Three friends went to a hotel. The bill was $75. Each one contributed $25.\n\nThe waiter took the bill to the cashier. The cashier was happy & decided to give them a discount of $5 & asked the waiter to return them $5 \n\nNow the waiter was confused. How to distribute $5 among 3 persons. He kept $2 in his pocket & gave one dollar to each one of the 3 persons.\n\nSo initially each one had contributed $25. Now as they are given 1 dollar back, their contribution reduces to $24. They all contributed $24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 dollars are in the waiter's pocket.\n\nThe total becomes 74. But they had paid $75. Where is the remaining 1 dollar? \n\nIf you can solve this please let me know
209079
It is a matter of wording.\n\nThe bill was $75.  The cashier gave them $5 discount, so now the bill is just $70.  So the waiter gives back $1 each, so everybody paid $24, giving us $72.  $70 of which went to the cashier, and $2 into the waiters pocket!
641812
If you gave each of them a dollar back, that means you only borrowed 98 dollars, not 100. So subtracting 97 from 100 is not right. You need to subtract 97 from 98, which is the 1 dollar in your hand. You only said "I gave 1.00 to one of my  friends and another 1.00 to my other friend [now, i only have 1.00 left]..."
284387
7.\n\nThe last attendant got 1.  1/2(1)+1/2 = 1.\nThe second attendant got 2.  1/2(3)+1/2 = 2.\nThe first one got 4.  1/2(7)+1/2 = 4.
646660
You are adding the bellboy when he should be subtracted.  $27 -$2 = $25, which is what the room cost.  Since the room cost only $25, each man should get ~$1.66 back, but the bellboy robs them of $.33 each.  The total should be the cost of the room, which is $25, not $30.\n\nYes it is a riddle.  The trick is in telling the person that it adds to $29.  Without that, most people would probably just figure out that they had to subtract the $2, not add.
70246
There is no missing dollar. You calculations are deceptive. The manager has his 25, the guys each have one and the bellhop has 2. 25+1+1+1+2=30\nAdide from that the guys haven't paid $9 each, they just think they did. They really paid less, they just didn't get all they deserved back, so in their minds they paid 9 and the manager has the other 3\nSo I'm going to assume the whole point of the (3x9)+2 is to cause confusion and the answer is that is irrelavent because they didnt pay 9 each.
310411
there is no missing dollar\n\nthe three paid $30, and the clerk gave the bell hop $5 to give back, meaning they paid 25 for the room.  he gave each man $1, and kept 2 for himself.\n\n25 for room\n+3 returned\n+2 stolen\n=30\n\nOR\n\nthey each paid nine for the room, and got a dollar back from the bellhop\n\n9 x 3= 27 paid for the room\n3 x 1= 3 refunded\n27+3= 30
542656
B -- it;s the only one that adds up to $3 and fits the criteria of the problem \nWork backwards to solve it\na = $3.50\nb = $3.00 - 9 is is more than 3 and 3 is 1/2 of 6\nc = $2.50
135184
because the analogy at the end is incorrect. the 2 dollars that the waitress had is part of the 27 dollars that the guys paid. if you look at it from a different  and correct perspective, the guys paid $27 each and kept 3. Or, now the waitress has 27 dollars thand the guys have three
461836
Take your own hint.  If one just gives you the answer, you don't learn anything.\n\nStart with $3.\nConsider her and the 4 friends (5 total).\nLast consider the teacher.\n\nEasy as pie.
138677
The trick is how the question is asked. However if you look at it objectively, the three men spent a total of Rs. 270 which includes the Rs. 20 that the waiter kept for himself. So the total is 250 (restaurant bill) + 20 (waiter) + 30 (money that they got back). \nThe question has been asked in such a way so as to trick the reader. You don't have to add the 20 to 270 because the 20 is already included in 270.
612376
each person gets $1 back, so that means  25 + 3 = $28\nand the bellhop keeps $2, and thats $30
198054
Nothing is lost. Their contribution is 47$ (23.5 $ each). This sum includes the 2$ for the cab, so the 2$ should not be added again to get the 49 sum.\n\n25$   25$\n---------\n1.5   1.5.......back\n1     1.........cab\n22.5  22.5......pen cost\n---------\n25$   25$\n\n=>Each paid 23.5$, the shop received 45 (22.5 from each), and the cab received 2$(1 from each).
11543
the '3x9=$27' cant be the cost of the room bcoz like wad the clerk has said,he overcharged them by $5 meaning cost of room is only $30-$5=$25. the 3x9=$27 is only miscalculated by u(on purpose to make us confused,ha). \n\nSo let me explain the full contents of this $30.\n$25 goes to the clerk(payment for the room)\n$2 goes to the bellboy's pocket\n3x$1=$3 goes back to the pocket of these 3 pple, $1 each.
62055
you collect 30.00 everyone takes1.00 back  =27.00\nrent is 25.00 ( that leaves 5.00 extra - 3.00 you already took back =  2.00 over
4422
The mistake is adding the $2 to the 27.  You should subtract it to result in the $25 total of the bill.  That's what they should have paid, but they paid 27 because the bellhop kept the extra 2.
439972
a) 4 is in the tens place, so it is worth 4 * 10 = 40\nb) 6 is in the ones place, so it is worth 6 * 1 = 6\nc) 3 is in the thousands place, so it is worth 3 * 1000 = 3000\nd) first 2 is in the hundreds place, so it is worth 2 * 100 = 200\ne) 7 is in the hundreds place, so it is worth 7 * 100 = 700\n\nOr you can just say the numbers and see what you say when you are on the underlined number...\n\n42 = "forty two" so 4 is "forty"\n176 = "one hundred seventy six" so 6 is "six"\n3049 = "three thousand forty nine" so 3 is "three thousand"\n1223 = "one thousand two hundred twenty three" so first 2 is "two hundred"\n10731 = "ten thousand seven hundred thirty one" so 7 is "seven hundred"
233002
Easy. When the manager took $5 out of the $30 there was $25 remaining, right. That's $8.333333 paid each. When the bellboy gave them the $3 back that made it $9.333333 each. The remaining change from the $10 which is 67cents times 3 equals the $2 in the bellboys pocket.