You have 100 apples and you want to distribute them among 4 friends so that each friend gets a different number of apples. What are the minimum apples each friend can receive?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Start by giving the smallest unique numbers possible.
Answer
1, 2, 3, 94
Explanation
The smallest unique distribution is 1, 2, 3, and the remaining apples go to the fourth friend: 100 - (1+2+3) = 94.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 1, 2, 3, 94.
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