The "Great Indian" Puzzle Thread!

You must cut a gold chain to pay someone for 7 days of service. The chain has 7 links on it, and you agree on a price of one link per day. The employee will not work without receiving that day's pay each afternoon, but you do not wish to give him more than his daily payment for the fear that he will not return. Therefore, you must cut some of the links on the chain to make the daily payments. What is the smallest number of links you need to cut so that the employee receives only one link each day?

hi chatkara
i had seen ur puzzle today
i think i m too late..........anyways

the answer for ur puzzle is six.........i think somebody might have answered by this time........

Originally Posted by chatkara_tasty

You must cut a gold chain to pay someone for 7 days of service. The chain has 7 links on it, and you agree on a price of one link per day. The employee will not work without receiving that day's pay each afternoon, but you do not wish to give him more than his daily payment for the fear that he will not return. Therefore, you must cut some of the links on the chain to make the daily payments. What is the smallest number of links you need to cut so that the employee receives only one link each day?

nope keeru , u ans is not right :icon_frown:

Heena
After a long time, agian this thread is active... Even i didnt notice ur question all these days....
This is a guess....
If u have 7 links on the chain, it'll give 8 pieces.... So if u cut those 7 links, one piece is left on the for u last day ...
U can cut only one link each day, and u can give it to him....
This is the minimum possibility.....
How about this?

Gayathri.

sorry gayathri this is not a correct ans .

Heena
Actually, I didnt understand the question properly...
So u explain the answer, as no one are there...
And we can start puzzling freshly again...
Awaiting ur new puzzle...

Gayathri.

hi heena

i think the answer is 3.........(if it is circular)

and only two links if it is open(i.e straight)

by doing so we get 1no. link,2no. link ,4 no.link
give him 1
2no and take bac 1 no.
give him 1 no. to make it 3(2+1)
take bac all and give him 4
again give him 1--(4+1)
take bac 1 and give him 2 no.---(4+2)
finally give him 1no. on last day

keerthana

HI HEENA TELL AM I CORRECT

Originally Posted by keeru

hi heena

i think the answer is 3.........(if it is circular)

and only two links if it is open(i.e straight)

by doing so we get 1no. link,2no. link ,4 no.link
give him 1
2no and take bac 1 no.
give him 1 no. to make it 3(2+1)
take bac all and give him 4
again give him 1--(4+1)
take bac 1 and give him 2 no.---(4+2)
finally give him 1no. on last day

keerthana

sorry guys for late replying . some how i didn't notice it . welll done keeru . ur ans is right .

Here is a numerical puzzle...

By adding and subtracting the numbers give below, we can form whole numbers. Please tell me what is the maximum and minimum whole numbers that can be formed from these numbers?

6.09
5.47
9.25
0.91
0.53
0.25
7.997
4.78
0.04
0.121
3.96
0.22
0.003
0.878
0.001

Rules - Don't mix operations in the same problem, and use each number only once.