Measure Time with Candle

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?




Similar Riddles

John was drowned by he was not wet. How?

Asked by Neha on 16 May 2025


John went to buy some expensive, foreign chocolates. He only had Rs 100 with him. When he reached the shop, he got out and know that on those chocolates, there was a 15% import duty and 5% VAT.

How much worth chocolate should he buy so that he can accommodate it in Rs 100?

Asked by Neha on 25 Oct 2024

Ten coins have been arranged as you can see in the given picture. In this arrangement, a triangle is formed pointing upwards. You have to invert the position of the triangle and make it point downwards while changing the position of 3 coins only. Can you do it?

Visual Thinking Riddle

Asked by Neha on 05 May 2026


James Bond is caught up in a mysterious scenario where the evil villain has him blindfolded. He somehow breaks through the handcuffs but is unable to get the blindfold off. Upon searching, he comes across a bow and 3 arrows. He can hear the villain speak, and thus tries to take a shot at him. He launches the first arrow, it misses the villain. He then launches the second arrow and it misses by a greater margin.

What is the probability that this third shot our James bond takes will be worse than the second shot?

Asked by Neha on 21 Jun 2023

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

Asked by Neha on 20 Sep 2021

Place a mathematical symbol between the numerals 5 and 9 in such a way that the resulting number is greater than 5 but smaller than 9.

Asked by Neha on 30 Jul 2021


Can you find the missing letter in the sequence?
S - T - I - L - ? - T - F - Y - C

Asked by Neha on 04 Oct 2025

Move three sticks of the spiral below to form a square.

Spiral to Square Puzzle

Asked by Neha on 15 Nov 2025

what does the below math rebus puzzle mean?

Find the Rebus Meaning

Asked by Neha on 13 Nov 2023


A woman lives in a skyscraper thirty-six floors high and is 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?

Asked by Neha on 01 Nov 2024

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Crossword puzzles

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