Each Friday morning I post a riddle to try to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain.
If you are stumped, share it with a friend or colleague and try to figure it out together.
I’ll confirm answers in the afternoon so don’t worry if you don’t see your comment posted right away. I want to give everyone a chance to guess.
This week’s brain teaser:
The big bad wolf said, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff”
But the third pig’s house was built strong enough.
The three little pigs all now know the trick
When they build their homes, they only use brick.
A new building code will limit the weight
A house total tons can not exceed eight.
If bricks weigh four pounds plus half a brick more
What are the most bricks a pig can ask for?
BosGuy 
a pig can’t ask for anything because they can’t speak. If they could, it would be for 2,666 and 2/3 of a brick.
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I give up. This makes me feel stupid. I’d say the pig can ask for as many bricks as he wants.
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That might be my favorite response of the day.
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2000
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1 brick = 4lbs + 0.5 brick
1 brick – 0.5 brick = 4lbs
0.5brick = 4lbs
1 brick = 8lbs
8 tons = 16000lbs
16000 lbs / 8lbs (brick) = 2000 bricks
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2000 bricks.
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you live w him. you can’t answer – that’s cheating. : )
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2666 full bricks.
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Not quite but good try.
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One brick weighs (4 lbs + 1/2 brick) and since two halves make a whole, half a brick also weighs 4 lbs, so a whole brick weighs 8 lbs.
1 ton = 2,000 lbs, so
8 tons = (2,000 lbs x 8) = 16,000 lbs for the max weight for a house
therefore (weight of all bricks ÷ weight of one brick) = (16,000 lbs ÷ 8 lbs) = 2,000 bricks
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2000
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IF I’m reading this right (that half brick more might be throwing me), it is 2000.
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