Riddles and Brain Teasers

Augustus loves candy and much to his delight, his three favorites are on sale. One each of gum, chocolate and caramel cost 40 cents. A caramel is over three times the price of gum. Six gums are worth more than chocolate. A caramel plus two gums cost less than chocolate. What is the price of each candy?

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Gum = 4 cents
Chocolate = 23 cents
Caramel = 13 cents

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What One One One Represents

What do the following numerals represent?

11111121113122223222

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The number of syllables in the numbers from one to twenty.

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A Mouth On My Head And Eat Everything

I have a mouth on my head and eat everything.

What am I?

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A backpack.

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More Than a Few

Nothing specific,
but more than a few.
This many clustered
together will do.

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Bunch. It’s a vague term that means more than a few. And clustered items like bananas, grapes or celery come in bunches.By Sef Daystrom

Bunch. It’s a vague term that means more than a few. And clustered items like bananas, grapes or celery come in bunches.

By Sef Daystrom

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Life Is Funny

“Life’s funny”, said an old friend when I bumped into him the other day.
“Listen to this, I was born in March, yet I celebrate my birthday in August, and last February I married my mother”.

How is this possible?

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He was born in the month of August in a town named March, became a priest and married his widowed mother to her second husband in February (the month).

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Twice the Sum of Its Digits

What number is twice the sum of it’s digits?

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18.

1 + 8 = 9
2 × 9 = 18

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