[karasu]

A riddle!

[BojTrek]

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]

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[Blackace]

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]

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]

Years of Production: 1864 through 1873 :lol

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

[Memles]

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

Toonie + 2 Loonies
Toonie + 2 Loonies

Voila.

[Brannon]

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]

I don't know the answer. :lol

[Jeffahn]

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

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[Hollywood]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

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

Am I right?

[Fuzzy]

Beat you. :D

[Kung Foo Kid]

Dam...

[karasu]

[Jeffahn]

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]

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]

The riddle doesn't say anything about 4 cents.

[ohamsie]

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

[Powdered Toastman]

is there any country with a 2 cent piece?

[hobart]

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]

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

Nathan

[levious]

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.