How good are you at simple math????

[rode2008]

Three men are leaving work to go home for the night. It's an incredibly stormy night and they decide it might be best to spend the night at a motel across the street from their workplace. To save money, they decide to share a room.

The desk clerk informs the men that the room rate is $30. Each man pitches in $10 - to make the $30.

Shortly after the men leave to go to their room, the desk clerk notices that he overcharged the men. The rate should have been only $25. He instructs the bell boy to refund to the men the $5 that he overcharged them. He gives the bellboy five $1 bills to give to the men.

On the way to the room, the bellboy realizes that he does not know how to evenly divide the $5 amongst three men, so he decides to keep $2 for himself (pockets it) and return the remaining $3 to the men.

Now......each man originally forked out $10 each (for the $30). Each man gets a $1 refund - so, each man forked over $9 ($10 less the $1 refund). So....3 men, $9 each - that's $27 (3 times 9). The bellboy pocketed $2. $27 plus $2 comes to $29.

What happened to the other $1 ?????

[Robster]

They paid 28 dollars, not 27. 25 plus 3 = 28.

30-3=27-2=25 You are mixing two separate equations, my friend.

[bobb6k34]

its because the maths is being dune the wrong way round, i cant remeber what way its meant to go but theres a formula that the maths has to be set out for

like adding the subtracting then deviding

like 10+10+10=30 30-5=25 motel gets 25 5-2/3=1 bell boy gets his 2 the mean get 1, maths runs in a structure and ever maths problem needs to be used that way

of course i could be wrong but thats what my school tort me

[buckwild]

you can't add the amount paid and the amount received

[drewbertca]

ok here's what happened...they did pay $27

9*3 = 27 = 25 (room) + 2 (bell boy)

and they got 3 back 1 each so it's like this

3 men
times $9
= $27 paid

room (25)
plus theiving bell boy (2)
= $27

$27 + the change ($3) = 30....

and this all works because the $27 includes the $2 the bell boy took....leaving only the change they got which adds up to $30...this is just clever wording....to make you think math doesn't work

I still think half of 10 is 5.5.....

11111 | 11111
there are 10 ones and the middle denoted by | is between the 5th and 6th therefore 5.5
see
12345 | 67890
11111 | 11111
..........5.5

[decoy205]

They paid $27, $25 to the room and $2 to the Bell Boy, then the bell boy gave them back the other 3 making 30. Its just how you spin the math. Funny though it had me thinking a second.

It's like when you go to the diner with a bunch of friends and that one a**hole doesn't put in the right amount for tax and tip.

[jman08]

Originally Posted by drewbertca

I still think half of 10 is 5.5.....

11111 | 11111
there are 10 ones and the middle denoted by | is between the 5th and 6th therefore 5.5
see
12345 | 67890
11111 | 11111
..........5.5

5.5 is the median of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
That is different from 10/2. It's just different ways of looking at numbers. It can get very complicated.

[drewbertca]

Originally Posted by jman08

5.5 is the median of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
That is different from 10/2. It's just different ways of looking at numbers. It can get very complicated.

I know that......just from a graphical sense it looks like where the 5.5 would be is the middle.......it was just a bad joke.....one I use when I'm drinking a little and the people I'm with had a lot more than i have......it makes me look smart and they feel slow...or extra drunk....

[jman08]

Lol, ok. I understand how you're looking at it.

Originally Posted by jman08

5.5 is the median of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
That is different from 10/2. It's just different ways of looking at numbers. It can get very complicated.

Well you have to include 0

[drewbertca]

yes if you include zero the line is right through 5......but again it's more something I stump drunk people with....lol