It's well-established by now that everyone loves a good riddle. Like, were you able to solve the one about the four men in the boat? That one took me ages, but once it all finally clicked, it was so soul-satisfying. There's nothing quite like giving the brain a good workout and that's why we're here yet again with another next-to-impossible riddle for you to solve. Seriously, I could do these all day and never get sick of all the wordplay!
People Are Struggling To Solve This Hardware Store Riddle
By
Michael Avery in
Puzzle
On 7th October 2016
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Ok, are you ready for this???
Some guy walks into a hardware store...
Ok, I'm following this so far.
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He picks something up and the salesman says one costs a dollar...
Seems easy enough.
...Seventeen costs two dollars, and one hundred and seventeen costs three dollars.
Ok, this is officially a thinker.
What is he buying???
Ok, let's recap this.
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So one costs a dollar, but seventeen cost two dollars? And one hundred and seventeen cost two dollars?
Hmmm...
Ok, one hint before I share the answer! Think about how you find a house.
That's right... he was buying house numbers!
You see, he needs to buy individual numbers to put up an address sign for his house and each number costs a dollar!
