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Cupcakes For Sale!
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
Two boys were sent by their mothers to sell an equal amount of cupcakes each, worth one dollar per cupcake.
They were told not to eat the cupcakes they are selling, and that they should sell all of the cupcakes.
At the end of the day, all cupcakes were sold, yet neither boy gained nor lost a dollar.
What happened?
They were told not to eat the cupcakes they are selling, and that they should sell all of the cupcakes.
At the end of the day, all cupcakes were sold, yet neither boy gained nor lost a dollar.
What happened?
Hint
The boys were obedient and did sell all the cupcakes. However, they ARE human...Answer
Each boy became hungry after a while. One boy decided to buy a cupcake from the other boy, paying him one dollar.The other boy also decided to buy a cupcake from the first boy, paying him one dollar, too.
And so it continued until all the cupcakes were sold, and both boys came home full and happy.
I can't say the same for the moms, though.
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got it! ez but fun
Glad you like it!
i guessed the answer
It's really easy. I saw it on Beavis and Butthead, the candy sale episode.
Very good!!
it's really easy,but good fun
Very easy...but very cute...thanks for submitting BluEsor0214..takes guts to submit teasers and wait for the approval
good one
I liked it! It as a bit hard but it was great!
that was pretty easy (probably something i would do, lol)
Na! Magagalit ang nanay nila!
(Oh! Their mom would be angry!)
Like ...
Jaiaiaia
(Oh! Their mom would be angry!)
Like ...
Jaiaiaia
oh that is too funny if you are not the moms
Our cakes never make ir out of the door!
It might be a trick teaser...
Easy
But very funny... stupid boys
But very funny... stupid boys
Interesting teaser.
Funny!! great teaser~
I technically got it wrong, I thought they would buy a cupcake from themselves. It's pretty close though.
Ahaha I thought, since 'they ARE human' they forget to put out the sign for the price.
I thought they sold it on credit, I guess I'm wrong
I love this one. There's no trick - they followed the instructions as given to the letter, but so ingeniously that they get to eat all the cupcakes. Having your cake and eating it too??
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