Puzzle of the Day, 10/28/08

October 28, 2008, 7:00 am; posted by
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Five schoolchildren found a large scale and weighed themselves in pairs.

They found that in those couples, they weighed: 129 pounds, 125 pounds, 124 pounds, 123 pounds, 122 pounds, 120 pounds, 119 pounds, 118 pounds, 115 pounds, and 113 pounds.

What was the weight of each child individually?

Email us with the answer by 00:00:01 Eastern on October 30. The first correct answer will win $1 [American]; the second incorrect answer will win 50 cents [American]; all correct answers will be entered into a random drawing for $5 [American].


Comments

7 Comments to “Puzzle of the Day, 10/28/08”

  1. David on October 28th, 2008 10:01 am

    Why weren’t these kids in school?

  2. Steve on October 28th, 2008 5:32 pm

    No correct answers yet, although the email server’s been a bit odd.

  3. Brian on October 29th, 2008 12:21 pm

    Did you get my email last night?

  4. Steve on October 29th, 2008 5:43 pm

    Yep

  5. Steve on October 30th, 2008 12:02 am

    The first person to answer also won the random drawing — congratulations to Rose, who wins SIX AMERICAN DOLLARS!

  6. Brian on October 30th, 2008 11:17 am

    Congratulations!

  7. Rose on October 30th, 2008 1:21 pm

    Thank you, thank you. I would like to thank my wonderful husband and family. Your decision to not study math made it so there is finally something I know more about than all of you. I would also like to thank Bweinh.com and the lesser known, but equally amusing, Bweinh.com/bwog. And finally I would like to thank my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. God bless the USA.

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