Itoero Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Chop off my head and all becomes equal. Then cut me front or back and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started. What am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimreepr Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 13 hours ago, Itoero said: Chop off my head and all In equal. Then cut me front or back and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started. What am I? 1 confused or, In several pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 36 minutes ago, dimreepr said: confused or, In several pieces. Think abstractly. In such riddles there is often play on words. e.g. "I become second", second might means it's something correlated with time. 1 second, 2 seconds etc. "chop off my head", "cut me front", "cut me back", might means removing digits from sequence of numbers, or mathematical equation/function (rational function?), from which we are removing some parts. e.g. function y = a/b "chop off my head" would mean getting rid of "a" variable, which is on the top of equation ("head"). b number could have format e.g. cdefg, "cut me front or back" -> remove c or g digits. "cut me front and back" 2nd time -> remove the right digits remaining from previous step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 1 hour ago, dimreepr said: confused or, In several pieces. or ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimreepr Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Sensei said: Think abstractly. In such riddles there is often play on words. e.g. "I become second", second might means it's something correlated with time. 1 second, 2 seconds etc. "chop off my head", "cut me frontmore "cut me back", might means removing digits from sequence of numbers, or mathematical equation/function (rational function?), from which we are removing some parts. e.g. function y = a/b "chop off my head" would mean getting rid of "a" variable, which is on the top of equation ("head"). b number could have format e.g. cdefg, "cut me front or back" -> remove c or g digits. "cut me front and back" 2nd time -> remove the right digits remaining from previous step. 6 6 It's more a riddle encoded. http://goodriddlesnow.com/riddles/view/2343 26 minutes ago, John Cuthber said: or ironic. 15 hours ago, Itoero said: Then cut me front or back and I become second. Edited January 5, 2019 by dimreepr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 39 minutes ago, dimreepr said: It's more a riddle encoded. http://goodriddlesnow.com/riddles/view/2343 Correct, I changed words so you couldn't google it...but I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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