Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That....

[Kobeclone]

A man told his son that he would give him $1000 if he could accomplish the following task. The father gave his son ten envelopes and a thousand dollars, all in one dollar bills. He told his son, "Place the money in the envelopes in such a manner that no matter what number of dollars I ask for, you can give me one or more of the envelopes, containing the exact amount I asked for without having to open any of the envelopes. If you can do this, you will keep the $1000."

When the father asked for a sum of money, the son was able to give him envelopes containing the exact amount of money asked for. How did the son distribute the money among the ten envelopes?

you never close the envelopes in the first place

 

[BIGgourami]

bump for mine and patsfan's

 

[water_baby83]

A bus with ten passengers makes a stop
Three people get off, two get on
On the next stop, ten people get on, seven get off
On the third stop, two women, a child, and one man get off
No one gets on
On the following stop
twelve get on, and two get off
How many people are now on the bus?

 

[BIGgourami]

19

 

[slowef]

A bus with ten passengers makes a stop
Three people get off, two get on
On the next stop, ten people get on, seven get off
On the third stop, two women, a child, and one man get off
No one gets on
On the following stop
twelve get on, and two get off
How many people are now on the bus?

18?? im so wrong... lol

 

[groovitudedude]

19

 

[water_baby83]

19

I need to make these harder!!! LOL LOL

Kory - you forgot the Bus Driver,

 

[slowef]

Dang.

 

[Kobeclone]

I need to make these harder!!! LOL LOL

Kory - you forgot the Bus Driver,

you are all wrong... the answer is 20... The child was inside a prego woman

 

[Razman]

A man told his son that he would give him $1000 if he could accomplish the following task. The father gave his son ten envelopes and a thousand dollars, all in one dollar bills. He told his son, "Place the money in the envelopes in such a manner that no matter what number of dollars I ask for, you can give me one or more of the envelopes, containing the exact amount I asked for without having to open any of the envelopes. If you can do this, you will keep the $1000."

When the father asked for a sum of money, the son was able to give him envelopes containing the exact amount of money asked for. How did the son distribute the money among the ten envelopes?

1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
489

how dare you make me do all that math!