PROBLEM OF THE WEEK

Answer: Turn it upside down.  108 = 6 x 18. Comment

Answer: Draw a line on the first plus sign that turns it into a 4! The equation then becomes true: 545+5=550. You could also change the equal symbol to a crossed out equal symbol which means "not equal to". Comment

Answer: 6,457. The last digit is moved to the front to make the next number. Comment

Answer: F  I V  E Remove the 2 letters F and E from five and you have IV which is the Roman numeral for four. Comment

Answer: Twenty one. Most people would think there were 42 handshakes. The first person shakes the hand of 6 others, the second person shakes the hand of 5 remaining people, the third person shakes the hand of 4 remaining people, the fourth person shakes the hand of 3 remaining people, the 5th person shakes the hand of 2 remaining people and the sixth person shakes the hand of 1 remaining person. 6+5+4+3+2+1=21 Comment

Answer: None. If their names are in the phone directory, they do not have unlisted phone numbers! Comment

Answer: It is Wednesday. If it was any other day of the week, more than one statement would be true. To solve the riddle, evaluate each person's statement and write down what day it could be according to the statement. David's statement indicates it could be any day of the week except for Wednesday. When you list the days that it could be according to everyone's statement, it turns out Wednesday is the day mentioned only one time. Darryl: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday Tracy: Monday Melissa: Saturday Ben: Thursday Adrienne: Saturday Susie: Friday David: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday Comment

Answer: When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock. Comment

Answer: A quarter and a dime. One coin is not a dime, but the other one is. Comment

Answer: Two minutes. It takes the front of the train one minute and the rest of the train will take two minutes to clear the tunnel. Comment