Gold Bar Fewest Cut

A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?




Similar Riddles

People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 08 Mar 2025


What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

Asked by Neha on 25 Dec 2024

Why Wine Glass Stem is so long?

Wine Glass

Asked by Neha on 24 Jul 2023


How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

Asked by Neha on 03 Apr 2022

A man is lying dead in a field where no one is around. His head is split open and his legs are disfigured. Near to him, there is an unopened package. No living organism can be found anywhere at the crime scene.

How did he die?

Asked by Neha on 04 Apr 2023

Use only one mathematical symbol and all numbers (0-9) to get a sum of 99

Asked by Neha on 07 Feb 2025


A prisoner is told: "If you tell a lie, we will hang you and if you tell the truth, we will shoot you." What did the prisoner say to save himself?

Asked by Neha on 18 Oct 2021

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

Asked by Neha on 16 May 2022

Look at the picture and find out which square is not linked with any of the other squares.

Squares not Connected

Asked by Neha on 31 Mar 2024


We are a group of eight brothers. We consider the weak, yet we protect the king in every battle. If we move ahead, we never turn back. Who are we?

Asked by Neha on 15 Feb 2026

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Word ladder puzzle

The word ladder puzzle was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.