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Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Change Will Do You Good
by Sandy Wood - June 9, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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Today’s Brain Game deals with plain U.S. currency and coin; nothing fancy, and there are no tricks involved. It’s just old-fashioned mathematics (as well as the knowledge of whose face appears on which coin and which denomination of currency). Good luck!

Matt has six George Washington money items in his pocket;
some combination of at least one coin, and at least one bill.

Jon has six Abraham Lincoln money items in his pocket;
again, a combination of at least one coin, and at least one bill.

Using only this information, is it possible to determine
for certain which man has the most money in his pocket?

Here is the SOLUTION.
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Comments (5)

  1. My instant reaction was right, but I still re-read the damn thing six times trying to find the additional information I was overlooking.

    posted by EMStoveken on 6-9-2009 at 9:26 am

  2. It was a confussing puzzle. You also have to take into account that there is a 1 dollar coin with George on it. So it could get even more confussing.

    posted by Doug on 6-9-2009 at 11:20 am

  3. @Doug: Since it’s already impossible to tell, it wouldn’t make it more possible if the Washington dollar was a consideration.

    posted by Betsy on 6-9-2009 at 12:54 pm

  4. (Sorry for the grammar.)

    posted by Betsy on 6-9-2009 at 12:58 pm

  5. Exactly, Betsy. There is a Washington $1 coin (and will be a Lincoln one, as well) but neither coin has an effect on the answer.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 6-9-2009 at 2:28 pm

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