Riddles of 29 1 = 30

Riddles of 29 1 = 30

In an examination, a student was asked to find 3/14 of a certain number. By mistake, he found 3/4 of it. His answer was 10 more than the correct answer.
What is the given number?

Answer

18.66

(3/4)X= (3/14)X + 10 =>
X = 18.66

If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later.
What time is it now?

Answer

9 p.m.

What did one mountain say to the other mountain?

Answer

Let's meet in the valley.

What 3 positive numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?

Answer

1, 2 and 3

Did the math teacher know he would win the annual math contest?

Answer

He was counting on it.

What has hands but can not clap?

Answer

A clock.

A man walks into a pet shop and he buys 2 hamsters. He calls 1 One and the other one Two.
Why?

Answer

Because if One dies he still has Two.

I add lots of flavor and have many layers, but if you get to close I’ll make you cry. What am I?

Answer

An onion.

Three cats hunt three mice in three minutes.
How many cats, with those characteristics, would it take to hunt one hundred minutes in one hundred minutes?

Answer

With three cats would be enough.
Since if each cat managed to catch a mouse per minute between the three, in a hundred minutes they would hunt a hundred mice.

What fastens two people yet touches only one?

Answer

A wedding ring.

Which is heavier? A thousand lbs. of feathers or a 1000 lbs. of feathers.

Answer

They both are a 1000 lbs and weigh the same.

A man was found dead in his apartment. When the police looked up his job, they found out he earns $30 for every month with 30 or less days and $34 for every month with 31 days. Assuming the current date is April 1, how much will he earn in 9 months?

Answer

$0. He is dead.