Lateral Thinking · Ages 12–15
Riddle #171
A shopkeeper sells 1 for one dollar, 25 for two dollars, and 300 for three dollars. Every customer knows exactly what they are buying, and nobody finds the pricing strange. What is she selling?
You solved this one before
Open-ended riddle: think it through, then reveal the answer.
Answer: House numbers — she charges a dollar per digit.
"1" is one digit, "25" is two, "300" is three.