Greatest math joke/trick I have ever seen

[barman]

Three dudes check into a $25 motel room, but the clerk overcharges them and gets $30 by taking $10 from each of them.

Later, he feels partially guilty so he goes to their room and gives them each back a dollar, while keeping two for himself.

The three dudes thus paid $9 each and the hotel clerk has $2. Where's the missing dollar?

 

[barman]

DISCLOSURE - At one time I was a regular drunk....so I know lots of these...heh

 

[Uno]

how stupid do you have to be to not get 4100? i don't understand...

 

[Uno]

Three dudes check into a $25 motel room, but the clerk overcharges them and gets $30 by taking $10 from each of them.

Later, he feels partially guilty so he goes to their room and gives them each back a dollar, while keeping two for himself.

The three dudes thus paid $9 each and the hotel clerk has $2. Where's the missing dollar?

this is a great one.

 

[trytrytry]

Three dudes check into a $25 motel room, but the clerk overcharges them and gets $30 by taking $10 from each of them.

Later, he feels partially guilty so he goes to their room and gives them each back a dollar, while keeping two for himself.

The three dudes thus paid $9 each and the hotel clerk has $2. Where's the missing dollar?

heard this one during a MATH film in 4th grade...took me til 7th grade to really figure this puzzle out and why its so cool to still use today!

 

[PyRoCaPPer]

What's the answer Bar?

 

[Teddykgb]

i butchered a math quiz in the rubber room but i'll try again.

there is no missing dollar, the guys paid $27 dollars ($9 each) guy ripped them off for $2.

2-27 =25

the $30 was just a random #

fvck it im retarded whats the answer?

 

[barman]

Will be back tomorrow after everyone argues over the answer.

 

[billpapa]

The statement "keeping $2 for himself" is what throws one off. It is not a true statement.

 

[thetout]

i dont get it. they paid 25-- each was given a dollar back --that makes 28 then add the 2 the clerk gets makes it 30 i dont see any missing dollar.

 

[royalfan]

how stupid do you have to be to not get 4100? i don't understand...

as I posted once, it doesn't work as it is on here as you can see the 10 is the last number. At a bar if it is covered up and the person is in a quick rythym and cannot see that the 10 is the last number that is where they get tricked. It is true and Ice is correct. I am very good at math also, like Ice and I fell for it too as has about everyone I have ever done it to.

 

[BAGIANT]

I got 5000

 

[honzie]

Three dudes check into a $25 motel room, but the clerk overcharges them and gets $30 by taking $10 from each of them.

Later, he feels partially guilty so he goes to their room and gives them each back a dollar, while keeping two for himself.

The three dudes thus paid $9 each and the hotel clerk has $2. Where's the missing dollar?

Th
Thanks Barman, talk about ask and ye shall receive. Years ago the neighborhood geek said that it was 'semantics' and 2 theorums applied to the same occurence or something like that. None of us bought it being that we were stoned out of our heads and couldn't grasp what he was saying.

 

[Iceman]

as I posted once, it doesn't work as it is on here as you can see the 10 is the last number. At a bar if it is covered up and the person is in a quick rythym and cannot see that the 10 is the last number that is where they get tricked. It is true and Ice is correct. I am very good at math also, like Ice and I fell for it too as has about everyone I have ever done it to.

Exactly. I have only seen this covered up and done on paper and all but once (over 100 times) has everyone got it wrong. Has something to do with the paper covering it up and the last one.

Someone try it on another like I wrote it and report back.

 

[pooty]

i'm taking advance trigonometry and got it wrong

 

[MrJ]

This has been posted in the RR before. I got 4100 but I don't add line by line.

 

[young and innocent]

Three dudes check into a $25 motel room, but the clerk overcharges them and gets $30 by taking $10 from each of them.

Later, he feels partially guilty so he goes to their room and gives them each back a dollar, while keeping two for himself.

The three dudes thus paid $9 each and the hotel clerk has $2. Where's the missing dollar?

what happens here is that the guys were overcharged 66.6 cents each and that adds up to the $2 the clerk over charged after he gives them back the dollar each, originally he over charged each guy $1.66

amount paid for room= $27

 

[Uno]

as I posted once, it doesn't work as it is on here as you can see the 10 is the last number. At a bar if it is covered up and the person is in a quick rythym and cannot see that the 10 is the last number that is where they get tricked. It is true and Ice is correct. I am very good at math also, like Ice and I fell for it too as has about everyone I have ever done it to.

plenty of people saying they got 5000 in here...

no wonder the rx can get the Bash sponsored haha...

 

[PacMan_2006]

That's where you enlist the help of your wife.

"You've got mail!" :thumbsup:

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

I did it as fast as I could and got 5000....figured I was wrong because it seemed too simple....