Ed's Brainteaser for dnf bucks

[Ed30]

First person to post the answer to the following brainteaser wins 200 dnf bucks:

Three boys shared a packet of biscuits, there were 24 in the pack.
They each had a number equal to what his age had been three years previously.
The youngest boy said he would halve his share, keep one half and divide the
remaining half among his two friends - but in order to do this, the middle friend
had to promise to do the same, followed by the eldest. When they had finished
sharing, they had 8 biscuits each. What are the ages of the friends?

 

[bidawinner]

5

 

[Ed30]

Originally posted by bidawinner
5

Nope

 

[bidawinner]

6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,126,17 or 18

 

[Ed30]

:laugh:

I'm looking for just three numbers - not 14 guesses

 

[com]

4
7
13

add 3

7
10
16

here is how it goes:

4 - 2 - 4 - 8
7 - 8 - 4 - 8
13 - 14 - 16 - 8


add 3 years each as in the riddle and you get

7,10,16

 

[Ed30]

Well done Point! Bucks on their way

 

[com]

Thank you.

That was a good one, Ed, how about another one?

 

[Ed30]

Originally posted by Point8T
Thank you.

That was a good one, Ed, how about another one?

More in the future - keep a look out for them.

 

[CoolHost.com]

Originally posted by Point8T
4
7
13

add 3

7
10
16

here is how it goes:

4 - 2 - 4 - 8
7 - 8 - 4 - 8
13 - 14 - 16 - 8


add 3 years each as in the riddle and you get

7,10,16

What the hell??
Nice job, Point.

 

[Jack Gordon]

damn... I'm too late!

nice to see someone else starting these things though

 

[Dingo]

Ok Iv'e got one.

You're driving a Large YELLOW bus.
There are 12 passengers to start with.
At the first stop 5 passengers get off and 7 passengers get on.
At the next stop, twice as many passengers than the first stop get on and 3 get off.
The bus stops at the bus exchange to change busses and all the passengers get off and get onto another bus that has 12 existing passengers. before the bus leaves the exchange 4 people decide they are on the wrong bus and get off.

At bthe first stop of the new bus 11 people get on and half of the people that were on the first bus at the stop before the exchange get off.

Now, for DNF$25.................... what is the bus drivers name????

 

[Ed30]

Albert

 

[Dingo]

Originally posted by Ed30
Albert

mmmmm...... I didn't anticipate this technical glitch.

Hint: The driver is a platinum member of this forum. Which member is it?

 

[CoolHost.com]

Hmmmm ... the number is 16, though.
Thanks for another tip.

 

[cjmacd]

in my case it would be Chris since i'm driving the bus

 

[cjmacd]

I don't have an air brake license though ... so who would let me drive?

Answer that and I have $10 DNF for the first response.

 

[com]

ar32fwf4f232f#3rf3

 

[BGray]

They could also all be 11 years old but different ages within that year.

11-3=8

Each boy gets 4 and give the others 2 which will leave each boy with 8.

 

[com]

Originally posted by BGray
They could also all be 11 years old but different ages within that year.

11-3=8

Each boy gets 4 and give the others 2 which will leave each boy with 8.

um... no