Question

BRAIN TEASER: As they say, beggars can't be choosers, in fact begger take what they can get. A begger on the street can make one cigarette out of every 6 cigarette butts he finds. After one whole day of searching and checking public ashtrays the begger finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How many cigarettes can he make and smoke from the butts he found?

Answer 1

12?
not sure...

Answer 2

i think its 12

Answer 3

its not 12. heres half of the answer...
If the begger can make a whole cigarette from 6 butts then he can make 12 cigarettes from the 72 he found. Once he smokes those...

Answer 4

U give up??

Answer 5

he hs no cigarettes left?

Answer 6

nope. re-read it again!!!

Answer 7

he again has 12 butts out of which he gets 2 ciggs right
?

Answer 8

so 14 in all?

Answer 9

Solution:
14
If the begger can make a whole cigarette from 6 butts then he can make 12 cigarettes from the 72 he found. Once he smokes those, he then will have another 12 butts, which gives him enough to make another 2 cigarettes. A total of 14.

Answer 10

medal for the cool question! ;)

Answer 11

Thanks.