If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
A mathematical addition question disguised as a social idiom: four plus five equals nine.
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.
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