eahtriscuit
Jun 27, 2002
| I don't get it. When you count up 18 rungs you get 18. Miscalculation! |
glennyboy02
Jun 28, 2002
| No 29 is the correct answer! The firefighter is standing on the middle rung. He goes up 6 rungs so he is now at M+6, he now goes down 10 rungs so he is now at M-4 he goes up 18 rungs so he is now at M+14=T. 14 rungs from the top, 14 rungs from the bottom and the middle rung. 14+14+1=29! |
(user deleted)
Jun 28, 2002
| I got "hung" on the Middle rung! Ha ha, I came up with 30 -- counted the middle rung twice. I should've known the answer would have to be an uneven number if there is a middle rung. |
peppermintwist
Jul 01, 2002
| I thought middle meant somewhere in the middle, not the exact middle, so I got 24 |
NuttyPrince
Jul 03, 2002
| i got 28 bcoz i forgot the last rung. Thats a well gud riddle! |
carolyn
Jul 09, 2002
| i done it i one it 2 easy |
steph
Jul 28, 2002
| I did it too! this is quite an achievement for me- i've never done a math teaser before!!! |
tedjohnson
Jul 28, 2002
| i dont think they make ladders with an uneven number of rungs...also i dont think the guy would stand on the very top one, it dosent seem safe or stable.... |
strangeman
Jul 28, 2002
| Someone please tell me why the man whose comment is above mine even bothered to comment on whether the firefighter would have stood on the top rung??? |
dsquared  
Aug 14, 2002
| Great teaser, simple concept with a twist... as mentioned in above comments - which I will not mention as I don't want to give the answer in my comment. |
xiaobaby
Aug 29, 2003
| i got 28 too, forgot the middle one. all in all, this is not bad a teaser |
pigpen978
Dec 17, 2004
| I agree with strangeman and steph.               |
yishan_n_fione
Dec 17, 2004
| well..i don't get...too hard
but a good quest |
MrIxolite 
Dec 17, 2004
| I mis added and came up with M12=T so my anser was 25 I was even like oh that is sooooo easy |
Chelsie
Dec 17, 2004
| I concur tedjohnson!!
I mean what a BALANCING act... Surely inertia from the hose would have caused him to topple!!!!! |
mary_13021
Dec 17, 2004
| that was great! I was very close to the answer |
Jonhoe53
Dec 17, 2004
| this teaser is terrible! Number one, half of 29 is 14.5. How can you be standing on half a rung?? Number two, when this is done correctly you get 28.5 rungs not 29. I dont kno how you can have half a rung, but thats just me! |
Jonesy
Dec 17, 2004
| Hey one extra rung isn't just a half a rung! Great job on the teaser, very clever! |
(user deleted)
Dec 17, 2004
| That was fun and easy! |
Punk_Rocker 
Dec 17, 2004
| That was really good, but it was really easy...which is why i got it.... but it was clever!! |
monkey41
Dec 17, 2004
| this was way to easy and i suck at math brain teasers!!! |
Araldite
Dec 17, 2004
| A middle rung means there must be an odd number of rungs. I think it was a good teaser because that was the twist that makes it harder than it appears. |
STGFulton
Dec 17, 2004
| I poop on Firemen. |
aprilapineru13
Dec 17, 2004
| i got this'n right! all i did was draw the middle line(just a lonely line all by its self) and then added lines up, wnet down lines, then went back up. then all i had to do was count em there lines!!! lol |
2stupid4U
Dec 17, 2004
| Good for you, I miscalculated everything, like always |
dhang
Dec 17, 2004
| i told you m not good in math but i enjoy it rerlly!!! keep up the good work |
xcourtneyx828
Dec 18, 2004
| i thought it was a fairly good brainteaser. i got it worng thinking it ws 18. after i read the answer i relized my mistake. it was cool .i liked it |
(user deleted)
Dec 19, 2004
| i don't get it |
mr_brainiac
Jan 03, 2006
| interesting little no-brainer, easy-breezy - 29 it is. |
mmmcla01 
Jun 25, 2006
| I agree with strangeman.......jonhoe: it wouldn't be half a rung, it is the middle rung......glennyboy explained it just fine in the answer.......did you even read it? |
teen_wiz
Jul 02, 2007
| Normally I don't like math teasers, but this one's an exception. Cute, fun, and made me think... great job! |
oddrey
Aug 21, 2007
| I got twenty eight. I could have gotten it right if I had thought more. that was a really well written and fun teaser. nice job! |
javaguru
Jan 02, 2009
| Wow, a lot of comments for such a simple teaser. I thought it was so simple that I didn't even understand why it was a teaser, but I guess the "middle rung" thing tripped some people up. Obviously, if you HAVE a middle rung there are an odd number of rungs... |
opqpop
Sep 10, 2010
| This is the like the exact same problem as
http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/
17721/monk-steps.html
and they are neither difficult nor interesting. |
