Basket of Eggs for Sell

A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he
is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs
plus one-half of an egg.
He walks a little further and meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg.
After proceeding further he meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point, he
has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg.
How many eggs did the man have to start with?




Similar Riddles

An evil man kidnapped someone and made them take one of two pills. One was harmless, but the other was poisonous. Whichever pill the victim took, the kidnapper took the other one. The victim took their pill with water and died. The kidnapper survived. How did the kidnapper get the harmless pill?

Asked by Neha on 27 Jun 2025


Find the next number in the series below

21 32 54 87 131 ?

Asked by Neha on 16 Nov 2023

why number 8549176320 is one of a kind?

Asked by Neha on 17 Apr 2023


Can you think of any three-dimensional shape that comprises of exactly two surfaces?

Asked by Neha on 27 Mar 2025

How do you go from 98 to 720 using just one letter?

Asked by Neha on 08 Oct 2021

A shepherd had 18 sheep, out of which, all but ten died.

Can you tell us how many sheep was he left with?

Asked by Neha on 10 Mar 2024


Can you find out the smallest number that can be conveyed as the sum of three squares in three unique ways?

Asked by Neha on 27 Aug 2023

Complete the table series riddle by finding the number that can replace "??".

Tabular Math for All

Asked by Neha on 25 Sep 2024

Five teams were competing in cricket where they faced each other exactly once. After the tournament, the following is the point table.

DareDevils 6
SuperKings 5
Royals 4
Sunrisers 2
Riders ?

How many points did Riders end up with?

Asked by Neha on 14 Nov 2025


These types of puzzles are known as charades. What you have to do is to find two words that are referred to in the first stanza and the second stanza and put them together to form the third word in the third stanza.

Just for example, if my first refers to 'off' and my second refers to 'ice', then my whole will be the 'office'.

My first is present - future's past -
A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
Defining people's present place.

My whole describes a lack of site -
A place without length, breadth, or height.

Asked by Neha on 07 Dec 2024

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence has crushed all human records in the puzzle game “2048,” achieving a high score of 839,732 and beating the game in only 973 moves without using any undo.