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Shopping In Egypt – Tricky Riddle!

toyWaleed buys stuff worth 300 pounds from a toy shop.(The toys were sold with zero profits)
Waleed gives him 1000 pound note. The shopkeeper gets the change from the next shop and keeps 300 for himself and returns 700 pounds to Waleed.
Later the shopkeeper of the next shop comes with the 1000 pound note saying that it was a fake note and takes his money back.
How much LOSS did the shopkeeper face?

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177 Responses to Shopping In Egypt – Tricky Riddle!

  1. mubeen September 13, 2013 at 7:28 PM #

    1300

  2. Amr atif September 13, 2013 at 7:20 PM #

    1700 cash & 300 cost of toy

  3. Corniche September 13, 2013 at 7:18 PM #

    – Shop owner – returned 1000 to next shopkeeper
    – Shop owner – handed 700 to customer
    – Shop owner – lost the value of the goods (he sell to 300, but the original cost not the same)

    Therefore, 1700 + the Cost of the product sold

  4. mesuid September 13, 2013 at 7:13 PM #

    1,300 pound .

  5. Amanullah Khan September 13, 2013 at 7:00 PM #

    The fake note, 1,000 ponds

  6. jyoti September 13, 2013 at 6:34 PM #

    1000 pounds

  7. Amina September 13, 2013 at 6:13 PM #

    1000 for next shop
    700 the cash back to buyer
    And 300 the toy cost.
    Total : 2000 pounds

    • Riyu September 13, 2013 at 7:59 PM #

      Hi Amina,

      Your calculation is absolutely wrong bcoz very simply think that never a 1000 can make loss of 2000 ever

      1000 pound which he given back to the next shop is already he got change from shop with the fake currency so there is no any loss becoz of this transaction.

  8. Amina September 13, 2013 at 6:11 PM #

    1000 for next shop
    7000 the cash back to buyer
    And 300 the toy cost.
    Total : 2000 pounds

  9. Amina September 13, 2013 at 5:57 PM #

    1300 pounds

  10. Parkar September 13, 2013 at 5:57 PM #

    2000

  11. Mahmood September 13, 2013 at 5:48 PM #

    2000 pounds

  12. Chavij September 13, 2013 at 5:34 PM #

    2000pounds

  13. Akif Bin Habeeb September 13, 2013 at 5:17 PM #

    Total loss of 2000 pounds is the correct answer. Loss of 1000 pound to the shopkeeper from the next shop for fake note + loss of 300 pounds worth of goods sold + Loss of 700 pounds returned back to the customer.

  14. Muddasir September 13, 2013 at 5:09 PM #

    1300 pound

  15. Hassan September 13, 2013 at 5:03 PM #

    There is no 1000 Pound note in Egypt…

  16. Nabil September 13, 2013 at 5:03 PM #

    700 (change to customer) + 300 ( price of gift) = 1000 pound

  17. Yakoub September 13, 2013 at 4:10 PM #

    It is clear :

    2000 = the Toy (300) + the change (700) + the fake money (1000)

    • Maha September 13, 2013 at 5:18 PM #

      First of all ther s no 1000 pound note in Egypt
      After the weird assumption that it exists we can say that the shopkeeper lost 700
      1. He gave his neighbor the real 1000
      2.but he received in return 700 good notes to give them to the customer as change and ALSO 300 as the rest of the 1000 note
      3. He gave the customer goods worth 300 in return of the forged note but he still have them in cash as part of the change
      4. So his loss is the amount of change he gave to the customer which is 700

  18. Bashar September 13, 2013 at 3:38 PM #

    The loss was cash 700 Pounds + the real cost of the toy ( which is 300 Pounds) = 1000

    • Dr Ahmed soliman September 13, 2013 at 3:55 PM #

      WHY you usually makes fun of Egypt and makes it like worthless. This could happen in any country. If the writer and publisher have good manners, they do not to mention any country’s name. If you keep humiliate Egypt or any country in this manner, please take my name off your mailing list. I do not to get aggravated by your e-mail
      Thanks

      • Izoran September 13, 2013 at 4:14 PM #

        Why?
        Because we love Egypt!!!

        • Shamshad September 13, 2013 at 4:50 PM #

          Not only because someone loves it, but because of our Lord’s command.
          ?? ???? ????? ????? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??? ??? ?? ????? ??? ????

      • Tamer September 13, 2013 at 4:23 PM #

        Are you crazyyyyyyyyy…..
        When did sara make fun of egypt!!!
        this is just a riddle, and coinicdentally it happened in egypt….so whats wrong in that!!

      • yehia September 13, 2013 at 8:02 PM #

        I agree because it is not the first time to do that, If you intend to repeat that , please take my name off your mailing list too .

  19. Raihan September 13, 2013 at 3:13 PM #

    The shopkeeper lost 2000 pounds

  20. Shihab September 13, 2013 at 3:11 PM #

    Total Loss £ 1400+cost of toy £300= £1700

  21. sk ashif akram September 13, 2013 at 2:55 PM #

    See, the loss is 1000 pounds!
    Why?
    because the buyer gives a fake note, so he gives 0 pound.
    Now, another shopkeeper takes original 1000 pounds finally and returns 700+300,
    so total balance is zero. But Waleed gets 700 pounds + 300 pounds worth stuff for a fake note i.e., 0 pound.

    Loss is 1000 pounds!

    Everybody got it!

  22. Habib September 13, 2013 at 2:28 PM #

    600 pounds

  23. kashif September 13, 2013 at 2:20 PM #

    Does 1000 pound currency note exist? if so where?

    • Ibrahim Patel September 13, 2013 at 2:27 PM #

      1300 hundred pounds

  24. Siham September 13, 2013 at 2:04 PM #

    2000 pounds: 1000 returned to shopkeeper; 700 returned to buyer; plus 300 value of toy

    • Habib September 13, 2013 at 2:45 PM #

      2000 pounds, exactly!

  25. samia September 13, 2013 at 1:57 PM #

    2000 = (700 returned to the buyer, walid, 300 value of toys sold, and 1000 fake note he had to give back to his next shop neighbour)

  26. Tahir September 13, 2013 at 1:56 PM #

    AOA WRWB, all these name above sound Muslims, and Muslims can’t be this …………

    Well shopkeeper already collected $300 for the toys, and the $700 he paid to the customer was in return of the change from next door. Therefore his lose is only 1000 Pounds that he has to pay back to next door shopkeeper. FeeAmanAllah

  27. tareef September 13, 2013 at 1:37 PM #

    2000

  28. Qahir September 13, 2013 at 1:24 PM #

    1300 pounds(1000 for the fake note to the next shopkeeper & 300 for the toys)

  29. Mohammad September 13, 2013 at 12:59 PM #

    1300

    • Maher Hammouri September 13, 2013 at 1:24 PM #

      2000 …. 1000 for his next shop and 700 given change to buyer and 300 the value of the toy>

  30. Tht September 13, 2013 at 12:48 PM #

    Simple ,
    What he faced loss = The amount of fake money he got (1000)

  31. Mohammad September 13, 2013 at 12:36 PM #

    1300 ( being teh 1000 returned change + the goods 300 )

  32. KhaIed September 13, 2013 at 12:33 PM #

    1000 pounds only

    • sharif123 September 13, 2013 at 2:20 PM #

      Agreed.

  33. KhaIed September 13, 2013 at 12:30 PM #

    1000 pounds

  34. Abdullah September 13, 2013 at 12:30 PM #

    1700 + cost of the toys

  35. Shafaq September 13, 2013 at 12:29 PM #

    300

  36. Syed September 13, 2013 at 12:28 PM #

    1000 pounds which was fake+Cost of toy 300 pounds+700 pounds which he returned to Waleed and total loss to shopkeeper is 2000 pounds.Really tricky

  37. Habib September 13, 2013 at 12:20 PM #

    1000 pounds which was fake+Cost of toy 300 pounds.Shop keeper lost 1300 pounds in total

  38. Mohamed Ahmed September 13, 2013 at 12:19 PM #

    1,700 Pounds.

  39. Shas September 13, 2013 at 12:16 PM #

    2000 pounds

  40. Sidick September 13, 2013 at 12:15 PM #

    700 he returned to Waleed plus the 1000 he refunded to the shopkeeper. Total loss work out at 1700 pounds

  41. Yousuf September 13, 2013 at 12:12 PM #

    He faced loss of 1300/-

  42. khurram September 13, 2013 at 12:11 PM #

    2000 ponds

  43. Sherin September 13, 2013 at 12:10 PM #

    1000

  44. Sherin Pthman September 13, 2013 at 12:09 PM #

    1,000 (cost of the sold toys + the change given to Waleed)

    • Sidick September 13, 2013 at 12:12 PM #

      1700 pounds

  45. lamin September 13, 2013 at 12:08 PM #

    Loss of 1300

  46. Ravish September 13, 2013 at 12:06 PM #

    700 pounds in cash and 300 pounds worth goods

  47. Amina September 13, 2013 at 12:04 PM #

    300 – what the toy was worth?

    • sharif123 September 13, 2013 at 2:21 PM #

      What about 700 pounds shopkeeper paid to Waleed?

  48. elwy September 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM #

    1000

  49. Moe September 13, 2013 at 11:57 AM #

    1300

  50. Vaseem September 13, 2013 at 11:54 AM #

    300 Rupees