Crafty Beaver

A Beaver’s tail weighs eight pounds. Its head weighs as much as the tail and one-half of the body combined, and the body weighs as much as the head and tail combined. What does the whole Beaver weigh?

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March 3rd, 2012 | Category: Animals, Brain Riddle, Mathematical |  Email This Riddle

7 guesses to Crafty Beaver

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• Carole

  March 4, 2012 at 4:13 PM

  THE BEAVER SHOULD WEIGH 20 LBS.

• Dude

  March 4, 2012 at 5:28 PM

  No, that’s not it. Keep trying.

• Jimmy Barcus

  March 5, 2012 at 12:37 AM

  64 lbs.

• PotatoRobot

  March 6, 2012 at 12:50 AM

  32 lb

• Dude

  March 6, 2012 at 7:30 AM

  64 pounds is correct, Jimmy Barcus.

  The head weighs 24 pounds, the body weighs 32 pounds and the tail weighs 8 pounds.

  You are today’s winner.

• corey

  October 24, 2013 at 5:51 PM

  64pounds

• Hayley

  March 3, 2015 at 8:00 PM

  Head weighs 24, body weighs 32, tail weighs 8. Total weight = 64 lbs.