February 2016 News

Tuesday 2nd February 2016

It’s a story to make you think, calculate and wonder. Apologies to those who have been using the Starter of the Day regularly as they’ll probably have come across this puzzle before. It’s the Starter for 19th June.

Here’s the story: Three people enjoy a meal at a restaurant. The waiter brings the bill for £30 so each person pays £10. Later the chef realises that the bill should have only been £25 so he sends the waiter back to the table with £5. The waiter was not very good at Maths and could not figure out how to divide the £5 so he gave each person a £1 and kept £2 for himself.

So....the three people have paid £9 each for the meal and three times £9 is £27

The waiter kept £2 so £27 + £2 = £29

What happened to the other pound?

Well that’s given you something to think about.