So You Think You Are Clever

couldnt you post this in the riddle thread?!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Reply 2

i love you really :biggrin:

Reply 3

musicbloke

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alkaeda

A set of ten books is arranged in orderly fashion on a shelf.Each book has 100 pages,making 1000 pages in all.A worm starting on the first page of the first book eats through the last page of the last book.How many pages has he eaten?

none. surely it's eaten through pages, not eaten whole pages.

MB

Reply 4

alkaeda

OP

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gossip_girl

i love you really :biggrin:

u just want me for my body :afraid:

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oh and musicboy wrong!

Reply 5

shell_xx

One. The last page of the last book.

Reply 6

alkaeda

u just want me for my body :afraid:

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802

As the books are arranged from 1 - 10 in order so from the first page of first volume to last page of tenth volume will be 1(First page of volume 1)+ 800(8 books of 100 pages are in between) + 1 (Last page of volume 10). So 1+ 800+ 1 = 802

what abt the covers?

Well it's either 1, as mentioned before as he didn't neccesarily have to eat all the way through.

Or it is 500 sheets of paper, as each sheet will have a page on both sides.

Reply 11

muncrun

twenty1

what abt the covers?

I exlcuded mention of those. First, it's questionable whether a cover is classified as a page at all. Secondly, if it satisfies the definition of a 'page' then it's implied that they're included in the 100 pages mentioned in the question.

Reply 12

muncrun

Golden Maverick

Well it's either 1, as mentioned before as he didn't neccesarily have to eat all the way through.

Or it is 500 sheets of paper, as each sheet will have a page on both sides.

But the question is about pages, not sheets. Anyway, the answer's 802 - see my post above.

Reply 13

shell_xx

Is it me or has the person who started this thread just disappeared and left us to debate amongst ourselves?!

Reply 14

BombShell

Is it me or has the person who started this thread just disappeared and left us to debate amongst ourselves?!

my love will be back :love:

Reply 15

alkaeda

OP

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muncrun

But the question is about pages, not sheets. Anyway, the answer's 802 - see my post above.

correct! although i dont understand your method but you are obviously :albertein

*hands out rep*

Reply 16

Peach

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muncrun

802

As the books are arranged from 1 - 10 in order so from the first page of first volume to last page of tenth volume will be 1(First page of volume 1)+ 800(8 books of 100 pages are in between) + 1 (Last page of volume 10). So 1+ 800+ 1 = 802

It is definitely 802, took me a while to work this out though :smile:

Reply 17

shell_xx