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

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

Asked by Neha on 25 Dec 2024


Katniss and Peeta are liars. They both lie on some specific days.

Katniss lies on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. She speaks the truth on all other days.

Peeta lies on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. He speaks the truth on all other days.

Can you tell that one day of the week when both of them will say "Tomorrow, I will lie."?

Asked by Neha on 11 Mar 2026

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

Asked by Neha on 16 May 2022


There is a basket full of hats. Three are white and two are black. Three men, Tom, Tim, and Jim, each take a hat out of the basket and put it on their heads without seeing the hat they selected or the hats the other men selected. The men arrange themselves so Tom can see Tim and Jim’s hats, Tim can see Jim’s hat, and Jim can’t see anyone’s hat. Tom is asked what color his hat is and he says he doesn’t know. Tim is asked the same question, and he also doesn’t know. Finally, Jim is asked the question, and he does know. What colour is his hat?

Asked by Neha on 06 Jun 2025

Three friends decide to distribute the soda cans they had among them. When all of them had drunk four cans each, the total number of cans that remained was equal to the cans each one of them had after they had divided the cans.

Can you calculate the total number of cans before distribution?

Asked by Neha on 12 May 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


How can one talk without saying a single word?

Asked by Neha on 25 Nov 2023

Can you find the mistake in the below statement?

Can you find the mistake, Riddle

Asked by Neha on 10 Mar 2026

Which fur should we be getting from the Lion?

Asked by Neha on 10 Feb 2021


A boy collects white seashells from the sea and brings them home every night. When he has enough of them, he decides to sell them to a trader.

The trader is ready to buy the shells and he asks the boy about the quantity. At this, the boy starts calculating. He has a giant box that contains 3 mini boxes. Two of them have another mini box inside. If the giant box can hold 50 shells, how many brown shells can he sell to the trader?

Asked by Neha on 25 Jun 2023

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Rubik’s Cube

The inventor of the Rubik’s Cube didn’t realize he’d built a puzzle until he scrambled it the first time and tried to restore it.