Making Cigarette from its Buds

A beggar on the street can make one cigarette out of every 6 cigarette butts he finds. After one whole day of searching and checking public ashtrays the beggar finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How many cigarettes can he make and smoke from the butts he found?




Similar Riddles

Detective Rockford was jogging near the beach at 4:30 am.
He hears a sound near the shack "No Michael, Please Do not shoot me".
Next instance he heard the sound of gunfire. Rockford rushes to the shack where he finds women lying dead and a gun in close proximity of three "Doctore Lawyer and a Teacher".

Rockford immediately knew that the Lawyer has committed the crime. How?

Asked by Neha on 05 Apr 2023


There is a shop where written:
Buy 1 for $1
10 for $2
100 for $3
I needed 999 and still only paid $3. How could this be financially viable for the shop-keeper?

Asked by Neha on 24 Dec 2025

Identify the hidden meaning behind this picture?

Picture Riddle

Asked by Neha on 17 Feb 2023


I know a nine-letter word having only one vowel.
Do you ?

Asked by Neha on 19 Jun 2023

What word is represented by this rebus?

Mary Mary Rebus riddle

Asked by Neha on 29 Apr 2021

What four weights can be used to balance from 1 to 30 pounds?

Asked by Neha on 25 Apr 2022


There is a jar in which there are two types of candies.
20 blueberries and 16 strawberries. You perform the following steps:
1) You take out two candies.
2) If the two candies are of the same flavour, you add a blueberry one otherwise, you add the strawberry one.

You repeat these two steps till there is just one candy remaining in the jar. Which flavoured candy will be left?

Asked by Neha on 30 Aug 2023

Can you start the fire using two pieces of wood?

Asked by Neha on 04 Sep 2024

Three fair coins are tossed in the air and they land with heads up. Can you calculate the chances that when they are tossed again, two coins will again land with heads up?

Asked by Neha on 28 Mar 2024


What is the coolest letter in the alphabet?

Asked by Neha on 24 Oct 2021

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Word ladder puzzle

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