Today's Question - Rustling along - Some rustlers raided the Double D ranch one summer night. The first group drove off 1/3 of the herd plus 1/3 of a cow. The second group stole 1/4 of the remaining herd plus 1/4 of a cow. A third group rustled 1/5th of what was left plus 1/5th of a cow. When the rancher arrived, there were 409 cattle left.

How large was the original herd?

And since that was so "easy" how about another?


Today's Question - (An encore & a classic) A man went into the bank to cash a check. Distracted by the chitchat the teller gave him the amount of dollars in cents and the amount of cents in dollars. He put it in his pocket without checking and
on the way home he spent a nickel of it. When he examined the money in his pocket, he noticed that it was exactly twice the amount of the original check. Assuming he had no money in that pocket before going to the bank - what was the amount of the original check?