Riddle: You have 80 apples
Today’s puzzle is a classic one and has been going around online for years now.
It is anything but simple, and as with most riddles, it is important to think outside the box to succeed.
You have 80 Apples.
You divide them by half, and add another 30 Apples.
How many Apples do you have now?
TIP: IT’S NOT 70!
Hmm, not quite simple, right? A clue: read the riddle once more, very carefully, and maybe you’ll find the solution this time.
If not, we’ll report the answer below.
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ANSWER: Here is the correct answer to the riddle
If you managed to figure out the riddle yourself, congratulations, you can give yourself a pat on the back.
Let’s solve it step by step and carefully interpret the trick in the wording:
You have 80 apples.
You divide them by half, and add another 30 apples.
Most people read “divide them by half” as “cut the apples into halves” (which would give you 40 apples), but mathematically:
“Divide by half” = Divide by ½
Which means:
80 ÷ ½ = 160 (because dividing by a fraction makes the number bigger)
Then:
160 + 30 = 190
Answer: 190 apples
It’s a play on words — the trick is in interpreting “divide by half” the mathematical way, not the everyday language way.