A Frog in the Well

A frog is at the bottom of a 30-meter well. Each day he summons enough energy for one 3-meter leap up the well. Exhausted, he then hangs there for the rest of the day. At night, while he is asleep, he slips 2 meters backwards. How many days does it take him to escape from the well?




Similar Riddles

Alex is stranded on an island covered in forest.
One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process.

There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.

How can the Alex survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)

Asked by Neha on 12 Sep 2021


Can you find out the missing number in the grid?

Missing Number

Asked by Neha on 12 Nov 2023

How can you drop a raw egg from a height onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

Asked by Neha on 27 Jan 2021


A farmer and his neighbour once went to Emperor Akbar"s court with a complaint. "Your Majesty, I bought a well from him," said the farmer pointing to his neighbour, "and now he wants me to pay for the water."
"That"s right, your Majesty," said the neighbour. "I sold him the well but not the water!"?
The Emperor asked Birbal to settle the dispute. How did Birbal solve the dispute?

Asked by Neha on 10 May 2021

Can you count the number of seconds in a year?

Clue: You need to bother about calculation.

Asked by Neha on 06 Oct 2024

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Asked by Neha on 29 Dec 2025


In the image below, can you find the value of an angle(y)

The angle of a triangle

Asked by Neha on 17 May 2023

A man says, "Brothers and sisters, have I none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is that man?

Asked by Neha on 03 Jul 2023

You have two strings whose only known property is that when you light one end of either string it takes exactly one hour to burn. The rate at which the strings will burn is completely random and each string is different.

How do you measure 45 minutes?

Asked by Neha on 19 Feb 2025


In a secret society, a buried chamber can be accessed only via a secret password. The password is seven characters long and comprises of just letters and numbers.

You find a code that can help you in cracking the password. The code says "You force heaven to be empty".

Can you deduce the password from that?

Asked by Neha on 14 May 2021

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Gambling

In Canada, a mathematical puzzle must be solved in order to win the lottery to classify it as a “game of skill” not gambling.