Hotel Bill Payment

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $60 for the rent of the room. After they check-in, the manager realize that the rent for the room is $55. So, he gives $5 to the bellboy and asks him to give it to them. The bellboy thinks that it will be difficult for the three people to share $5 among them and seeking the personal benefit, he pockets $2 and gives the remaining $3 to them.

Now, each person paid $20 and got back $1. In this manner, each of them paid just $19 which totals to the amount of $57. The bellboy has $2 with him and adding them, we get $59. So where is the remaining $1?




Similar Riddles

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

Asked by Neha on 27 Mar 2025


I make two people out of one. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 29 Mar 2022

On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

Asked by Neha on 26 Oct 2024


What's the best place to go shopping in the ocean?

Asked by Neha on 31 Oct 2024

For this puzzle, you might have to find logic in something illogical. But hey, it's fun and a healthy little break from your strenuous puzzle-solving sessions.

Can you decipher the meaning in the following cluster of letters?

ITIT,NCENTCENT

Asked by Neha on 19 Nov 2025

f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Asked by Neha on 14 May 2021


I have a clock(12-hour format) and both the needles of the clock overlap at 12:00.
After how much time, they will overlap again?

Asked by Neha on 06 Jan 2024

The product of three consecutive numbers is 7980.
Then the sum of these consecutive numbers would be?

Asked by Neha on 23 Apr 2025

During an interview, the interviewer ordered hot coffee for the candidate to relieve the stress. The coffee was kept before him. After a minute, the interviewer asked him, 'What is before you?' He replied 'Tea'.

The candidate was selected immediately. Why?

Asked by Neha on 16 Jun 2024


A woman named Maria was at the funeral of her mother. She met a nice young man that she had never seen before and after the service, they spent a bit of time together. Then she got busy and didn’t get his name or phone number before he left. She tried to find him, but no one knew who he was or how to contact him. A few weeks later, Maria’s older sister dies and the police suspect murder. Who killed the sister?

Asked by Neha on 02 Jun 2025

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.