This One Is For Fun

[kuiperbelt]

There are some people on a train. 22 people get off the train at the first stop and 17 people get on the train. Now there are 59 people on the train. How many people were on the train to begin with??

[Arksided]

64

[Zacs-Master]

I dunno but you can bet the one sat behind he has a cough and doesn't cover their mouth and there's the tssk tssk tssk dum dum dum tssk tssk tssk person sat somewhere close. There will be a snotty kid looking at me over the back of the seat in front called Dwayne with a mother who has 4 other kids by 5 different fathers. It will inevitably be late and it's either February and the heaters don't work, or it's July and they do (and the windows don't open). The Wi Fi is non existent and my ticket, which I swear was in my inside jacket pocket has miraculously disappeared.

[novalis]

I see you've travelled with Northern Rail Zacs-Master.

[Zacs-Master]

Frequently ;-)

[dustypuss]

It wouldn't be with transpenine zac they're always cancelled.

[drmorgans]

Wouldn't it be more realistic to say 22 people get off a bus replacement service etc.?

[Prudie]

It is 64 but this is usually told with slightly different wording and ends with what was the train driver's name, when it's for fun.

[ToraToraTora]

59+22-17=64

[dustypuss]

0 ~ The train were on strike that day.

[bobbinwales]

The usual version says something like 10 passengers get on at the first stop and 7 get off at the second and 5 get on, how many people are on the train now... the trick is people forget the driver

[TheWinner]

The version I knew, starts with: "YOU" are driving a bus, 30 get on, 6 get off, 12 get on, 7 get off etc and it ends with: "what's the driver's name?
It's funny watching them do the sums, knowing they will have no idea what the answer is.

[Prudie]

That is the version I meant the Winner :-)

[bobbinwales]

I remember that now thewinner.... thanks

[bobbinwales]

Another good one is this
https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/bus-puzzle-brain-teaser-national-geographic-school-children-adults-307369-2016-02-05

[dustypuss]

What about the conducter. As well as the driver that would make 66.

[Ken4155]

^
Were they not on the bus in the first instance?

[Ken4155]

Reminds me of one where the person is told a bus contains X amount of people when it leaves the depot. When it stops, x amount get off, x get on, then when it next stops, x get off while x get on. Next stop no-one gets off, x get on. This goes on for about 8 or 9 stops and the person being asked the question is doing his/her mental arithmetic, getting an answer ready for the final question. Which is, "How many times did the bus stop?"