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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: Icarus, SMQ, william wu, ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, Eigenray, towr)    four half of five « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: four half of five  (Read 797 times) james hampson Guest four half of five   « on: Sep 13th, 2005, 9:56am » Quote Modify Remove How can four be half of five ?   there is a logical answer to this   good luck IP Logged BNC Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1732 Re: four half of five   « Reply #1 on: Sep 13th, 2005, 11:52am » Quote Modify One more for the "easy" section...   Oh, ad I do beleive Caesar would get it immedietlly. IP Logged How about supercalifragilisticexpialidociouspuzzler [Towr, 2007] Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: four half of five   « Reply #2 on: Sep 14th, 2005, 12:41am » Quote Modify sure. If he'd known arabic numerals as well... At least that's my take on it. IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: four half of five   « Reply #3 on: Sep 14th, 2005, 12:59am » Quote Modify on Sep 13th, 2005, 11:52am, BNC wrote: Oh, ad I do beleive Caesar would get it immedietlly. Wouldn't that be "five is half of four"? IP Logged BNC Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1732 Re: four half of five   « Reply #4 on: Sep 14th, 2005, 12:57pm » Quote Modify OK, it seems we may have different answers. Here is mine: hidden: half of FIVE => IV (two / four letters). IP Logged How about supercalifragilisticexpialidociouspuzzler [Towr, 2007] Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: four half of five   « Reply #5 on: Sep 14th, 2005, 6:06pm » Quote Modify and that destroys mine.     If anyone wants me, I'll be in the corner sucking my thumb. IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. SWF Uberpuzzler     Posts: 879 Re: four half of five   « Reply #6 on: Sep 14th, 2005, 8:55pm » Quote Modify If you are winning double or nothing bets, winning 4 is half of 5.   4 pints of wine is half 5 fifths of wine. IP Logged TenaliRaman Uberpuzzler I am no special. I am only passionately curious.     Gender: Posts: 1001 Re: four half of five   « Reply #7 on: Sep 14th, 2005, 9:56pm » Quote Modify if 'i'  is a shorthand for 2^i, then four is half of five, infact say what, two is half of three, three is half of four and so on.   -- AI « Last Edit: Sep 14th, 2005, 9:56pm by TenaliRaman » IP Logged Self discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle - Antoine de Saint Exupery Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: four half of five   « Reply #8 on: Sep 16th, 2005, 8:45am » Quote Modify on Sep 14th, 2005, 12:59am, Grimbal wrote: Wouldn't that be "five is half of four"?   My idea was V is half of IV ... IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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