lincoln
+ 2 Jeffersons
+ 3 Roosevelts
+ 4 Washingtons
+ 5 Kennedys
_______________
???
Hint
U.S. CoinsAnswer
$ 3.91Lincoln is on the penny, Jefferson is on the nickel, Roosevelt is on the dime, Washington is on the quarter, and Kennedy is on the half dollar.
1 Lincoln = $.01
2 Jeffersons = .10
3 Roosevelts = .30
4 Washingtons = 1.00
5 Kennedys = 2.50
______________________
Total = $3.91
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lincoln is also on the 5 dollar bill
I don't see money very often, but isn't Washington on the dollar bill?
Bad teaser for anyone outside the US, and if the other 2 comments are true then it is doubly difficult due to it being incorrect
not an incorrect teaser. while jefferson, lincoln, and washington appear on both paper and coin currency, kennedy and FDR, to my knowledge, were never on any paper currency. given these clues, there should be no confusion and the teaser is absolutely correct.
Bluetwo is right. Also, the hint said U.S. COINS, so any paper currency is irrelevant.
I think that was a very nice teaser I could not solve it to save my life keep up the good work.
A snoozer and I'm from the US
even though i am an indian who has never stepped outside india, it was a good teaser for me because i have read a lot about us presidents, father-son pairs, assassinations.........and currencies.
good one!!!!!!!!!!
good one!!!!!!!!!!
I knew it had to do with money, I just couldn't think of what had Roosevelt on it.
I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE!
Hey, c'mon how am I s'posed to do figure out that. I'm Greek and I live in Australia.
man that ones stupid im a kiwi (from new zealand) and how am i going to what coins you have there
im not from u.s. and i dont have any paper bill from it thats y i dont have any idea and one thing more I hate math! sorry!
Ach. I immediately thought of currency.. but I was thinking dollar bills. I was like... ok... Washington is $1.... Lincoln is $5... Jefferson is $2... eh, Rosevelt? Kennedy!?
Didn't think of change
Didn't think of change
Oh.. and as for those complaints about it being from the US... so what?? There are quite a number of teasers I have read that, unless you're from the UK/England, you really won't know the answer, because you won't have heard the idiom or recognize the reference.... soooo....
I'm feeling like a total idiot, because all I knew is that they were all presidents and if I even put the currency idea together I still would've gotten it wrong because I don't know who's on what coin. And the sad thing is I'm from the U.S.
Back off, this is a great teaser!
pretty different but im a dummy so its all good!
It was apparent Mathemagician was talking about coins, since there is no paper currency with Roosevelt or Kennedy. Nice puzzle, even if very easy.
easy thats all im sayin...
Next time, use canadian money instead!!
Pretty difficult if you don't live in the US but not impossible if you're willing to do a little research.
this was a very easy brainteaser and whoever thinks it was not fair for people outside of the us you much have not seen money because money transends all nations maybe different but spends the same everywhere
this was a very easy branteaser and whoever thinks it wasn't fair for people outside the us must have not seen money because money transends all nations it spends the same everywhere.
No, it doesn't spend the same everywhere. Try paying your grocery bill with pesos and you'll see what I mean. Most people convert their country's currency to another's when they travel.
That was a great one....
I thought the answer was 6 Eisenhower's since the numbers were just increasing by 1 and the presidents were on cosecutively larger coins. Eisenhower is on the silver dollar.
who is the current Australian Prime Minister and who appears on our 20 cent piece? This was to prove a point - i love the brainteasers, although am getting a bit sick of the US ones - you're not the only country in the world and not eveyone knows everything about your country,... alhtough we know a lot more than you would know about ours!
WHOA! I sence some tension!!! If people are tired of US trivia, then come up with your own. (If you aren't from the US that is) All it means is that there must be more USers who submit teasers. I got the idea of the answer but I didn't figure it out completely. GREAT JOB...KEEP IT UP!!!
kclef is right. u need to simmer down.
~libra0890
~libra0890
gwshark44 - john howard and queen elizabeth II (and i think a platypus is on the back)...but then again, i'm from Australia
my plan is just to submit a whole load of aussie based trivia, that way there's stuff that we'll actually understand
my plan is just to submit a whole load of aussie based trivia, that way there's stuff that we'll actually understand
Aweosme teaser. Got me stumped but i loved it. Keep them rollin'.
Great teaser. Stumped me.
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