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

How many triangles are there in the picture below?

Triangle Count Riddle

Asked by Neha on 12 Feb 2026


A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages.Pages 14 and 21 are missing from the newspaper.

Can you tell me , Which other pages won't be there as well ?

Asked by Neha on 07 Feb 2023

Solve this tricky question. You are trapped in a forest. With you, you have a gun preloaded with two bullets in it. In front of you, there is a tiger, a leopard and a jaguar.

How do you survive?

Asked by Neha on 24 Mar 2024


In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?

Asked by Neha on 06 Jul 2025

What can run but never walk, have a mouth that never speaks, have a head that never weeps, and have a bed but never sleeps?

Asked by Neha on 05 Sep 2025

What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?

Asked by Neha on 12 Oct 2021


Can you find the company name in the pictogram below?

Find The Company

Asked by Neha on 09 Dec 2024

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 07 May 2022

I know a country, If you remove the last alphabet of its name, it will become a part of your body. Do you name it?

Asked by Neha on 26 Jan 2021


Count the number of lines in the image below ?

Riddles From Picture

Asked by Neha on 03 Feb 2021

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Challenging

There is a cryptic organization called Cicada 3301 that posts challenging puzzles online, possibly to recruit codebreakers and linguists.