If an egg and a half cost a penny and a half... how much would 12 dozen be?

[Inchworm]

I'm so glad I drilled all these with my daughter growing up. She spent the day with her BF's family and had a "smart uncle" trying to stump her. She got busted on a few, but she got him and he was old! lol

jest sayin...

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[Ptah]

1. .

$1.44?

:shrug:

[Inchworm]

6. bingo!

Do you remember any of these type "riddles?"

:hi:

[Deja Q]

2. Cheaper than the steroid-fed chicken

[Inchworm]

7. yup

but not nearly as tasty :P

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. isn't 12 dozen a

gross:D

[Deja Q]

4. Only if you throw the egg and hit a person on his head with it

[SPKrazy]

5. What?

oh

wait

never mind

:rofl:

[Inchworm]

8. Indeed it is

Thats one of those cool things to remember from school.

:D

[Zephyrbird]

11. Oh hell you beat me to it!

And I didn't read all the posts before I posted because I was laughing.

You spoiler, you! Ya gotta be quick around here to get a joke in! :rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

9. I like pink!

:silly:

[Inchworm]

12. darn!

I missed you bein up! lol

dream well.

:hi:

[Zephyrbird]

10. That's a gross question!

:rofl:

[Inchworm]

14. its a trick hehe

a gross is 144 and just 'cause an egg and 1/2 costs a penny and 1/2 doesnt mean each egg doesnt cost a penny.

I love it :)

:hi:

[Zephyrbird]

42. hee hee!

If a plane crashed between two churches, where would they bury the survivors?

You wouldn't believe how many dumb conservatives at work I could stump with that one. har!!!!

Oh gods, they can't think their way out of a paper box!!

[Inchworm]

13. As I was going to St. Ives

As I was going to St. Ives

I met a man with seven wives
And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?

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[some guy]

20. dunno

"I" was going to St Ives, so that's one.

It isn't really clear if the man with the wives was also going to, or possibly coming from St Ives. Or maybe they met at a crossroad, and the man, wives, sacks, cat,s kits were neither going to nor coming from St Ives.

Having said that:
2,301 kits
343 cats
49 sacks
7 wives
1 man
and I

so the maximum number could be as high as 2,310. Unless there are others, not met, so not mentioned. Quite the quandary.

[Inchworm]

26. Your initial answer

was the correct one :)

He may have also met a fire hydrant hehe

I did all that math too

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[Ptah]

15. how many 3-cent stamps in a dozen?

[TrogL]

16. they don't make 3-cent stamps

[Ptah]

18. .

http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&storeId=10001&productId=29155&langId=-1

[Inchworm]

21. :)

12?

[TrogL]

29. I'm in Canada

http://www.canadapost.ca/portal/personal/prod_postage_stamps.pg?portal=personal

[Ptah]

31. If they did make 3-cents stamps, how many would be in a dozen?

[some guy]

22. 12

there are 12 of anything in a dozen. Unless it's a bakers dozen, in which case, the number is 13.

[Crabby Appleton]

17. Brown eggs or white eggs?

[Inchworm]

23. yes

Hi there! Hope you had a good holiday.

:hi:

[TrogL]

19. 144

12 * 12 = 144.

"be" is the closest identifier to that statement. The earlier stuff is part of a secondary clause and irrelevant because it's not clearly defined what "be" would mean in that context. If it was "cost", then it would be a different answer.

[Inchworm]

24. For you I'll change the wording

If an egg and a half cost a penny and a half... how much would 12 dozen cost?

:hi:

[TrogL]

28. too late - gotcha

[Inchworm]

25. Bo and Bubba have adjoining hoglots

Each of them had a runt that could fit through a hole they wallered under the fence. When Bo's runt goes under the fence Bubba has twice as many hogs as Bo. When Bubba's runt goes under into Bo's lot Bubba has just as many hogs as Bo.

How many hogs do they each have in their lots?

G'mornin :)

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[Recovered Repug]

27. They each have 2 before the escape.

[deucemagnet]

30. Wow! I really had to flex some old muscles to get that one!

Let Bo's hogs = x and Bubba's hogs = y.

When Bo's runt goes under the fence Bubba has twice as many hogs as Bo, so 2(x-1)=y+1.

When Bubba's runt goes under into Bo's lot Bubba has just as many hogs as Bo, so y-1=x+1. Solving for y, y=x+2.

Plugging the y value (x+2) into the first equation, we get everything in terms of x, 2(x-1)=(x+2)+1, which expands and simplifies to 2x-2=x+3. Solve for x, and x=5.

Plugging the x value into the second equation, we get y-1=5+1, or y=7.

So, Bo has 5 hogs and Bubba has 7. When Bo's runt goes into Bubba's lot, Bo has 4 and Bubba has 8. When Bubba's runt goes into Bo's lot, Bo has 6 and Bubba has 6.

[porphyrian]

32. A gross. -n/t

[Ptah]

33. If you have a piece of material that is forty-eight inches square,

What is the diameter of the largest two circles you can cut from the square?

[pokerfan]

34. 28.11774901

R + R/sqrt(2) = 48/2

R = 24/1.707 = 14.0588745

D = 2R

[Ptah]

36. Yes.

[rateyes]

35. One of these:

and forty-four of these:



That's a penny and egg for 144 eggs.

[pokerfan]

37. If a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half ...

If a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many hens would it take to lay six eggs in six days?

[Jamastiene]

40. One hen.

:D

[pokerfan]

41. Reasoning?

[pokerfan]

44. Bump because that answer was incorrect

:)

[Generic Brad]

38. Do you count the $1.29 the carton costs?

[Jamastiene]

39. ...

$1.44

[ashling]

43. Is that a trick question?

:hi:

[EstimatedProphet]

45. $1.44

[Ishoutandscream2]

46. Shit, my brain hurts. I need to turn on Fox News

Make the world go away...

[Inchworm]

47. An electric train is travelling at 50mph due north

The wind is blowing out of the east at 50mph. It will take the train 2.5 hours to get to its destination.

Which way is the smoke from the train blowing?

;)