Riddle of the Week - March 12th
When a younger sibling (a brother or sister) copies their older sibling, the older one might call the younger one a “copycat”. Older children often say “Don’t be a copycat!”. Well, here’s a riddle about some copycats:
Ten copycats were sitting in a boat, and one jumped out. How many were left?
Yes, this was pretty easy. Of course if one jumps out, nine should be left. However, as Nafis pointed out in the Comments section, since they are copycats, all of them will follow the first. So, there would be zero left!
Nafis Said,
March 12, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
This one is better than previous ones. May I say the answer? The answer is no one. I can say why…
teacherjoe Said,
March 13, 2009 @ 2:10 am
But wait - 10 minus 1 equals 9. That is basic arithmetic! How could the answer be zero? Maybe someone else will be able to help me here…
Nafis Said,
March 13, 2009 @ 2:41 pm
May I say why?
When one of whom jump into the water, the others do the same and jump too because they are copycats. So, no one was left in the boat.
Nucha Said,
June 19, 2009 @ 7:22 am
Wow ! Nafis ,it’s good well ,” because they are copycats” +55 and thank you ,teacherjoe for the interesting riddle and make me clear about copycat word .
Nucha