Riddle: A detachment of soldiers must cross a river. The bridge is broken, the river is deep. What to do?
Suddenly the officer in charge spots two boys playing in a row boat by the shore.
The boat is so tiny however, that is could only hold two boys or one soldier.
Still all the soldiers make it across the river in the boat. How?
Answer: First the boys cross the river and 1 boy comes back and gets a soldier and keeps going back until all the soldiers have made it across safetly.
Crossing A River Riddle Meme with riddle and answer link.
Riddle: Place three piles of matches on a table, one with 11 matches, the second with 7, and the third with 6. You are to move matches so that each pile holds 8 matches. You may add to any pile only as many matches as it already contains. All the matches must come from one other pile. For example, if a pile holds 6 matches, you may add 6 to it, no more or less.
You have three moves. How can you do it?
Answer: First pile to second; second to third; third to first:
Pile
Initial number
First move
Second move
Third move
First
11
11-7=4
4
4+4=8
Second
7
7+7=14
14-6=8
8
Third
6
6
6+6=12
12-4=8
Three Moves Pile Of Matches Riddle Riddle Meme with riddle and answer link.
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