A painter is standing on the middle rung of a wooden ladder leaning against a wall. She climbs up 3 rungs, drops her brush and descends 5 rungs, then climbs back up 8 rungs to finish the job. Which rung is she on now relative to her starting position?
6 rungs above the middle rung.
Starting at the middle (0), she moves +3, then -5 (total -2), and finally +8. Calculating: -2 + 8 = +6 rungs from the start.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Easy. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
More logic riddles
Four people need to cross a dark bridge at night with only one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at a time, moving at the pace of the slower person, and anyone crossing must carry the flashlight. Person A takes 1 minute, B takes 2 minutes, C takes 7 minutes, and D takes 10 minutes. What is the minimum total time required for all four to reach the other side?
Two people share me on a plate with two forks and candlelight. What am I?
A detective finds a note with five numbers written in sequence: 2, 3, 5, 9, 17. The detective realizes a sixth number was torn off at the end. Following the exact mathematical pattern, what is the missing sixth number?
Five house numbers on a street are consecutive even numbers. If the sum of all five house numbers is 170, what is the largest house number?
A merchant has five coins of different weights. Coin A is heavier than Coin B. Coin C is lighter than Coin D. Coin B is heavier than Coin D. Coin E is heavier than Coin A. Which coin is the lightest of all five?
In a secure facility, a password must be formed using four distinct non-zero digits. The second digit is double the first. The third digit is the sum of the first two. The fourth digit is the difference between the third and the first. What is the password?