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neil

here is a brain teaser for you to try

A builder is building 100 houses

he want to buy the door numbers for every house

how many number 9s does he have to buy for the houses

So starting from 9, 19 ,29 and so on to 100

this is not to hard so it shouldnt take long

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marvairplanes

20 !

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neil

thats cheating lol

your not a euro

but yes you are correct

i told you it was easy

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TT

What if he messes up and buys twenty 6s instead of 9s? :banghead:

:thumbs:

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Save Old Iron

OK, I'll bite on this one.

9 ,19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 99

that's eleven 9's.

Explain to me why I would have to make a second trip back to the hardware store to but nine more 9's.

Signing off now,

Albert Ninestein

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neil

well you forgot to buy the 9s for 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

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Save Old Iron

Now if I can just find my car keys - I need to go back to the hardware store !

Thanks Neil

note to self - stop posting 10 minutes before bedtime.

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Sparky

Hmmmm.....

So we have , 9 ,19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99.

Thats 19 and not 20 number 9's to buy. So I'm guessing 19 but wondereing how 20 was correct :banghead: .

Mike.........

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marvairplanes

Uh...

Better use fingers and toes...

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GlenPettit

If the local hardware store is short on 9's or 6's, just invert either; or if you're in Germany, you might be saying a lot of extra 9's.

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neil

I stand corrected, i didnt even count them myself the correct answer is 19

so sparky is the winner

I posted this teaser at two in the morning so i got my figures wrong

so congrats sparky

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TT

20 is correct.

Count 'em again, guys. :banghead:

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Sparky

DANG! Its been confirmed! I'm an idiot and didnt count 99 as two number nines.

Congrats Marv :banghead: .

Mike..........

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marvairplanes

Sorry about that Sparky...

Just send half the prize money to me and the other half to TT !!!!

Marv

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neil

try this puzzle on yer family

let me know how you get on

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JimD

Don't feel bad Sarky, I came up with the wrong answer 9 times. :banghead:

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