Comments on: Riddles 50 http://www.innocentenglish.com/riddles-brain-teasers/riddles-50.html Funny English mistakes, jokes, signs, pics, quotes, sayings and more Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:34:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CJ http://www.innocentenglish.com/riddles-brain-teasers/riddles-50.html/comment-page-1#comment-71871 CJ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:06:28 +0000 http://www.innocentenglish.com/riddles-brain-teasers/riddles-50.html#comment-71871 @Frank: Yes they will work, Using powers of 2 it would be possible to make any number up to 1024 using the 10 envelopes, assuming you have the bills to do it with. Since the puzzle requires only 1000$ to be made up, there is room for slack. You can even truncate to it further if you like, but you are just making use of the slack at the end, as long as the first 9 sum to 500 or more you can make any number. @Frank:

Yes they will work, Using powers of 2 it would be possible to make any number up to 1024 using the 10 envelopes, assuming you have the bills to do it with.

Since the puzzle requires only 1000$ to be made up, there is room for slack.

You can even truncate to it further if you like, but you are just making use of the slack at the end, as long as the first 9 sum to 500 or more you can make any number.

]]> By: frank http://www.innocentenglish.com/riddles-brain-teasers/riddles-50.html/comment-page-1#comment-4428 frank Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:46:53 +0000 http://www.innocentenglish.com/riddles-brain-teasers/riddles-50.html#comment-4428 riddle 50 1000 bucks do these amounts work 1 2 4 8 16 32 63 127 254 493 i can't find anything wrong with them riddle 50
1000 bucks
do these amounts work
1
2
4
8
16
32
63
127
254
493
i can’t find anything wrong with them

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