Elevator Up or Down

A woman lives in a Tall building thirty-six floors high and served by several elevators which stop at each floor going up and down. Each morning she leaves her apartment and goes to one of the elevators. Whichever one she takes is three times more likely to be going up than down. Why?




Similar Riddles

If you say my name, I will no longer exist. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 18 Dec 2023


What word does this rebus represent?

meta meta
meta meta

Asked by Neha on 11 May 2021

Your last good ping-pong ball fell into a narrow metal pipe embedded one foot deep in concrete.
How can you get it out undamaged, if all the tools you have are your tennis paddle, shoe laces, and plastic water bottle, which does not fit into the pipe?

Asked by Neha on 10 Nov 2024


There are people and strange monkeys on this island, and you can not tell who is who (Edit: until you understand what they said - see below). They speak either only the truth or only lies.
Who are the following two guys?
A: B is a lying monkey. I am human.
B: A is telling the truth.

Asked by Neha on 12 Jul 2023

A new clothing store has a unique method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, a tie costs $15, a blouse costs $30, and underwear costs $45. How much would pants cost?

Asked by Neha on 22 Oct 2025

If you remove one from eleven, it becomes ten. If you remove one from nine, it becomes ten.

How is this possible?

Asked by Neha on 25 Sep 2023


Three brothers Jacob, John, and James live in Mexico City. The product of the ages of these brothers is 175. Jacob and John are twins. How old is James?

Asked by Neha on 02 Sep 2024

1 + 9 + 8 = ?
considering, 28 + 8 + 92 = 10

Asked by Neha on 03 Aug 2021

What goes up but never comes down?

Asked by Neha on 26 Oct 2021


Replace the question mark with the correct number in the below-given picture?

Number Riddle

Asked by Neha on 08 Sep 2023

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Crossword puzzles

In the 1920s, people feared that crossword puzzles would contribute to illiteracy.