Math Riddles

 

Question: If wanted, use paper!, You may only put 1 line on a number!, how?, thats up to you: 5 + 45 = 450?!.. 883 x 2 = 1776?!.. 282 - 6 x 0 = 288?!..


Question: Five pirates are parting ways after finding a treasure of 100 pieces of gold. The pirates decide to split it based on a vote. Each pirate, from oldest to youngest, gets to propose a plan on how to split the gold.

If at least 50 percent of the other remaining pirates agree on the plan, that is how they will split the gold. If less than 50 percent of the pirates agree, the pirate who came up with the plan will be thrown overboard. Each pirate is smart, greedy, and wants to throw as many others overboard as possible without reducing the amount of gold they get.

What plan can the first (oldest) pirate propose to live and get as much gold as possible?

Question: When I was 2 years old, my brother was half my age. Now I am 100 years old, how old is my brother?

Math (medium)

Question: If you are smart and very good at math. Answer these 2 math riddles. 1. What is 0x29840847894657867478465875674896478496478567968. 2. 1x89498784893246798648732742974823.

Question: There are ten horses in a field. They each have a stable. There was a storm one day and struck one of the stables. The stable burned. There are now 9 stables. Every horse has to go in a stable at night. You can't build another stable and you can't fit 2 horses in one stable. How do you fit ten horses in 9 stables?