So they have these problems at work that they put out in the lunch room. If you hand in the right answers you can win a $10 gift card to different places. Anyway this past week they had some problems that just didn't seem right to me. When I questioned them on the problems they just said that they were riddles and I wasn't reading them the correct way. So this is my vent post to see if I am crazy or what.

Situation:
Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room. They paid the price of $30, each guy gave the manager $10. However the manager realized that it was a wednesday night, which meant the hotel had a special. Rooms were only $25, he had overcharged them $5! He called the bellboy, game him $5 dollars and told him to return it to the men. When the bellboy explained the situation to the men, they were so pleased at the honesty of the establishment they promptly tipped the bellboy $2 and each took $1 for themselves.

Problem: Each of the three men ended up paying $9(their original $10 minus $1) totaling $27, plus the $2 for the bellboy which makes $29 where did the extra dollar go?


A certain number has three digits. The sum of the three digits equals 36 time this number. Seven time the left digit plus 9 is equal to 5 time the sum of the two other digits. 8 time the second digit minus 9 is equal to the sum of the first and third. What is the number?

Ill give the answers they gave me Friday! For those that want them. Though I am sure these problems are on the internet or something.