What mysterious whole number am I?
- From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
- I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
- I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
- after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way...
What number am I?
(It is a whole number)
Hint 1
The riddle is self referential
riddle logical-deduction number-property
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- From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
- I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
- I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
- after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way...
What number am I?
(It is a whole number)
Hint 1
The riddle is self referential
riddle logical-deduction number-property
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- From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
- I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
- I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
- after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way...
What number am I?
(It is a whole number)
Hint 1
The riddle is self referential
riddle logical-deduction number-property
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- From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
- I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
- I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
- after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way...
What number am I?
(It is a whole number)
Hint 1
The riddle is self referential
riddle logical-deduction number-property
riddle logical-deduction number-property
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My new guess is
3
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
3 is an addition of the first and second natural numbers (1 and 2).
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
3 is just over (dominant) 2, but it's (for many people) harder to mentally divide by three than by two.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
3rd time's a charm!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
2 (three's neighbor) is 2/3 of 3.
answered 1 hour ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
59716
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
58 mins ago
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
55 mins ago
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
52 mins ago
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
51 mins ago
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
38 mins ago
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Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered 26 mins ago
collapsarcollapsar
1794
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
20 mins ago
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My new guess is
3
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
3 is an addition of the first and second natural numbers (1 and 2).
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
3 is just over (dominant) 2, but it's (for many people) harder to mentally divide by three than by two.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
3rd time's a charm!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
2 (three's neighbor) is 2/3 of 3.
answered 1 hour ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
59716
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
58 mins ago
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
55 mins ago
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
52 mins ago
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
51 mins ago
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
38 mins ago
add a comment |
My new guess is
3
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
3 is an addition of the first and second natural numbers (1 and 2).
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
3 is just over (dominant) 2, but it's (for many people) harder to mentally divide by three than by two.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
3rd time's a charm!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
2 (three's neighbor) is 2/3 of 3.
answered 1 hour ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
59716
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
58 mins ago
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
55 mins ago
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
52 mins ago
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
51 mins ago
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
38 mins ago
add a comment |
My new guess is
3
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
3 is an addition of the first and second natural numbers (1 and 2).
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
3 is just over (dominant) 2, but it's (for many people) harder to mentally divide by three than by two.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
3rd time's a charm!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
2 (three's neighbor) is 2/3 of 3.
answered 1 hour ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
59716
My new guess is
3
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
3 is an addition of the first and second natural numbers (1 and 2).
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
3 is just over (dominant) 2, but it's (for many people) harder to mentally divide by three than by two.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
3rd time's a charm!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
2 (three's neighbor) is 2/3 of 3.
answered 1 hour ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
59716
edited 46 mins ago
answered 1 hour ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
59716
answered 1 hour ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
59716
answered 1 hour ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
59716
59716
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
58 mins ago
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
55 mins ago
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
52 mins ago
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
51 mins ago
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
38 mins ago
add a comment |
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
58 mins ago
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
55 mins ago
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
52 mins ago
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
51 mins ago
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
38 mins ago
1
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
58 mins ago
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
58 mins ago
1
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
55 mins ago
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
55 mins ago
1
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
52 mins ago
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
52 mins ago
1
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
51 mins ago
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
51 mins ago
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
38 mins ago
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
38 mins ago
add a comment |
Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered 26 mins ago
collapsarcollapsar
1794
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
20 mins ago
add a comment |
Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered 26 mins ago
collapsarcollapsar
1794
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
20 mins ago
add a comment |
Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered 26 mins ago
collapsarcollapsar
1794
Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered 26 mins ago
collapsarcollapsar
1794
answered 26 mins ago
collapsarcollapsar
1794
answered 26 mins ago
collapsarcollapsar
1794
answered 26 mins ago
collapsarcollapsar
1794
1794
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
20 mins ago
add a comment |
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
20 mins ago
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
20 mins ago
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
20 mins ago
add a comment |
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