I could see war being the correct answer.

Okay, eould you say that it's one of humanities flaws?

Ok, is it...
Bob the builder?
Charlie the unicorn?
Carl the lama?
Chuck Norris?
Mr. T?
Bruce Lee?
Jackie Chan?
Me?
You?
chaos theory?
The time-space continuum?
that guy?

im putting a buy one get one free sale on the hint



allthough you guys have impressed me much

What about my guess?

CalvinIsAwesome wrote: Numbers?

numbers are part of the answer

I think Vortex said it first

good going vortex

you got 15% of the answer

Math

Additive inverses?

isaactheman wrote: Math

Geography

English

Science

state it as a question buddy

VortexIII wrote: Additive inverses?

its not as complex as that vort

Equations,
Fractions,
Proportions,
?

isaactheman wrote: Equations,
Fractions,
Proportions,
?

think simpler

think about it in math class lol

if no one gets it by tomarrow 3 o clock PST

I will drop a hint for free

mark your calendars I mean clocks

Addition?, subtraction? division?, multiplication?, counting?

CalvinIsAwesome wrote: I could see war being the correct answer.

Okay, eould you say that it's one of humanities flaws?

NO

isaactheman wrote: Addition?, subtraction? division?, multiplication?, counting?

Im getting worried bout you dude

just wait till tomarrow

think bout something else till then

Luna's onlto something with the whole Idea concept thing

Is it..............
multiplication tables?

Division by zero?

I got it!
a team jersey!(or the number on it, anyway)

I will make only one try: "Shadows?"

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Now, I have another riddle (Beforehand, to those that already knows this one, please, don't spoil the thing. Right, Luna?)
Here it goes:

A woman is walking on the streets when she meets her former math teacher.
He is a very smart man, well known for his intelligence and knowledge on the subject.

He asks her how life is being after she left school, and she tells him that she got married, and now have three lovely daughters.

He asks her for her three daughters ages.

The women suggests that the professor could find out the ages by using only logical thinking and mathematical operations, based on some hints she can give him. The man accepts the challenge.

She then says to him that 36 is the result of the multiplication of her children's ages. The professor thinks for a second, and says that he needs more tips.

She then looks around, shows him the number of a house in front of them, and says that this number is the sum of her children's age. The man looks at the house's number, thinks for a second again, and says that he still needs one more hint.

So the woman says: "My older daughter plays piano." After that said, the man smile, and imediatelly tells her the age of her three daughters.

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Now I want you people to answer only one question:

a) How did the teacher find the ages by using only logic and not guessing?

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I need to make some "warnings" though:

a) As some of you already know, my English is bad. If you detected some unclear expressions or errors, let me know, to prevent people to think that there is some language trick or something like that involved on this - when there is not!

b) Although some of you can think otherwise, you need to believe me: There is no "catch" on this riddle. There is no subtle "jokes", there is nothing with double meanings, nothing at all! The solution can be directly deducted from analyzing the facts that were told, and to solve this riddle you will only need some basic math knowledge and, more important: logic, logic, logic! Not a single guess! No imagination is necessary to do it!!!

c) Please, I don't want you people posting something like just "Hey, the ages are 1, 2, 18". I want you to answer my question (the one wrote in red), by writing down the entire logic used by the professor to find the answer. So, finding the ages will be just a collateral effect of answering my question...)

d) Again, if anything is not clear enough, please ask me, and if anything is wrong (from English language perspective), please tell me.

isaactheman wrote: Anyways, here's a good riddle:
What force and strength cannot get through,
I with a gentle touch can do,
And many in the street would stand
Were I not a friend at hand
What am I?

Hello?
Anyone gonna solve this riddle?

Ok, here's another riddle:
What is delivered by breath,
and scares heroes to death?

Kptn Singh wrote: guaranteed not on google

what has no face
neither arms nor legs

yet marches and invades

can number in the millions, yet never........... numerically....... exceed its opponent

Is it fear?
I showed my dad the riddle, that's my dad's answer, not mine

Bad breath, Isaac.

Oh, I thought that was a poem...

So many answers to the poem, so little time... And so few that appropriate!

CalvinIsAwesome wrote: Bad breath, Isaac.

Oh, I thought that was a poem...

So many answers to the poem, so little time... And so few that appropriate!

the answer is a child friendly answer, but bad breath is not the answer.

isaactheman wrote:

Kptn Singh wrote: guaranteed not on google

what has no face
neither arms nor legs

yet marches and invades

can number in the millions, yet never........... numerically....... exceed its opponent

Is it fear?
I showed my dad the riddle, that's my dad's answer, not mine

No

Hint @ 3 o clock PST

Pedrino

I figure the answer has to be 1, 3, and 12

heres the logic:

their are various combinations of 3 numbers that when multiplied =36

such as 2, 3 and 6

1,2 and 18

etc

now we are never told the house number so I didnt find that useful and ignored that part

1,2 and 18 spaces the kids too far apart

now, the last hint

says alot

that lets us eliminate the answers where the oldest kid is too young to play piano

six is a bit young to play piano

but by 12, many kids are old enough to be forced to play that horribly consonant instrument




using that logic

I say 1,3, and 12


btw I hate pianos or anything that is tuned

Kptn Singh wrote: Pedrino

I figure the answer has to be 1, 3, and 12

heres the logic:

their are various combinations of 3 numbers that when multiplied =36

such as 2, 3 and 6

1,2 and 18

etc

now we are never told the house number so I didnt find that useful and ignored that part

1,2 and 18 spaces the kids too far apart

now, the last hint

says alot

that lets us eliminate the answers where the oldest kid is too young to play piano

six is a bit young to play piano

but by 12, many kids are old enough to be forced to play that horribly consonant instrument




using that logic

I say 1,3, and 12


btw I hate pianos or anything that is tuned

Kptn,

You were close! But wrong...

For example, 1, 4 and 9 could be another answer that fits in your logic... But there is only one right answer, based on the facts that were told...

About the number at the house, it is very important! And believe me: using logic, you can find out what was that house's number!
Just remember that the math teacher is very talented and smart - so, why he was not able to say the ages just after seeing the house's number???? This is the key question! The man actually saws the number! And seeing it was not enough to make him find the solution! Why? Use simple logic, you are close!

Curse this thread.
Lol

Do ya'll give up on my riddles?

pedrino

does she have any male children?

Kptn Singh wrote: pedrino

does she have any male children?

No, Kptn. As I said on the riddle post, there is no hiden information. The only one is the house number, but it can be deduced by simple logic and basic mathematic operations. There is no "catch", no "guess". No imagination necessary. Only math, and logic. Believe me. Try to find out what the number of the house is, and you will find out all the picture.
And about your riddle: is the answer "shadow"?

Edit: You are close, as I said. Its just a matter of paying a little more attention, your line of thinking was right, keep going on, restart if necessary... But that's the way: simply maths and logic. But remember: the number of the house can be deduced by logic! And remember that we assume that the teacher doesn't fail, he masters math and logic, so there was no reason for him to fail or making mistakes when analyzing the clues the woman told him...
(Hope my text makes sense with all the flaws and errors...)