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For 13 people, I give 7 dollars to each of them. If there were 5 fewer people, how much money would each of them get?
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7 dollars!I never said you had to use all of the money and share it equally.
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Good trick
I don't really like this type of teaser. Its too flimsy. Its like saying "They wouldn't get any money because I've decided to keep it." - you could then say "Well I never actually said I had to give them money."
At first, I assumed it would all be split evenly. When I did the math, it did not come out even, so I went with my second assumption - it never said the allocation would change. Even though I got it right, I still agree with Marple...
Ok, ill keep that in mind, thank you for informing me.
I agree that this is pretty open ended, but I did the quick calculation, scratched my head, checked to see if it was a math teaser, saw trick, and went to the correct answer.
So, looks to me like this works pretty well as written.
Thanks for submitting!
So, looks to me like this works pretty well as written.
Thanks for submitting!
the dead giveaway was the sentence...
The category was "trick" so there was nothing else to assume but the correct answer, which I got right away. People try to make things so complicated. Good teaser and fun. Thanks for posting.
Too easy, I'm afraid you gave it away in the sentence, plus the classification as trick!
Cute
Lame, yet simple
Very lame
I thought it was cute. They don't all have to be hard, sometimes it's nice to have one that's relatively easy. Great for the self esteem of the younger players.
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