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karasu · Apr 14, 2005

A riddle!

BojTrek · Apr 14, 2005

You have 6 coins, 4 - pennies and 2 - 2 cents pieces?

1 - 1 - 2 = 4 cents
1 - 1 - 2 = 4 cents

So there you have 6 coins, 2 rows and 4 in each row? Correct?

bjork · Apr 14, 2005

|oo{oo|oo}

Blackace · Apr 14, 2005

BojTrek said:
You have 6 coins, 4 - pennies and 2 - 2 cents pieces?

1 - 1 - 2 = 4 cents
1 - 1 - 2 = 4 cents

So there you have 6 coins, 2 rows and 4 in each row? Correct?

is there any country with a 2 cent piece?

BojTrek · Apr 14, 2005

US Two Cent Piece

Years of Production: 1864 through 1873
Compostion: Copper, tin and zinc
Minted at: Two cent pieces were struck at the Philadelphia Mint
Location of Mint Mark: No mint mark - all two cent pieces were struck at the Philadelphia Mint
Designer: The two cent piece was designed by James B. Longacre
Comments: The two cent piece was the first coin to carry the phrase, "In God We Trust." Click coins at right to view obverse and reverse coin detail.

Blackace · Apr 14, 2005

Years of Production: 1864 through 1873 :lol

so that makes that post... worthless...... Let's talk about greenbacks while we are at it

Memles · Apr 14, 2005

You know, it's a hell of a lot easier if you use Canadian coinage.

Toonie + 2 Loonies
Toonie + 2 Loonies

Voila.

Brannon · Apr 14, 2005

You have 6 dollars. Put them in 2 rows, with 4 in each row.

That's a more valid riddle today being that we still have $2 bills in circulation.

karasu · Apr 14, 2005

I don't know the answer. :lol

Jeffahn · Apr 14, 2005

triste said:
|oo{oo|oo}

What I was thinking. People automatically assume you have to have seperate rows.

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Hollywood · Apr 14, 2005

How can you have 2 rows of 4 with six coins? Or each row has to add up to 4?

1-{1-1}-1 = 4
{1-1}

bjork · Apr 14, 2005

Jeffahn said:
What I was thinking. People automatically assume you have to have seperate rows.

...

These kind of things are directed at thinking outside the box.

My answer may be wrong (I rarely get these kind of riddles sorted out), but it was a good try, no?

mrklaw · Apr 14, 2005

Jeffahn said:
What I was thinking. People automatically assume you have to have seperate rows.

...

I know its supposed to be lateral thinking, but you *do* have to have separate rows. That above is *one* row. They can touch/overlap, but there needs to be two of them.

I hope. I'm crap at these puzzle donkey type things.

Fuzzy · Apr 14, 2005

Take five of the coins and make an cross, put the last coin on top of the coin in the middle.

..X
XOX
..X

X=1 coin
o=2 coins

Kung Foo Kid · Apr 14, 2005

So
--1
1-2-1
--1

2="stacked on each other, 2 rows each with 4 coins in each row.

Am I right?

Fuzzy · Apr 14, 2005

Beat you.

Kung Foo Kid · Apr 14, 2005

Dam...

karasu · Apr 14, 2005

Jeffahn · Apr 14, 2005

mrklaw said:
I know its supposed to be lateral thinking, but you *do* have to have separate rows. That above is *one* row. They can touch/overlap, but there needs to be two of them.

I hope. I'm crap at these puzzle donkey type things.

No, that's the first time you've mentioned "seperate".

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Lord Error · Apr 14, 2005

Wouldn't the above solution have three rows (the third one being vertical as it has two coins?)

I like better the solution with 1 and 2 dollar coins, well at least we have 2 dollar coins in Canada, not sure about the US.

karasu · Apr 14, 2005

The riddle doesn't say anything about 4 cents.

ohamsie · Apr 14, 2005

Wouldn't that be 1 row and 1 column though?

Powdered Toastman · Apr 14, 2005

Blackace said:
is there any country with a 2 cent piece?

hobart · Apr 14, 2005

The UK also uses 2 pence (Tuppence) pieces.

And the answer to that old riddle is indeed... the cross (with the middle containing two coins).

gblues · Apr 14, 2005

That's a stupid riddle. A cross is not two rows. It is a row and a column!

Nathan

levious · Apr 15, 2005

gblues said:
That's a stupid riddle. A cross is not two rows. It is a row and a column!

Nathan

For those brought up on Excel yeah I guess.

Traditional definition of "row" is not so stringent, in fact the relevant definition for "column," as in non-architectual, is identical to "row." This riddle is an old one, and I like it.

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