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Buying Chestnuts (Posted on 2004-01-05) Difficulty: 3 of 5
(This "nonsense puzzle" gets its name from the puzzle I saw it from)

A shopper went into a shop and wanted a dollar's worth of chestnuts when he gave the shopkeeper a one dollar bill and was given five chestnuts. "It is not enough; I ought to have a sixth," the shopper remarked. "But you will have five too many if I gave you one chestnut more", the shopkeeper replied.

How many chestnuts should the man have gotten for 3 twenty dollar bills?

See The Solution Submitted by Gamer    
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  Subject Author Date
Solutionexplanation to puzzle answerK Sengupta2022-07-25 00:56:41
answerK Sengupta2008-02-07 05:18:16
SolutionI agree with Popstar DaveLarry2004-03-04 00:15:15
guessing before readingdave domingo2004-01-27 17:52:00
SolutionPossibilitye.g.2004-01-07 13:58:42
re(2): solutionGamer2004-01-06 20:28:28
Solutionpossible solutionluminita2004-01-06 15:54:05
re: solutionPenny2004-01-06 11:37:35
re: solutionGamer2004-01-06 06:24:35
maybe the answercory2004-01-06 02:01:21
re: solution -- Of Course!TomM2004-01-06 01:57:08
the real answercory2004-01-06 01:50:04
answercory2004-01-06 01:46:37
SolutionsolutionPopstar Dave2004-01-06 01:38:42
The answer is..............(----------------------------------Darryl2004-01-06 00:50:40
SolutionSolutionPenny2004-01-06 00:09:00
5 too many whats?Richard2004-01-05 22:16:06
In relation to that:Gamer2004-01-05 20:38:10
Some Thoughtspossible tricksTristan2004-01-05 20:14:34
Give it a tryDan Blume2004-01-05 18:02:09
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