Question

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1. Think of a number. Multiply the number by
1
2
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and add 5 to the product, we obtain 6. What
number?
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2. If
1
3
is subtracted from a number and the difference is multiplied by 5, the result is twice the
th
number. What is the number?
3. The ratio of two numbers is 7:5. If their difference is 42, find the numbers. Los2:42
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4. Find two consecutive even numbers such that smaller of the two numbers is
5
fumber.
7
6.
Sus. The sum of three consecutive multiples of P is 777. Find these multiples. Esca
The length of a rectangle is four times its breadth and the perimeter of the rectangle is 90 m
the dimensions of the rectangle.
7.5 The length of a rectangular park is 2 m less than thrice its breadth. The perimeter of the pi
156 m. Find the length and breadth of the park.
sent ages of Veena and Simi are in the ratio 2:5. Four years from now the ratio of their
1:2. Find their present ages.
from now Renu will be four times her present age. What is Renu's present age?
sum of the digits of a two digit number is 7. The number obtained by interchanging the
the original number by 27. Find the number.o
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Answer 1

Assuming the standard, linguistic interpretation, the answer would be 25, given that the resulting (x+5)*6 = 180.

However, assuming non-standard linguistic wording, one might argue that “the number” is exactly that which you first thought of when prompted. For me, this answer would be 1, since that was the number I intially thought of.

The third interpretation is that the second sentence is a prompt for the conclusion, without regard to the first sentence. Then the answer is 180.

This riddle flaunts some of Grice's maxims, which are maxims of the Cooperative principle of linguistics, which describes how speakers and listeners act cooperatively and mutually accept one another to be understood in a particular way