Lateral Thinking Puzzles

22. A King Gave 10 Men 10 Gm of Gold

A king gave 10 men 10 gm of gold and asked them to make 10 gold rings. one men stole some gold and made the rings. who is the thief?

Submitted by tartle · Added 14 March 2013

Solution:

The thief is the man who made the rings. Since there are 10 men and 10 gm of gold, each man should receive 1 gm of gold to make their rings. However, to make 10 rings, he would need more than 10 gm of gold, indicating that he must have stolen gold to create the additional rings. The phrase 'one men' is a grammatical error, but it does not change the identity of the thief.


Comments (3)

touchpb@gmail.com 30 May 2013

The thief is MEN

Leela Prasad Gedela 24 August 2013

one men

agarhi 10 July 2014

The eleventh man

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