Riddle Me This
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My boys love riddles. I found this one yesterday. I thought you guys might
enjoy it.
Placed above, I make great things small.
Placed beside, I make small things greater.
In matters that count, I always come first.
Where others increase, I keep all things the same.
What am I?
enjoy it.
Placed above, I make great things small.
Placed beside, I make small things greater.
In matters that count, I always come first.
Where others increase, I keep all things the same.
What am I?
Kevin and Angela McGinn
The number 1 ?
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Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Riddle Me This
My boys love riddles. I found this one yesterday. I thought you guys might
enjoy it.
Placed above, I make great things small.
Placed beside, I make small things greater.
In matters that count, I always come first.
Where others increase, I keep all things the same.
What am I?
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Angie
Gotta be Zero.....
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> The number 1 ?guys might
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> Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Riddle Me This
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> Where others increase, I keep all things the same.
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> What am I?
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nellebelle
snip>>>Gotta be Zero.....>>>>
Nope, Doesn't work here - Where others increase, I keep all things the same.
In multiplying, zero makes things smaller. 2 x 0 = 0.
Mary Ellen
PS (we recently read a storybook with that riddle. The princess will only marry the man who can give her the correct answer.)
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Nope, Doesn't work here - Where others increase, I keep all things the same.
In multiplying, zero makes things smaller. 2 x 0 = 0.
Mary Ellen
PS (we recently read a storybook with that riddle. The princess will only marry the man who can give her the correct answer.)
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In a message dated 3/19/03 11:02:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
angiehewerdine@... writes:
Pam G.
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angiehewerdine@... writes:
> Gotta be Zero.....Can't be zero gotta be one.
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Pam G.
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In a message dated 3/19/03 11:02:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
angiehewerdine@... writes:
riddle LOL.
Pam G.
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angiehewerdine@... writes:
> Gotta be Zero.....Sorry could be zero or one I change my vote. Depends how it is used in the
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riddle LOL.
Pam G.
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In a message dated 3/19/03 8:11:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, genant2@...
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again I've been known to be a little mind boggling, LOL.
Rhonda
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> Sorry could be zero or one I change my vote. Depends how it is used in theDoes it have to be a number? A magnifying lens came to my mind, but then
> riddle LOL.
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again I've been known to be a little mind boggling, LOL.
Rhonda
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In a message dated 3/19/03 6:20:04 AM, kbcdlovejo@... writes:
<< Placed above, I make great things small.
Placed beside, I make small things greater.
In matters that count, I always come first.
Where others increase, I keep all things the same. >>
My finger!
A ruler?
Sounds like it's supposed to be "God," so it's probably not, or it wouldn't
be much of a riddle...
Maybe gold. If it's a pre-platinum riddle.
Gold crown, gold coins/rings/whatever,
Gold... coins again?
and gold as money between nations or outside of nations.
Sandra
<< Placed above, I make great things small.
Placed beside, I make small things greater.
In matters that count, I always come first.
Where others increase, I keep all things the same. >>
My finger!
A ruler?
Sounds like it's supposed to be "God," so it's probably not, or it wouldn't
be much of a riddle...
Maybe gold. If it's a pre-platinum riddle.
Gold crown, gold coins/rings/whatever,
Gold... coins again?
and gold as money between nations or outside of nations.
Sandra
Nancy Wooton
on 3/19/03 9:04 AM, SandraDodd@... at SandraDodd@... wrote:
think it was math-related from the start, but was trying to decide if it was
a horizontal line (like the dividing line in a fraction) or an equal sign,
or ?
Numbers don't immediately leap to my mind; denial is there with a broom,
sweeping them away.
Nancy
>This is what happens when "literature brains" encounter math riddles. I did
> In a message dated 3/19/03 6:20:04 AM, kbcdlovejo@... writes:
>
> << Placed above, I make great things small.
> Placed beside, I make small things greater.
> In matters that count, I always come first.
> Where others increase, I keep all things the same. >>
>
> My finger!
>
> A ruler?
>
> Sounds like it's supposed to be "God," so it's probably not, or it wouldn't
> be much of a riddle...
>
> Maybe gold. If it's a pre-platinum riddle.
> Gold crown, gold coins/rings/whatever,
> Gold... coins again?
> and gold as money between nations or outside of nations.
>
> Sandra
think it was math-related from the start, but was trying to decide if it was
a horizontal line (like the dividing line in a fraction) or an equal sign,
or ?
Numbers don't immediately leap to my mind; denial is there with a broom,
sweeping them away.
Nancy
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In a message dated 3/19/03 9:10:16 AM, genant2@... writes:
<< Can't be zero gotta be one. >>
That's part of what I was thinking with "my finger," because it's the first
counting finger, and you can use it to measure too.
<< Can't be zero gotta be one. >>
That's part of what I was thinking with "my finger," because it's the first
counting finger, and you can use it to measure too.
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In a message dated 3/19/03 9:16:23 AM, nellebelle@... writes:
<< In multiplying, zero makes things smaller. 2 x 0 = 0. >>
But if it's written vertically
0
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2
it was over it and made it smaller.
<< In multiplying, zero makes things smaller. 2 x 0 = 0. >>
But if it's written vertically
0
_
2
it was over it and made it smaller.
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In a message dated 3/19/03 9:38:17 AM, rjhill241@... writes:
<< Does it have to be a number? A magnifying lens came to my mind, but then
again I've been known to be a little mind boggling, LOL. >>
That was my first thought, but it doesn't always come first. That also I
used with "my finger." If I hold my finger close to me and look at
something past it (like the moon), the thing seems small. If I put my finger
right next to it, it seems bigger. (Not that I've ever put my finger right
next to the real moon, but you know...)
Sandra
<< Does it have to be a number? A magnifying lens came to my mind, but then
again I've been known to be a little mind boggling, LOL. >>
That was my first thought, but it doesn't always come first. That also I
used with "my finger." If I hold my finger close to me and look at
something past it (like the moon), the thing seems small. If I put my finger
right next to it, it seems bigger. (Not that I've ever put my finger right
next to the real moon, but you know...)
Sandra
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In a message dated 3/19/03 10:20:07 AM, ikonstitcher@... writes:
<< This is what happens when "literature brains" encounter math riddles. >>
HEY!!! All my answers were math-related. My #1 counting finger, or a ruler
to measure, or the value of gold.
But they weren't math-notation related. So I lose, but hey, I lose at least
with math-in-English answers.
<g>
Sandra
<< This is what happens when "literature brains" encounter math riddles. >>
HEY!!! All my answers were math-related. My #1 counting finger, or a ruler
to measure, or the value of gold.
But they weren't math-notation related. So I lose, but hey, I lose at least
with math-in-English answers.
<g>
Sandra
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In a message dated 3/19/03 9:39:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
That is so funny because just after I posted, I thought about my hand in the
posirion of an O, because the kids and I use this method when star gazing.
But then discounted it because of counting. I know I'll feel like a
numb-skull when I hear rthe answer!
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> <<Does it have to be a number? A magnifying lens came to my mind, but thenSandra,
> again I've been known to be a little mind boggling, LOL. >>
>
> That was my first thought, but it doesn't always come first. That also I
> used with "my finger." If I hold my finger close to me and look at
> something past it (like the moon), the thing seems small. If I put my
> finger
> right next to it, it seems bigger. (Not that I've ever put my finger right
>
> next to the real moon, but you know...)
>
>
That is so funny because just after I posted, I thought about my hand in the
posirion of an O, because the kids and I use this method when star gazing.
But then discounted it because of counting. I know I'll feel like a
numb-skull when I hear rthe answer!
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In a message dated 3/19/03 11:16:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
nellebelle@... writes:
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nellebelle@... writes:
> Nope, Doesn't work here - Where others increase, I keep all things the same.But could say 2+0=2 same
>
> In multiplying, zero makes things smaller. 2 x 0 = 0.
>
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