Can you solve the locker riddle? - Lisa Winer

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  • @Chernobog2
    @Chernobog2 7 років тому +5815

    plot twist: one of your relatives has heard this riddle before and beats you to the punch

    • @khorps4756
      @khorps4756 6 років тому +288

      the uncle intervenes from the afterlife and punches him

    • @DaMissingSock
      @DaMissingSock 6 років тому +106

      Problem they’re jerks so they wouldn’t listen to the riddle

    • @MikaylaMorrie
      @MikaylaMorrie 5 років тому +71

      Plot twist, every relative works together

    • @BlueAversion
      @BlueAversion 5 років тому +44

      Further twist, this isn't a riddle so all your uncle's coaching is actually useless

    • @maryjoyfortun2567
      @maryjoyfortun2567 5 років тому +4

      Hahaha

  • @thedredmanable
    @thedredmanable 7 років тому +10049

    "And then exactly one month later, you are assassinated in your sleep."

  • @gabesmith5602
    @gabesmith5602 4 роки тому +10148

    I thought the whole point in the uncle Developing the riddle is to prevent family members from badgering you. Now not only will they badger you, they’ll hate you for being smarter than them

    • @meepleech
      @meepleech 4 роки тому +253

      Move away to the moon LMAOOO

    • @UtterQueerNightmare
      @UtterQueerNightmare 4 роки тому +885

      I thought they'd pester because him leaving it all to you wasn't fair (at least to them). But if you earned it by figuring out the riddle, they'd just have to shut up and deal with it.

    • @Pineapply_Queen
      @Pineapply_Queen 3 роки тому +538

      I figured this helped by giving them less of a legal leg to stand on. If you straight up leave someone out of the will, they can contest that they were forgotten about. This gives everyone an even shot at the prize and the niece has a lot more legal protection after having solved it fair and square.
      I've heard people recommend that, if there's someone in your circle you want to leave out of your will but you know would kick up a fuss, just leave them something pitiful like $1. It serves the same purpose of removing that "I was forgotten" argument.

    • @alexchandler4213
      @alexchandler4213 3 роки тому +151

      Wait I just realized, what if the uncle wanted you to have the money, why didn’t he tell you that the answers were perfect squares. You can just pretend you found the answer on your own

    • @happydonkey5333
      @happydonkey5333 3 роки тому +32

      I am legally forbidden to like this comment due the blood pact I've done with the Dark Lord

  • @mckaylamarille8630
    @mckaylamarille8630 4 роки тому +6218

    Easy, tell them: "Atleast one of you has green eyes." and wait 100 days.

    • @jeejadk4590
      @jeejadk4590 3 роки тому +734

      I just came from that video

    • @trex8523
      @trex8523 3 роки тому +115

      I dont see why the solution of that couldn't be just saying. " all of you have the same eye colour "

    • @rahulashok192
      @rahulashok192 3 роки тому +306

      @@trex8523 cuz the person giving the statement can't say any new information. the people don't know if their own eye color is the same as everyone else's. saying "all of you have the same eye color" is giving out new information.

    • @jonathanschmitt5762
      @jonathanschmitt5762 3 роки тому +52

      You don't have green eyes, so things go brrrrrr after 99 days

    • @periwinkle_mingyutwinkle
      @periwinkle_mingyutwinkle 3 роки тому +18

      Lol just watched em

  • @X3._.n3
    @X3._.n3 6 років тому +8878

    Surely the relatives will still pester them for money anyway

    • @Star-nl5id
      @Star-nl5id 6 років тому +320

      outlier 07. Restraining orders

    • @skkart4885
      @skkart4885 6 років тому +38

      Hamiltrash?

    • @seasiren9801
      @seasiren9801 5 років тому +19

      outlier 07 I love your pfp.

    • @benlee5039
      @benlee5039 5 років тому +58

      THIS IS THE GREATEST SHOW!
      Oh wait wrong song

    • @ddebenedictis
      @ddebenedictis 5 років тому +76

      They can't pester her for money because the inheritance was just a pile of big rocks.

  • @baekkieony308
    @baekkieony308 5 років тому +5742

    0:31 I think my uncle overestimated my intelligence

  • @cowboy4606
    @cowboy4606 5 років тому +13537

    Homework: what's 2+2?
    Exam: this video

  • @MHN6
    @MHN6 4 роки тому +490

    "Pause the video now if you want to figure it out for yourself"
    Me: figure out what exactly?

    • @recior
      @recior 4 роки тому +12

      @NecroMelodia Exectly

  • @suryakiranr4444
    @suryakiranr4444 5 років тому +2893

    After completion of the video, I took a deep breath and started to realize how poor my math skills are.

    • @I34R
      @I34R 5 років тому +12

      Surya Kiran I know... I was so puzzled 😕

    • @JonathanBuclay
      @JonathanBuclay 5 років тому +1

      Same

    • @betharrowsmith115
      @betharrowsmith115 5 років тому +55

      Same here, I felt this was more of a maths test than a riddle personally. Or maybe I'm just terrible at maths

    • @hankigoe829
      @hankigoe829 5 років тому +43

      dont feel bad, i have a math degree and thought the answer was composite numbers rather than perfect squares

    • @mayrag1776
      @mayrag1776 4 роки тому +9

      Me beginning of video: ok sure I’ll try it to solve it myself.
      Me after video: 😐😐😅 yeah not what I had in my paper 😂

  • @JaydentheMathGuy
    @JaydentheMathGuy 5 років тому +10793

    Title: Can you solve....
    Me: Probably not. But I'll watch the 3 minute video anyway.

    • @ha-my.
      @ha-my. 5 років тому +19

      JaylindenXX so true

    • @ShiaTheBunnyGirl
      @ShiaTheBunnyGirl 5 років тому +8

      Dude also stop giving away free accounts. I know! How about giving away accounts to anyone whi can solve a riddle! Thats way easier!

    • @ragavanbalaji7257
      @ragavanbalaji7257 5 років тому +3

      YUP DAT WAT I DO

    • @deity2421
      @deity2421 5 років тому +1

      JaylindenXX 500th like

    • @redactedgamer1975
      @redactedgamer1975 5 років тому

      Yeah me too

  • @whimsy5623
    @whimsy5623 5 років тому +6792

    Both the uncle and the lawyer have the best mustaches in the universe

  • @omegaultramax
    @omegaultramax 4 роки тому +5523

    1: confirm you have green eyes.
    2: Sneak all the money into your pockets
    3: Ask your relatives for permission to leave forever
    4: Profit

    • @wisperrose
      @wisperrose 4 роки тому +356

      But would you answer Ozo?

    • @predatormag
      @predatormag 4 роки тому +63

      @@omegaultramax ozo =yes , 3 god riddle

    • @thawebkharroubi232
      @thawebkharroubi232 4 роки тому +146

      i just watched the green eyes riddle video

    • @netlle6910
      @netlle6910 4 роки тому +128

      I love how at this point, I kinda expect every video to have a comment about green eyes.

    • @paulyeung2544
      @paulyeung2544 4 роки тому +24

      @@wisperrose after that, finish the deal in 17 minutes before the relatives come back

  • @lemonyjazmin645
    @lemonyjazmin645 8 років тому +7189

    When you're on a Ted-Ed riddle video marathon and you feel dumb AF

    • @amglet0264
      @amglet0264 8 років тому +60

      Tru 😂

    • @magiczebraz
      @magiczebraz 8 років тому +147

      These don't really feel like riddles as much as they do just generic math problems

    • @youinanalternateuniverse
      @youinanalternateuniverse 8 років тому +2

      Jazmin Leiva this

    • @isaiahstrong4716
      @isaiahstrong4716 8 років тому +57

      yeah the riddles are satisfying though

    • @lemonyjazmin645
      @lemonyjazmin645 8 років тому +6

      You in an alternate universe your username is A1 linguine

  • @allenvarghese5126
    @allenvarghese5126 8 років тому +4280

    How did she solve this mathematical problem even before anybody started, that's inhuman speed to me

    • @sinscentedcandles4283
      @sinscentedcandles4283 8 років тому +166

      she is either a alien or she can freeze time

    • @zavocadoooo
      @zavocadoooo 8 років тому +218

      Or she has done this before. DUH

    • @sinscentedcandles4283
      @sinscentedcandles4283 8 років тому +44

      no! thats to logical

    • @RhexGomez
      @RhexGomez 8 років тому +74

      0:27 that explains ;)

    • @zavocadoooo
      @zavocadoooo 8 років тому +31

      Elmar Rhex Gomez Now that I think about it, that is impossible and completely logical. So scrap that. She's probably a time freezing alien. 😂

  • @rawrrslol
    @rawrrslol 8 років тому +6523

    What makes you think they won't pester her after she wins?

    • @sokolgaming7597
      @sokolgaming7597 8 років тому +303

      I know, they must be there when you get the money so it would make no difference

    • @azianberry
      @azianberry 8 років тому +42

      not the point of the riddle dumb ass

    • @sokolgaming7597
      @sokolgaming7597 8 років тому +371

      vaiouser We know it's not the point but it makes no sense to do the riddle since it wouldn't have mattered, she'd be pestered either way.

    • @azianberry
      @azianberry 8 років тому +36

      Cqcrtdoesgaming you solve the riddle. thats it. you dont start writing whole story about whats gonna happen. what are gonna say next? who's gonna pay for her tuition fees?

    • @rawrrslol
      @rawrrslol 8 років тому +258

      vaiouser What a tool. I did solve the riddle. Why can't we speculate about the author's plot hole on top of that?

  • @henryrabideau7286
    @henryrabideau7286 4 роки тому +1818

    My question is, if they’re my family, WHY AM I THE ONLY ORANGE ONE, my momma got some explain for to do

    • @boredintrovert6193
      @boredintrovert6193 4 роки тому +109

      spray tan

    • @parrisnia72
      @parrisnia72 4 роки тому +68

      At this point, I wouldn't question it. I'd take my money and leave 😂😂😂

    • @dottyContrarian
      @dottyContrarian 4 роки тому +44

      no shame in being adopted

    • @maxhipolito3307
      @maxhipolito3307 4 роки тому +23

      trump's child

    • @Alien-ee3qp
      @Alien-ee3qp 4 роки тому +34

      Maybe both of her parents have a hidden chromosome of the orange color that's a possiblity to .

  • @henkwaterlander3038
    @henkwaterlander3038 8 років тому +4058

    Got 99 relatives, but an uncle ain't one.

  • @albeeyu-chichiu3949
    @albeeyu-chichiu3949 5 років тому +1793

    *Teded: But how?-*
    Me: Idk, I’m definitely not as smart as this 9 years old girl

    • @christovac
      @christovac 5 років тому +2

      Multifandom Kid I solved this easy

    • @veggierecetas7647
      @veggierecetas7647 5 років тому +4

      Why you think she’s 9

    • @midgetmaster8979
      @midgetmaster8979 5 років тому

      This kids in college

    • @hail5923
      @hail5923 5 років тому +1

      christovac I bet you watched the whole thing...
      If you did you are not alone

    • @sudipaghosh5408
      @sudipaghosh5408 4 роки тому

      I will answer when i will return

  • @geometry1249
    @geometry1249 6 років тому +509

    "Heya, I'll just grab the first k-"
    *"HEYA I KNOW THE ANSWER"*

    • @bob837
      @bob837 4 роки тому +15

      i feel bad for that dude the guys who had to put all the lockers in there i mean

    • @susamogus8331
      @susamogus8331 3 роки тому +5

      @@bob837 I feel worse for the guy with the first key case dude gott open them all

    • @leiscrafts9811
      @leiscrafts9811 3 роки тому +1

      Oof

    • @RayneKravenSegura-fw1om
      @RayneKravenSegura-fw1om 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@susamogus8331At least he didn't have to go thru that

  • @calvin8284
    @calvin8284 5 років тому +205

    At the end, you’d still take all the inheritance, and they’ll still pester you

    • @happybortsday5397
      @happybortsday5397 4 роки тому +8

      Hahaha i know, how can she be so sure that she wont be pestered after? 😆😆

    • @Ponera-Sama
      @Ponera-Sama 3 роки тому +1

      Just use the money to buy weapons and kill them

    • @ianjacob7350
      @ianjacob7350 3 роки тому +3

      Or get a restraining order against them

  • @fitnessoni7881
    @fitnessoni7881 8 років тому +560

    The whole point of this riddle was to leave the inheritance to you with the added bonus of not having pestering relatives. So what is stopping the relatives from pestering you after the riddle is solved?

    • @anonimase4315
      @anonimase4315 8 років тому +24

      if it was directly to her, it would still be legally hers mate

    • @FDJustin
      @FDJustin 8 років тому +36

      They got pwned by uncle Mathew's eccentric need to to make everything into a math puzzle, just because of his name. The shame spread them to the far corners of the earth.

    • @otaviowada7300
      @otaviowada7300 8 років тому +22

      You did something that they didn't (think), so they don't have the right to complain without making themselves look stupid.

    • @SkellyBones90201
      @SkellyBones90201 8 років тому

      FitnessNerd k

    • @saphiriathebluedragonknight375
      @saphiriathebluedragonknight375 7 років тому +10

      But either way she would have obtained the money legally, riddle or no riddle.

  • @Laura-tp6fj
    @Laura-tp6fj 7 років тому +2613

    Imagine if these questions appeared on ur math test

    • @silentgloria
      @silentgloria 5 років тому +25

      oh my god, this is a talking cockatiel

    • @mahdiyyaimriyas9041
      @mahdiyyaimriyas9041 5 років тому +74

      I'd kill my teacher

    • @quinn5109
      @quinn5109 5 років тому +34

      actually, we did this in my 6th grade math class, and it was for a major grade, so... but actually, I was the first one to find the pattern, and when I watched this a few months later I was like "I know this! I can actually solve a teded riddle for once!"

    • @jasonyeng94
      @jasonyeng94 5 років тому +3

      I would just not do it

    • @jungcock5623
      @jungcock5623 5 років тому +1

      This was summer homework

  • @premierepasta1562
    @premierepasta1562 8 років тому +1333

    Honestly, I just straight up gave up on solving it because I learned from the past videos.

    • @amosbehavedcalm
      @amosbehavedcalm 8 років тому +3

      +Pratham Gurung SAME

    • @badshaa1000
      @badshaa1000 8 років тому

      +Scheneca Crane 😂😞

    • @DJEmonTV
      @DJEmonTV 8 років тому +44

      +Pratham Gurung Is it bad that I still don't understand the riddle even after watching the explanation? lol

    • @TheDarkMaster02
      @TheDarkMaster02 8 років тому +12

      +DJEmonTV It probably means you didn't pay attention to factoring in 9th grade.

    • @mariusnita4346
      @mariusnita4346 8 років тому +1

      me too

  • @sophiesmith9300
    @sophiesmith9300 4 роки тому +231

    Wait- he _voice acts the lawyer??_
    This narrator just gets better and better

  • @rottedgummi3884
    @rottedgummi3884 5 років тому +1244

    Title: can you solve the locker riddle?
    Me: *no*
    Also me: *watches it anyways*

  • @nzmanhdee6246
    @nzmanhdee6246 8 років тому +1066

    Wouldn't the girl still be pestered about the money by her relatives since the clue is for everyone and everyone knows who solves it?

    • @weenald7287
      @weenald7287 8 років тому +22

      1:57 cuz she's a smartass

    • @nzmanhdee6246
      @nzmanhdee6246 8 років тому +15

      If she's a "smartass" then she'll also be able to protect it- the money.

    • @Artaneius
      @Artaneius 8 років тому +66

      by what? Filing 99 restraining orders?

    • @weenald7287
      @weenald7287 8 років тому +12

      NzmAnh Dee how do you know she didn't

    • @colgateindustries4506
      @colgateindustries4506 8 років тому +115

      +linkguy3305 legal protection from a lawyer

  • @VivieVich
    @VivieVich 5 років тому +913

    If this was me, my uncle would have face palm in the heaven.

    • @stupidmemes3251
      @stupidmemes3251 3 роки тому +20

      Well no matter what, he'll facepalm 99 times

  • @adamspuful
    @adamspuful 5 років тому +111

    0:22 that girl just hit me with a dab

  • @celeste9549
    @celeste9549 8 років тому +3186

    When you watch these even though you have no idea what he is talking about no matter how many times he explains it squad.

    • @crazyunicorn6421
      @crazyunicorn6421 8 років тому +11

      Snow Angel Ayyyy! That's me XD

    • @justherepassingby5558
      @justherepassingby5558 8 років тому +7

      haha relate much Im not good at riddles especially if there's math on it.. deym..

    • @phanymona421
      @phanymona421 8 років тому +3

      ayyy I'm right here 😂😂😂

    • @gabrielfrias1571
      @gabrielfrias1571 8 років тому +2

      I tried solving his Albert Einstein riddle and i got a mistake because i got confused in placing something in the left of something else c':

    • @yvonnedonohoe9557
      @yvonnedonohoe9557 8 років тому

      thats so me

  • @jallenchen6071
    @jallenchen6071 8 років тому +392

    10/10 for best uncle ever

  • @missmittens6129
    @missmittens6129 8 років тому +644

    If I got that money my parents would be like:
    "Oh good job you got the money! Now give it I am your Mom."

  • @spikypichu
    @spikypichu 3 роки тому +21

    0:54
    The lawyer: has a mustache
    Me: that's one big smile

  • @drawinglife2008
    @drawinglife2008 8 років тому +321

    Couldn't your great-uncle just tell you the answer instead before he passed away? That would be so easy lol

    • @andyreiner1802
      @andyreiner1802 8 років тому +37

      as it said before, the relatives will find it unfair, so what the uncle trying to do is just make the other relatives look 'unworthy' for the money and he sure knew that the little girl will solve it

    • @AjBrine
      @AjBrine 8 років тому +7

      Couldn't he just give us the damn money?

    • @yvonnedonohoe9557
      @yvonnedonohoe9557 8 років тому +5

      listen to the beginning of the video 0:23

    • @user-fx8ck3tv3o
      @user-fx8ck3tv3o 6 років тому +27

      Andy Reiner if I were the uncle, I would’ve told her the answer, but I would’ve also told her to act and pretend that she didn’t know about the answer from the beginning. That would’ve resulted in the money being given to the girl without any of the riddle work and without the relatives bugging her

  • @sonimartinez7864
    @sonimartinez7864 8 років тому +638

    I want an uncle like that, rich and that he would tell me riddles

  • @solum_mirari5925
    @solum_mirari5925 8 років тому +476

    99 relatives is a LOT of relatives.

    • @ZhangK71
      @ZhangK71 8 років тому +32

      +Melissa Geckensmerf Literally everyone, and then some.

    • @junghoseoksthighs6787
      @junghoseoksthighs6787 8 років тому +5

      asians

    • @ZhangK71
      @ZhangK71 8 років тому

      oishi chowdury Wow, are you a comedian?

    • @stormneko
      @stormneko 8 років тому +8

      +ZhangK71 parents, other aunts and uncles, other niblings, maybe grandparents grandaunts and granduncles, all their descendants, and all the same for all the families related only by marriage

    • @GrimFaceHunter
      @GrimFaceHunter 8 років тому +2

      +Melissa Geckensmerf Ever heard of Saud family?

  • @real_lampcap
    @real_lampcap 5 років тому +309

    This isn't a riddle, this is my math homework.

  • @whyparkjiminwhenucanridejimin
    @whyparkjiminwhenucanridejimin 8 років тому +2876

    this made me realise i will never be rich

    • @agustthed584
      @agustthed584 7 років тому +22

      Why are we both here

    • @andyskillet
      @andyskillet 7 років тому +5

      ARMYYYY!

    • @sirtetris
      @sirtetris 6 років тому +8

      ARMY!

    • @mouni773
      @mouni773 6 років тому +11

      why park jimin when u can ride jimin
      your username-

    • @mr.sunshine2549
      @mr.sunshine2549 6 років тому +1

      Aweee hi fellow army and aroha is that moonbin on your pic?

  • @bryanblair2769
    @bryanblair2769 7 років тому +322

    I think she’d still get pestered lmao

  • @enchantique5532
    @enchantique5532 8 років тому +882

    I bet the relatives made a total of 1,000+ accounts on UA-cam to dislike this.

  • @Yalini135
    @Yalini135 2 роки тому +87

    This was the first one of your riddles I was actually able to solve myself. It's super satisfying lol please keep them coming!

    • @thedayismonday7952
      @thedayismonday7952 Рік тому +3

      Same.

    • @frocen1
      @frocen1 Рік тому +5

      Now I feel like I'm the only one who got it wrong

    • @Vince_c.3
      @Vince_c.3 Рік тому +3

      @@frocen1 nah i didnt even try dont worry

  • @snakerattleroll6678
    @snakerattleroll6678 8 років тому +177

    But they'll still pester her.

  • @MechanicsStudents
    @MechanicsStudents 8 років тому +3557

    This isn't a riddle, this is just an extremely complicated math problem XD

    • @drumvs7876
      @drumvs7876 6 років тому +71

      isn’t that just a riddle?????

    • @oom5768
      @oom5768 6 років тому +137

      BrickFlix complicated math problems require a understanding of the math rules applied in the riddle and not much logic so a math-let like me is lost. I prefer out-of-the box riddles.

    • @bhaviksalecha3436
      @bhaviksalecha3436 6 років тому +36

      TBH. Not THAT Complicated

    • @erjonhelshani9417
      @erjonhelshani9417 6 років тому +16

      Every riddle is something like a math problem

    • @aname5053
      @aname5053 6 років тому +6

      An algorithm, simply put, is “x + y”.
      You can expand that with “+”, “*”, “/“, & “-“ and any variable.
      That is a riddle. To help you, and others, if you disagree with me still... you are more than likely overthinking this.
      So.. break it down: create “layers” or steps to solving the problem. Instead of seeing, for example, that you have 3 projects and 2 papers do at the end of the semester/school year...
      You break it down to tasks of each of the projects/papers.
      You prioritize them... some factors of priority are time and dependency.
      1) Time: Meaning some tasks are done over a period of time and can’t be done all at once (e.g. starting at 0 and wanting 100 fortnite wins).
      2) Dependency: Meaning some tasks have to happen before others can happen. Or they depend on something to exist before the task itself can exist. (e.g You have to win 1 fortnite game before you can win the second.)

  • @charlieelizabeth3571
    @charlieelizabeth3571 8 років тому +558

    Riddles are my FAVVVVVVV

    • @sofiamccabe3851
      @sofiamccabe3851 8 років тому +1

      same

    • @prateekkumawat3533
      @prateekkumawat3533 8 років тому

      +Linda Lind this was a logic puzzle. Riddles are a subset of puzzle. Logic Puzzle is also a subset of puzzle. And riddles and logic puzzles are different.

    • @matthewgriffin4068
      @matthewgriffin4068 8 років тому

      +Sofia McCabe same

    • @sorryitsanna7812
      @sorryitsanna7812 8 років тому +1

      +Prateek Kumawat the word riddle is literally in the title

    • @prateekkumawat3533
      @prateekkumawat3533 8 років тому +1

      ***** sorryitsanna About riddles wikipedia says "A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.". And about logic puzzle "A logic puzzle is a puzzle deriving from the mathematics field of deduction."

  • @sirsenor4912
    @sirsenor4912 4 роки тому +34

    Plot Twist: You weren’t listening to your Uncles riddle lessons and were playing Angry Birds instead.

  • @justinyou5343
    @justinyou5343 6 років тому +334

    If my uncle was that rich...

    • @tom-cr3cn
      @tom-cr3cn 6 років тому +2

      My uncle will be

    • @arvo-noon
      @arvo-noon 5 років тому +10

      I don’t have an uncle because my aunt is still in school.

    • @JiuWei_Mic
      @JiuWei_Mic 4 роки тому

      xDDD Every one else are like my uncle could just tell me the answer, and the there's just u

    • @JiuWei_Mic
      @JiuWei_Mic 4 роки тому

      xDDD Every one else are like my uncle could just tell me the answer, and then there's just u
      If my uncle is rich

  • @ellinak8815
    @ellinak8815 8 років тому +2643

    Who watches these but never does them

  • @zulfadhlizainal8176
    @zulfadhlizainal8176 8 років тому +484

    I cant even understand the question. Fml

    • @catscats4427
      @catscats4427 8 років тому

      same

    • @zulfadhlizainal8176
      @zulfadhlizainal8176 8 років тому

      ***** i thought im the only one lol 😂

    • @mega17
      @mega17 8 років тому +3

      You mean you don't want to take the time to understand the riddle - cause you're just here for the entertainment. lol

    • @jort3256
      @jort3256 8 років тому

      +mega17 pretty much

    • @ymj4256
      @ymj4256 8 років тому

      meet either

  • @Vilopatra
    @Vilopatra 3 роки тому +32

    Step 1: check if you have green eyes
    Step 2: ask everyone to ignore you when you get the fortune

  • @duckforceone
    @duckforceone 8 років тому +1790

    that's not a riddle, that's a math problem... :D

    • @insert_name_here4346
      @insert_name_here4346 8 років тому +20

      That's exactly what I said xD

    • @cowri-m1c
      @cowri-m1c 8 років тому +6

      I know... &Cries&

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 8 років тому +6

      At least it's not a race.

    • @element74
      @element74 8 років тому +22

      every logical math problem is like a riddle, but not all riddles are math problems.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 8 років тому +28

      element74 This riddle is literally nothing but understanding and crunching numbers.

  • @humamalshawa7538
    @humamalshawa7538 8 років тому +45

    You guys need to make more of these riddles. I love them.

  • @evetteandrea3823
    @evetteandrea3823 8 років тому +92

    Please upload more of riddles and brain teasers :) I love it so much

  • @ExplodingDarth
    @ExplodingDarth 2 роки тому +11

    My roundabout way of doing it was trying the first ten squares for the first ten numbers, realizing the pattern was 1 was on, then two spaces, then the next one was on, then four spaces, then the next one was on (so I figured it'd be just 2 bigger each time). This ended up being right, but also slower than simply recognizing perfect squares.

  • @jonsnow8034
    @jonsnow8034 8 років тому +57

    I memorize their riddles in the event that one day I end up in one of the scenarios that they describe...

    • @rajeshgupta1055
      @rajeshgupta1055 8 років тому +1

      lol 😂😂

    • @benoitg6933
      @benoitg6933 8 років тому

      +Jon Snow you should try to solve them so that you can solve any riddles thown at you. Like the girl did actually

    • @jonsnow8034
      @jonsnow8034 8 років тому

      +Ben G Lol I do sometimes I get it other times...

  • @annabelchow3311
    @annabelchow3311 8 років тому +544

    Finally, a use for prime numbers out of school

    • @3211learza
      @3211learza 6 років тому +10

      Annabel Chow how about cryptography?

    • @lunarmist8330
      @lunarmist8330 6 років тому

      Annabel Chow YESSSSSSSS

    • @davidb5205
      @davidb5205 6 років тому +2

      Prime number are the reason RSA encryption works and why your bank account is safe from hackers

    • @anthonychiperuniverse4923
      @anthonychiperuniverse4923 6 років тому +1

      Well global economy will be fail without prime numbers

    • @RichRBLX
      @RichRBLX 3 роки тому

      hcf and lcm

  • @darkjordan7647
    @darkjordan7647 8 років тому +47

    I love these riddles (although I never answer it). You should do way more of these Ted-Ed

  • @gaminwatch8203
    @gaminwatch8203 4 роки тому +18

    This reminds me a lot of that movie Knives Out. With the mean family, fun old man, and the girl who gets the whole inheritance.

  • @Stratelier
    @Stratelier 7 років тому +19

    I started charting this out in Excel and quickly noticed the tendency towards square numbers, but I couldn't name the particular reason why - this video did a good job of explaining that.

  • @alexisraelyan9640
    @alexisraelyan9640 6 років тому +142

    1:56 In the vid , have not watched the soultion .
    After some math I conclude that numbers *1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , 25 , 36 , 49 , 64 , 81 , 100* will remain open.
    The way I found out was I tried the sequence first with 6 lockers - with 6 moves . This left me with 2 numbers open - *1 and 4* . 2 numbers is not enough to figure out a sequence so I tried with 20 lockers this time . It’s a pain to do it before #11 move (before half) after that you simply move out all the numbers from *11-20* as they don’t have their doubles in the list (22 , 33 and 40 , 60) .
    So I ended up with lockers *1 , 4 , 9 , 16* open. After some time I figured out no other sequence than adding every next odd number to the prev one ( 1 + 3 = 4 , 4+5 = 9 , 9+7 = 16 , 16 + 9 = 25 .... until 100 )
    Have no Idea if my solution is correct , will now watch the vid to find out , and will not delete this commenteven if I am wrong xD

    • @alexisraelyan9640
      @alexisraelyan9640 6 років тому +35

      OOOOH MYYY GOD !!! I didn’t even freaking notice that all the numbers were ... Ohhh , although I still got it right !!

    • @diyaz-gaming3385
      @diyaz-gaming3385 6 років тому +5

      Nice

    • @dinanhafizh1433
      @dinanhafizh1433 5 років тому +4

      Good job

    • @pvvineet1722
      @pvvineet1722 5 років тому +7

      There's mistake... I think....
      You said that you added every "next" odd number to previous one....
      You should've added 9 with 11 and not with 7....
      Correct me if I misinterpreted

    • @bawlerbro
      @bawlerbro 5 років тому +2

      No one cares

  • @bunnylife747
    @bunnylife747 8 років тому +306

    I can never solve these riddles BUT IDC

  • @Maulik_TheRealOne
    @Maulik_TheRealOne 11 місяців тому +3

    THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I COULD SOLVE THE RIDDLE!!! took me 12-15 minutes but the happiness after confirming the answer was immeasurable!!🥳

  • @InklanUtterfield
    @InklanUtterfield 8 років тому +29

    To be honest, the phrasing was unclear, but, then again, I'm almost certain I still wouldn't have got it so I'm not even mad.

  • @DJEmonTV
    @DJEmonTV 8 років тому +355

    My family would still nag me even if I have solved this riddle

    • @GauravMittal_GM
      @GauravMittal_GM 8 років тому +5

      same

    • @leeewing8087
      @leeewing8087 8 років тому +3

      me to, they would steal allllllllllll of ir
      t.

    • @Katrina_NYC
      @Katrina_NYC 8 років тому +13

      EXACTLY. It's like wtf is the point of all of that? If he gave her all of the money or if she "won" all of the money...it wouldn't stop them from pestering her for it!

    • @chloestephen3960
      @chloestephen3960 8 років тому +2

      +Katrina M.B But if he gave it all to her then they would Say its unfair. if she won it though, they would say that she earned it.

    • @GauravMittal_GM
      @GauravMittal_GM 8 років тому

      Katrina M.B : You guys don't seem to understand the essence of quiz, the story is not relevant only math question is.

  • @qusshim7463
    @qusshim7463 8 років тому +206

    This is not a riddle, it's a math problem.

  • @violette3302
    @violette3302 4 роки тому +10

    Riddles like these are the rare occasions that I like math

  • @MatthewSmith-wx9wy
    @MatthewSmith-wx9wy 5 років тому +56

    1:42
    Ted-ED: How?
    Me: Why do I always do this to myself?

  • @alphabulblax1649
    @alphabulblax1649 8 років тому +122

    This uncle isn't that smart. He could just give you the fortune and advise you to file 99 restraining orders.

    • @lawrencewong6171
      @lawrencewong6171 8 років тому

      so you wouldnt solve an easy riddle and file 99 restraining orders?

    • @alphabulblax1649
      @alphabulblax1649 8 років тому +23

      Those relatives would pester you regardless.

    • @kyledilbert6424
      @kyledilbert6424 8 років тому

      +Alpha Bulblax ,a bye some will hire people, to steal your ,money ,because the adjective "nasty"

    • @tintinfan007
      @tintinfan007 8 років тому +6

      actually the uncle only wanted to show off his extraordinary math skills

    • @tintinfan007
      @tintinfan007 8 років тому

      +SuperWaffle was this puzzle really easy to u ?

  • @zazac9447
    @zazac9447 8 років тому +242

    How? She looks 10 and he did in like 1 minutes. Here I am, a senior, blacking out at this riddle.

    • @TheBlueGirl18
      @TheBlueGirl18 8 років тому +8

      Zaza Codio akskskksks I'm an college freshman and I was like oh I'll jus keep watching the video for the answer lol

    • @zazac9447
      @zazac9447 8 років тому +2

      lol

    • @astroblade3782
      @astroblade3782 6 років тому

      Yup

    • @thenolifekid2649
      @thenolifekid2649 6 років тому

      I’m 11. I waited for him to answer it then, I thought about how it really worked. It’s quite simple after the answer is revealed and the you take time to think about it. I would have never thought of it but it makes sense.

  • @gauravshinde6306
    @gauravshinde6306 5 років тому +101

    girl: **Gets inheritance**
    also girl: **spends all her inheritance on build-a-bear workshop**

  • @katiapopova5626
    @katiapopova5626 5 років тому +95

    Damn if my uncle wasn't a college dropout in his parents' apartment

    • @9w2xyz
      @9w2xyz 4 роки тому +2

      💀

  • @manasilad5582
    @manasilad5582 8 років тому +61

    his voice is so soothing

  • @MelonNickles
    @MelonNickles 5 років тому +1045

    Instant replay: you step forward and tell the lawyer you know witch lockers will remain open. But How? Answer: Your uncle told you.
    Edit: wow. i logged on to my old account hoping to find something nice from 2 years ago and found this comment i made for fun with 460 likes. that the most ive ever gotten. WOW

  • @markimbing8018
    @markimbing8018 3 роки тому +52

    Step 1: Confirm you have green eyes
    Step 2: Ask the 99 relatives to leave

  • @zat1245
    @zat1245 6 років тому +10

    I’m so glad I spotted the pattern. Some of these other ones are hard, though. These are so fun, I love sharing them with people.

  • @koalafan1455
    @koalafan1455 8 років тому +89

    That's basically the 39 clues series but really shortened

    • @SneaVal
      @SneaVal 8 років тому +2

      EXACTLY!!!! Finally someone said it.

    • @brialorecampbell8050
      @brialorecampbell8050 8 років тому

      Just with more math

    • @peoniequeen
      @peoniequeen 8 років тому

      Exactly what I was thinking!

    • @in_this_rain
      @in_this_rain 8 років тому

      I came to the comments section just to see if someone else said it :P

    • @theanythingguytag3420
      @theanythingguytag3420 7 років тому

      Seemed more like “The Westing Game” to me

  • @hgwha9820
    @hgwha9820 6 років тому +338

    Why did the uncle spend his time teaching riddles
    when he can just tell her the answer:)

    • @justtheletterV274
      @justtheletterV274 5 років тому +28

      Tochtli teach them how to fish.
      Like giving money or teach a man how to make money.

    • @JohnnyBooi
      @JohnnyBooi 5 років тому +12

      @Tochtli Give him a fish breeding company's shares.

    • @eggds54e5
      @eggds54e5 5 років тому +6

      Because ted ed riddles are more unrealistic then superheroes

    • @undefined0_
      @undefined0_ 5 років тому +3

      to prove she's worthy, i guess

    • @jeongbalsancat
      @jeongbalsancat 4 роки тому +1

      at the beginning it says if the will seems biased the relatives will hurt the girl so he had to make it seem fair

  • @purvai4701
    @purvai4701 2 роки тому +8

    the fact that the uncle knew none of the other 99 bozos could've done a math problem. such trust and faith

  • @JackieRoxs
    @JackieRoxs 8 років тому +323

    Umm, you still got all the money so why wouldn't they still bother you?

    • @Artaneius
      @Artaneius 8 років тому

      Doesn't matter. You don't deserve all that money to yourself anyways.

    • @Artaneius
      @Artaneius 8 років тому +12

      Isabel Daniel
      No it doesn't. Because in the real world if you have a lot of money your going to get harassed for it. Doesn't matter if you got it fair and square. Your family is still going to harass you for it.
      And the family could prove in this case that the whole riddle was made up just for her to get it. Thus making the will void and unfair. Then comes the power of attorney and other stuff. None of this scenario at all makes any sense and honestly the poor girl would just end up getting shot or something.

    • @noex100
      @noex100 8 років тому +6

      Artaneius, you have no idea what you're talking about.

    • @otaviowada7300
      @otaviowada7300 8 років тому +8

      Because they will see that you solved it, and didn't recieve it right away, making them feel stupid, and they can't bother you without sounding even more stupid.

    • @Artaneius
      @Artaneius 8 років тому +6

      Yoki Popcorn
      Sighs would you say that your own family would care if you solved the riddle or not? What's stopping them from constantly making phone calls etc. to ask for money? What's legally stopping them?

  • @billmalcolm4291
    @billmalcolm4291 8 років тому +51

    I get that it's just part of the setup for the riddle and inconsequential, but if the uncle doesn't just give you the fortune for fear of the others pestering you, wouldn't having you solve it and getting the entire inheritance still lead to the other relatives pestering you?
    Still a fun riddle, though!

    • @HelixAgony
      @HelixAgony 8 років тому

      Exactly

    • @rein8443
      @rein8443 8 років тому

      Like I said on another comment, if you solved a puzzle first, everyone would've known that you got it in a fair manner and accept it.

    • @Artaneius
      @Artaneius 8 років тому

      No they wouldn't just accept it. They would still pester you and beg for money.

    • @looi9975
      @looi9975 3 роки тому

      except if they promised dont pestered it to be the heir

    • @rperm834
      @rperm834 2 роки тому

      @@Artaneius she could keep bodyguards or move to another place

  • @OnyxtheFortuitous
    @OnyxtheFortuitous 8 років тому +9

    I love this narrator so much! His uncle voice was too good X'D

  • @jbassstrat
    @jbassstrat 6 місяців тому +1

    Had a very similar problem on a math test (olympic test) recently, it gave me a huge smile hearing about the perfect squares thing

  • @otherwords1375
    @otherwords1375 5 років тому +14

    This is a very satisfying solution if you get to it on your own! The problem-solving lesson here is that sometimes it's better to consider how a single (arbitrary) element is transformed at the *end* of a series of transformations -- and then extrapolate how different classes of elements are ultimately transformed, so as to piece together the final state case-wise -- than to chart *each* transformation in sequence. The discrete unit of the problem becomes the nth image, rather than the kth function in n compositions. This is pretty neat; a moment of insight saves you hundreds in meticulous calculation. A powerful and creative strategy to bring to any problem that involves many operators over large data sets :)

  • @foolishdonut
    @foolishdonut 8 років тому +4

    I love watching these because they get my mind flowing and teach me new things. I just got off school for winter break so I am rewatching these riddles to refresh my brain.

  • @nishitsuvarna3177
    @nishitsuvarna3177 8 років тому +20

    I never feel dumb ever more than the moment when the video says to pause the video to figure out the puzzle and I slyly ignore it XD

    • @yolumith4331
      @yolumith4331 8 років тому +2

      +thedaydreamer18 this speaks to me in a spiritual level

  • @eileenliu2035
    @eileenliu2035 5 років тому +3

    the ‘good luck’ from flying dead uncle gets me everytime

  • @bhavyasharma7456
    @bhavyasharma7456 5 років тому +289

    This made me realise that my maths and my IQ both sucks.🤔😲

    • @bhavyasharma7456
      @bhavyasharma7456 5 років тому +7

      @J Boogie really 🤔 then correct it bcoz u seems like you have mastered in it .😊

    • @darrendarren6056
      @darrendarren6056 5 років тому

      @@bhavyasharma7456 same

    • @BappO-is-me
      @BappO-is-me 5 років тому +4

      I didn’t need to watch this video to know how low my IQ is

    • @ichweinicht1858
      @ichweinicht1858 4 роки тому

      @J *Now

    • @theregalproletariat
      @theregalproletariat 3 роки тому +3

      I think y'all need a reminder what IQ is.
      The Intelligence Quotient was created as a way to determine what students needed more help in academia.
      It's not a measure of anything inherent - and having a low IQ certainly does not mean stupidity.

  • @sipwoq2031
    @sipwoq2031 8 років тому +105

    If i dont get anything he just said am i stupid?

    • @pimocolada7774
      @pimocolada7774 8 років тому +2

      No,I didn't get it at all either

    • @colinz4093
      @colinz4093 8 років тому +1

      Your both idiots. This is 3rd grade math.

    • @BenAGameplay
      @BenAGameplay 8 років тому +67

      You're*

    • @lucyevans1605
      @lucyevans1605 8 років тому +8

      +Benjus omg I love you 😂

    • @nadanova3057
      @nadanova3057 8 років тому +1

      +Benjus DAMNNN😂😂😂

  • @b3nzayizkoolyo
    @b3nzayizkoolyo 8 років тому +23

    That was confusingly worded. The way they made it sound made me think that the pattern of opening all, closing even, and reversing factors of 3 would repeat, meaning after the factor of 3 came up, all of them would open. Maybe I'm just not cut out for solving riddles...

  • @qubitoast290
    @qubitoast290 5 років тому +5

    Nice riddle took me half an hour to solve and I was right
    I had so much fun doing this.
    Thank you guys 😄

  • @dankumar1139
    @dankumar1139 8 років тому +107

    I came for a riddle not advanced Calculus.

    • @AlexanderWung
      @AlexanderWung 8 років тому +7

      Advanced...............? hahahaha........

    • @garymaguire7467
      @garymaguire7467 8 років тому +5

      try basic number theory

    • @GothicKin
      @GothicKin 8 років тому

      This is like theorem 1.0 of any number theory class

    • @cld1472
      @cld1472 8 років тому

      If this math is advanced to you then maybe you should do the world a favor and not have children Forrest Gump. Life might be like a box of chocolates but Spartans had the right idea, kill the children with defects.

    • @ElGiganto17
      @ElGiganto17 8 років тому +8

      Wow dude, read that sentence again but apply it to people who think saying shit like that is acceptable. No need to be so incredibly rude.

  • @aniqa4398
    @aniqa4398 8 років тому +35

    Riddle is flawed cause he said in the beginning that her uncle won't give her the assets because "he knows your relatives will pester you forever" and yet the alternative solution (being the riddle) doesn't make much of a difference because she still ends up with the assets and her relatives will still pester her forever in the end. But otherwise, good video.

    • @Max1996YT
      @Max1996YT 6 років тому +12

      The reply is late, but other commenters pointed out how, with this method, it actually seems like she "proved" to be worthy of the money via solving the riddle.

    • @pischtato6835
      @pischtato6835 6 років тому +2

      Aniqa true

    • @kyleauthinus7517
      @kyleauthinus7517 6 років тому +3

      @Max1996
      And you think that they will care? I am curious on why you think they will still not pester her even if she wins as people like them, dont care if you got it due to your skills, they will do everything to earn quick money, even if "accidents" has to happen.

    • @iliketosaytruecomments3326
      @iliketosaytruecomments3326 2 роки тому

      @@kyleauthinus7517 i saw a comment that they have less legal ground to stand on cause everyone of them participated

    • @iliketosaytruecomments3326
      @iliketosaytruecomments3326 2 роки тому

      @@kyleauthinus7517 tho i saw another comment saying he could of said in his will to give them 1 dollar and they it will be the same was doing this cause they werent forgoten

  • @twentyonegrapes4240
    @twentyonegrapes4240 8 років тому +244

    0:22 Look at my dab

  • @jacksowers5742
    @jacksowers5742 5 років тому +20

    This is the plot of “39 clues”😂

  • @Pizaerable
    @Pizaerable 8 років тому +16

    This is the first riddle that I didn't understand anything.

  • @joschkawinkel6696
    @joschkawinkel6696 8 років тому +36

    Misunderstood the riddle and watched the solution without much thinking :/
    i thought "this patter will go on" means that at key 4, all will open again as by one, so 100 will open all lockers . . .

    • @oranjizer
      @oranjizer 8 років тому

      +Gold Rathian didnt you hear him clearly say and show that 2nd locker opens only the
      alternate lockers? Didnt you hear him clearly say that locker number 3
      affects the status of every 3rd locker only not all lockers?

    • @p3porro
      @p3porro 8 років тому +2

      +Gold Rathian I did the same, it was a really shitty expanation if they really wanted anyone to solve it

    • @marknguyen5147
      @marknguyen5147 8 років тому

      +Gold Rathian So what was he trying to say? I'm struggling to understand the pattern.

    • @oranjizer
      @oranjizer 8 років тому

      Jaden Nguyen
      1 opens all lockers which were previously closed.
      2 opens/closes every second locker if the locker is closed/open (change of state)
      3 changes the state of every third locker and so on
      got it?

    • @marknguyen5147
      @marknguyen5147 8 років тому

      LotusEater But then wouldn't the 100th guy opens all the lockers?

  • @lovecriminalminds24
    @lovecriminalminds24 8 років тому +8

    This video went right over my head.

    • @davebirney
      @davebirney 8 років тому

      +lovecriminalminds24 whats a video?

  • @agiar2000
    @agiar2000 5 років тому +13

    Cool! I am glad that I was able to figure this one out! I have one minor gripe, though. The word sequence t 3:12 says "touched only twice", and in my introduction to logic course in college, they taught us that the word "only" has a very specific meaning in formal logic, distinct from how we use it in common language. Since this is a formal logic problem, I feel it bears mentioning that the first locker is, technically, touched "only" twice. "Only" does not mean that something has happened, only that it is not _exceeded._ So, to exclude the first locker, touched only once, we would want to say something like "touched twice _and only_ twice", but then that's 12 words in the clue, which means we need another 44 - 68 lockers, to change the word in locker 81 to "twice", in 100 to "and", for the word in locker 121 to read "only", and the one in the 144th locker to say "twice."

    • @nathanlaird
      @nathanlaird 2 роки тому +2

      You could fix it by changing the phrase to "touched exactly twice" and sentence length would stay the same.

    • @agiar2000
      @agiar2000 2 роки тому +3

      @@nathanlaird I feel like it must say something about the different _KINDS_ of intelligence that I thought that whole logical argument and missed something as simple as what you pointed out. Thanks. :)

    • @635atom
      @635atom Рік тому +2

      Sorry, but this is a misunderstanding of how the operator "only" is used in logic. Only is used to describe a necessary condition for some consequent. For example, consider the phrase "Open the locker only if it has been touched twice." Logically, this is equivalent to saying "If the locker has been touched twice, then open it." Under these conditions, if the locker had been touched just one time, it would not be opened. Similarly, using "only" in the manner they did in the video means that its including solely lockers that were touched exactly two times. Consider the use of the term only in a non-numerical context. "For fuel, my car takes only gas." There's really no way to consider how that concept might be "exceeded," and you wouldn't put diesel in that car, would you?

    • @zacharynguyen7286
      @zacharynguyen7286 Рік тому +2

      Hope everyone is doing good

  • @Marween
    @Marween 8 років тому +21

    This is hella hard. This is more like a math riddle. Not just a plain riddle.

    • @margaretmadole
      @margaretmadole 8 років тому

      They made me do this in fifth grade advanced math. So if you think it's hard, tell that to a poor fifth grader

    • @mealux7206
      @mealux7206 8 років тому

      I did it in the first quarter this year. (I'm in the 6th grade.)

    • @seafooddog687
      @seafooddog687 8 років тому

      +Margaret Madole what math were u in?

    • @margaretmadole
      @margaretmadole 8 років тому

      Seafood Dog In my school it was just generic fifth grade math or "advanced" math. We used lots of the skinny paperback textbooks with only one unit in them, and I'd tell you the company if I could remember. I might have been doing 6th grade math, but I think it was some 5th some 6th.

  • @leonardokim
    @leonardokim 8 років тому +6

    Very good one!
    The challenge itself wasn't very difficult but I really enjoyed the criativity joining mathematics with animated story-telling.

  • @richardhawkes
    @richardhawkes 8 років тому +7

    You know when you get that "I feel so stupid" moment? I can honestly say I didn't get that here! I am not sure I could ever have worked that out!

  • @zero_prfctn
    @zero_prfctn 4 роки тому +4

    Honestly I just love how the diamonds are perfectly,green-screened diamonds, 3 supposedly terrible, drawn diamonds.