Can you solve the locker riddle? - Lisa Winer

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    Your rich, eccentric uncle just passed away, and you and your 99 nasty relatives have been invited to the reading of his will. He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you forever. Can you solve the riddle he left for you and get the inheritance? Lisa Winer shows how.
    Lesson by Lisa Winer, animation by Artrake Studio.

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  • @thedredmanable
    @thedredmanable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9084

    "And then exactly one month later, you are assassinated in your sleep."

  • @lemonyjazmin645
    @lemonyjazmin645 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6957

    When you're on a Ted-Ed riddle video marathon and you feel dumb AF

    • @amglet0264
      @amglet0264 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Tru 😂

    • @magiczebraz
      @magiczebraz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      These don't really feel like riddles as much as they do just generic math problems

    • @youinanalternateuniverse6124
      @youinanalternateuniverse6124 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jazmin Leiva this

    • @isaiahstrong4716
      @isaiahstrong4716 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      yeah the riddles are satisfying though

    • @lemonyjazmin645
      @lemonyjazmin645 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You in an alternate universe your username is A1 linguine

  • @gabesmith5602
    @gabesmith5602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9219

    I thought the whole point in the uncle Developing the riddle is to prevent family members from badgering you. Now not only will they badger you, they’ll hate you for being smarter than them

    • @meepleech
      @meepleech 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      Move away to the moon LMAOOO

    • @utterqueernightmare
      @utterqueernightmare 3 ปีที่แล้ว +797

      I thought they'd pester because him leaving it all to you wasn't fair (at least to them). But if you earned it by figuring out the riddle, they'd just have to shut up and deal with it.

    • @treehugger0241
      @treehugger0241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +473

      I figured this helped by giving them less of a legal leg to stand on. If you straight up leave someone out of the will, they can contest that they were forgotten about. This gives everyone an even shot at the prize and the niece has a lot more legal protection after having solved it fair and square.
      I've heard people recommend that, if there's someone in your circle you want to leave out of your will but you know would kick up a fuss, just leave them something pitiful like $1. It serves the same purpose of removing that "I was forgotten" argument.

    • @alexchandler4213
      @alexchandler4213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Wait I just realized, what if the uncle wanted you to have the money, why didn’t he tell you that the answers were perfect squares. You can just pretend you found the answer on your own

    • @happydonkey5333
      @happydonkey5333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I am legally forbidden to like this comment due the blood pact I've done with the Dark Lord

  • @mckaylamarille8630
    @mckaylamarille8630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5698

    Easy, tell them: "Atleast one of you has green eyes." and wait 100 days.

    • @jeejadk4590
      @jeejadk4590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +700

      I just came from that video

    • @trex8523
      @trex8523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      I dont see why the solution of that couldn't be just saying. " all of you have the same eye colour "

    • @rahulashok192
      @rahulashok192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +283

      @@trex8523 cuz the person giving the statement can't say any new information. the people don't know if their own eye color is the same as everyone else's. saying "all of you have the same eye color" is giving out new information.

    • @jonathanschmitt5762
      @jonathanschmitt5762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      You don't have green eyes, so things go brrrrrr after 99 days

    • @periwinkle_mingyutwinkle
      @periwinkle_mingyutwinkle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Lol just watched em

  • @cowboy4606
    @cowboy4606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13380

    Homework: what's 2+2?
    Exam: this video

    • @benking1334
      @benking1334 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      SCHOOL 100

    • @felixlee9645
      @felixlee9645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      2+2=4-1 thats 3 quick maffs

    • @yvette1800
      @yvette1800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Flapjack Lang everyday mans on the block-

    • @felixlee9645
      @felixlee9645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@yvette1800 lol

    • @thefamousarthur
      @thefamousarthur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4

  • @Chernobog2
    @Chernobog2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5380

    plot twist: one of your relatives has heard this riddle before and beats you to the punch

    • @khorps4756
      @khorps4756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +274

      the uncle intervenes from the afterlife and punches him

    • @DaMissingSock
      @DaMissingSock 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      Problem they’re jerks so they wouldn’t listen to the riddle

    • @MikaylaMorrie
      @MikaylaMorrie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Plot twist, every relative works together

    • @BlueAversion
      @BlueAversion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Further twist, this isn't a riddle so all your uncle's coaching is actually useless

    • @maryjoyfortun2567
      @maryjoyfortun2567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahaha

  • @omegaultramax
    @omegaultramax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5404

    1: confirm you have green eyes.
    2: Sneak all the money into your pockets
    3: Ask your relatives for permission to leave forever
    4: Profit

    • @wisperrose
      @wisperrose 4 ปีที่แล้ว +343

      But would you answer Ozo?

    • @predatormag
      @predatormag 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@omegaultramax ozo =yes , 3 god riddle

    • @thawebkharroubi232
      @thawebkharroubi232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      i just watched the green eyes riddle video

    • @netlle6910
      @netlle6910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      I love how at this point, I kinda expect every video to have a comment about green eyes.

    • @paulyeung2544
      @paulyeung2544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@wisperrose after that, finish the deal in 17 minutes before the relatives come back

  • @henryrabideau7286
    @henryrabideau7286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1747

    My question is, if they’re my family, WHY AM I THE ONLY ORANGE ONE, my momma got some explain for to do

    • @boredintrovert6193
      @boredintrovert6193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      spray tan

    • @parrisnia72
      @parrisnia72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      At this point, I wouldn't question it. I'd take my money and leave 😂😂😂

    • @dottyContrarian
      @dottyContrarian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      no shame in being adopted

    • @maxhipolito3307
      @maxhipolito3307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      trump's child

    • @Alien-ee3qp
      @Alien-ee3qp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Maybe both of her parents have a hidden chromosome of the orange color that's a possiblity to .

  • @-undecided-1663
    @-undecided-1663 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8363

    Surely the relatives will still pester them for money anyway

    • @Star-nl5id
      @Star-nl5id 6 ปีที่แล้ว +308

      outlier 07. Restraining orders

    • @skkart4885
      @skkart4885 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Hamiltrash?

    • @seasiren9801
      @seasiren9801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      outlier 07 I love your pfp.

    • @benlee5039
      @benlee5039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      THIS IS THE GREATEST SHOW!
      Oh wait wrong song

    • @ddebenedictis
      @ddebenedictis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      They can't pester her for money because the inheritance was just a pile of big rocks.

  • @baekkieony308
    @baekkieony308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5509

    0:31 I think my uncle overestimated my intelligence

  • @MHN6
    @MHN6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    "Pause the video now if you want to figure it out for yourself"
    Me: figure out what exactly?

    • @necromelodia2432
      @necromelodia2432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I dont think i even understood the question

    • @recior
      @recior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@necromelodia2432 Exectly

  • @VivieVich
    @VivieVich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +897

    If this was me, my uncle would have face palm in the heaven.

    • @stupidmemes3251
      @stupidmemes3251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Well no matter what, he'll facepalm 99 times

  • @JaydentheMathGuy
    @JaydentheMathGuy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10696

    Title: Can you solve....
    Me: Probably not. But I'll watch the 3 minute video anyway.

    • @ha-my.
      @ha-my. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      JaylindenXX so true

    • @ShiaTheBunnyGirl
      @ShiaTheBunnyGirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dude also stop giving away free accounts. I know! How about giving away accounts to anyone whi can solve a riddle! Thats way easier!

    • @ragavanbalaji7257
      @ragavanbalaji7257 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YUP DAT WAT I DO

    • @deity2421
      @deity2421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JaylindenXX 500th like

    • @redactedgamer1975
      @redactedgamer1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah me too

  • @whimsy5623
    @whimsy5623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6727

    Both the uncle and the lawyer have the best mustaches in the universe

    • @Lenoxuss
      @Lenoxuss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      The lawyer does. (We never see the uncle)

    • @izzy-artmusicvlogs1234
      @izzy-artmusicvlogs1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Christopher Morrow The uncle has wings

    • @izzy-artmusicvlogs1234
      @izzy-artmusicvlogs1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And a halo

    • @JiuWei_Mic
      @JiuWei_Mic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Do you mean the lawyer

    • @ameliepreece8018
      @ameliepreece8018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Christopher Morrow no, the angel uncle definitely has an impeccable moustache (0:26)

  • @calvin8284
    @calvin8284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    At the end, you’d still take all the inheritance, and they’ll still pester you

    • @happybortsday5397
      @happybortsday5397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hahaha i know, how can she be so sure that she wont be pestered after? 😆😆

    • @Ponera-Sama
      @Ponera-Sama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just use the money to buy weapons and kill them

    • @ianjacob7350
      @ianjacob7350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or get a restraining order against them

  • @sophiesmith9300
    @sophiesmith9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    Wait- he _voice acts the lawyer??_
    This narrator just gets better and better

  • @premierepasta1562
    @premierepasta1562 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1299

    Honestly, I just straight up gave up on solving it because I learned from the past videos.

    • @amosbehavedcalm
      @amosbehavedcalm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Pratham Gurung SAME

    • @badshaa1000
      @badshaa1000 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Scheneca Crane 😂😞

    • @DJEmonTV
      @DJEmonTV 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      +Pratham Gurung Is it bad that I still don't understand the riddle even after watching the explanation? lol

    • @TheDarkMaster02
      @TheDarkMaster02 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +DJEmonTV It probably means you didn't pay attention to factoring in 9th grade.

    • @mariusnita4346
      @mariusnita4346 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too

  • @henkwaterlander3038
    @henkwaterlander3038 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4012

    Got 99 relatives, but an uncle ain't one.

    • @skates3540
      @skates3540 8 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Too soon

    • @danieldionesotes5705
      @danieldionesotes5705 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      an*

    • @TheTTVCrew
      @TheTTVCrew 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Henk Waterlander xD

    • @ira374
      @ira374 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      K spiderman

    • @wsTGS
      @wsTGS 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Henk Waterlander too soon he just died bro

  • @real_lampcap
    @real_lampcap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    This isn't a riddle, this is my math homework.

  • @adamspuful
    @adamspuful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    0:22 that girl just hit me with a dab

  • @suryakiranr4444
    @suryakiranr4444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2770

    After completion of the video, I took a deep breath and started to realize how poor my math skills are.

    • @I34R
      @I34R 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Surya Kiran I know... I was so puzzled 😕

    • @JonathanBuclay
      @JonathanBuclay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @betharrowsmith115
      @betharrowsmith115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Same here, I felt this was more of a maths test than a riddle personally. Or maybe I'm just terrible at maths

    • @hankigoe829
      @hankigoe829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      dont feel bad, i have a math degree and thought the answer was composite numbers rather than perfect squares

    • @mayrag1776
      @mayrag1776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Me beginning of video: ok sure I’ll try it to solve it myself.
      Me after video: 😐😐😅 yeah not what I had in my paper 😂

  • @rawrrslol
    @rawrrslol 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6438

    What makes you think they won't pester her after she wins?

    • @sokolgaming7597
      @sokolgaming7597 8 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      I know, they must be there when you get the money so it would make no difference

    • @azianberry
      @azianberry 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      not the point of the riddle dumb ass

    • @sokolgaming7597
      @sokolgaming7597 8 ปีที่แล้ว +370

      vaiouser We know it's not the point but it makes no sense to do the riddle since it wouldn't have mattered, she'd be pestered either way.

    • @azianberry
      @azianberry 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Cqcrtdoesgaming you solve the riddle. thats it. you dont start writing whole story about whats gonna happen. what are gonna say next? who's gonna pay for her tuition fees?

    • @rawrrslol
      @rawrrslol 8 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      vaiouser What a tool. I did solve the riddle. Why can't we speculate about the author's plot hole on top of that?

  • @spikypichu
    @spikypichu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    0:54
    The lawyer: has a mustache
    Me: that's one big smile

  • @sirsenor4912
    @sirsenor4912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Plot Twist: You weren’t listening to your Uncles riddle lessons and were playing Angry Birds instead.

  • @Laura-tp6fj
    @Laura-tp6fj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2604

    Imagine if these questions appeared on ur math test

    • @silentgloria
      @silentgloria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      oh my god, this is a talking cockatiel

    • @mahdiyyaimriyas9041
      @mahdiyyaimriyas9041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      I'd kill my teacher

    • @quinn5109
      @quinn5109 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      actually, we did this in my 6th grade math class, and it was for a major grade, so... but actually, I was the first one to find the pattern, and when I watched this a few months later I was like "I know this! I can actually solve a teded riddle for once!"

    • @jasonyeng94
      @jasonyeng94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would just not do it

    • @jungcock5623
      @jungcock5623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This was summer homework

  • @allenvarghese5126
    @allenvarghese5126 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4239

    How did she solve this mathematical problem even before anybody started, that's inhuman speed to me

    • @sinscentedcandles4283
      @sinscentedcandles4283 7 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      she is either a alien or she can freeze time

    • @zavocadoooo
      @zavocadoooo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      Or she has done this before. DUH

    • @sinscentedcandles4283
      @sinscentedcandles4283 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      no! thats to logical

    • @RhexGomez
      @RhexGomez 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      0:27 that explains ;)

    • @zavocadoooo
      @zavocadoooo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Elmar Rhex Gomez Now that I think about it, that is impossible and completely logical. So scrap that. She's probably a time freezing alien. 😂

  • @Vilopatra
    @Vilopatra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Step 1: check if you have green eyes
    Step 2: ask everyone to ignore you when you get the fortune

  • @gauravshinde6306
    @gauravshinde6306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    girl: **Gets inheritance**
    also girl: **spends all her inheritance on build-a-bear workshop**

  • @duckforceone
    @duckforceone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1790

    that's not a riddle, that's a math problem... :D

    • @insert_name_here4346
      @insert_name_here4346 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That's exactly what I said xD

    • @user-bx5rl1js9p
      @user-bx5rl1js9p 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I know... &Cries&

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      At least it's not a race.

    • @element74
      @element74 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      every logical math problem is like a riddle, but not all riddles are math problems.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      element74 This riddle is literally nothing but understanding and crunching numbers.

  • @solum_mirari5925
    @solum_mirari5925 8 ปีที่แล้ว +465

    99 relatives is a LOT of relatives.

    • @ZhangK71
      @ZhangK71 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      +Melissa Geckensmerf Literally everyone, and then some.

    • @junghoseoksthighs6787
      @junghoseoksthighs6787 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      asians

    • @ZhangK71
      @ZhangK71 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      oishi chowdury Wow, are you a comedian?

    • @stormneko
      @stormneko 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +ZhangK71 parents, other aunts and uncles, other niblings, maybe grandparents grandaunts and granduncles, all their descendants, and all the same for all the families related only by marriage

    • @GrimFaceHunter
      @GrimFaceHunter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Melissa Geckensmerf Ever heard of Saud family?

  • @markimbing8018
    @markimbing8018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Step 1: Confirm you have green eyes
    Step 2: Ask the 99 relatives to leave

  • @gaminwatch8203
    @gaminwatch8203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This reminds me a lot of that movie Knives Out. With the mean family, fun old man, and the girl who gets the whole inheritance.

  • @celeste9549
    @celeste9549 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3182

    When you watch these even though you have no idea what he is talking about no matter how many times he explains it squad.

    • @crazyunicorn6421
      @crazyunicorn6421 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Snow Angel Ayyyy! That's me XD

    • @justherepassingby5558
      @justherepassingby5558 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      haha relate much Im not good at riddles especially if there's math on it.. deym..

    • @phanymona421
      @phanymona421 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ayyy I'm right here 😂😂😂

    • @gabrielfrias1571
      @gabrielfrias1571 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I tried solving his Albert Einstein riddle and i got a mistake because i got confused in placing something in the left of something else c':

    • @yvonnedonohoe9557
      @yvonnedonohoe9557 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      thats so me

  • @MechanicsStudents
    @MechanicsStudents 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3564

    This isn't a riddle, this is just an extremely complicated math problem XD

    • @drumvs7876
      @drumvs7876 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      isn’t that just a riddle?????

    • @oom5768
      @oom5768 6 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      BrickFlix complicated math problems require a understanding of the math rules applied in the riddle and not much logic so a math-let like me is lost. I prefer out-of-the box riddles.

    • @bhaviksalecha3436
      @bhaviksalecha3436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      TBH. Not THAT Complicated

    • @erjonhelshani9417
      @erjonhelshani9417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Every riddle is something like a math problem

    • @aname5053
      @aname5053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      An algorithm, simply put, is “x + y”.
      You can expand that with “+”, “*”, “/“, & “-“ and any variable.
      That is a riddle. To help you, and others, if you disagree with me still... you are more than likely overthinking this.
      So.. break it down: create “layers” or steps to solving the problem. Instead of seeing, for example, that you have 3 projects and 2 papers do at the end of the semester/school year...
      You break it down to tasks of each of the projects/papers.
      You prioritize them... some factors of priority are time and dependency.
      1) Time: Meaning some tasks are done over a period of time and can’t be done all at once (e.g. starting at 0 and wanting 100 fortnite wins).
      2) Dependency: Meaning some tasks have to happen before others can happen. Or they depend on something to exist before the task itself can exist. (e.g You have to win 1 fortnite game before you can win the second.)

  • @rizqirizaldo
    @rizqirizaldo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "but you stepped forward and said you know which locker would still be opened, but how?"
    Me questioning how I finished my chemistry class with an A yet forget them all in pharmacology

  • @violette3302
    @violette3302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Riddles like these are the rare occasions that I like math

  • @enchantique5532
    @enchantique5532 8 ปีที่แล้ว +869

    I bet the relatives made a total of 1,000+ accounts on TH-cam to dislike this.

    • @gsam3
      @gsam3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol

    • @tintinfan007
      @tintinfan007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hahagaha

    • @DrPt-ms7ml
      @DrPt-ms7ml 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOOOOOOOOOOL !!! !

    • @stevejackson9333
      @stevejackson9333 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      HATERS GONNA HATE

    • @tine5416
      @tine5416 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hater gonna hate i laugh cause they hate XD

  • @albeeyu-chichiu3949
    @albeeyu-chichiu3949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1783

    *Teded: But how?-*
    Me: Idk, I’m definitely not as smart as this 9 years old girl

    • @christovac
      @christovac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Multifandom Kid I solved this easy

    • @veggierecetas7647
      @veggierecetas7647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why you think she’s 9

    • @midgetmaster8979
      @midgetmaster8979 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This kids in college

    • @hail5923
      @hail5923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      christovac I bet you watched the whole thing...
      If you did you are not alone

    • @sudipaghosh5408
      @sudipaghosh5408 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will answer when i will return

  • @ExplodingDarth
    @ExplodingDarth ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My roundabout way of doing it was trying the first ten squares for the first ten numbers, realizing the pattern was 1 was on, then two spaces, then the next one was on, then four spaces, then the next one was on (so I figured it'd be just 2 bigger each time). This ended up being right, but also slower than simply recognizing perfect squares.

  • @purvai4701
    @purvai4701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    the fact that the uncle knew none of the other 99 bozos could've done a math problem. such trust and faith

  • @rottedgummi3884
    @rottedgummi3884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1237

    Title: can you solve the locker riddle?
    Me: *no*
    Also me: *watches it anyways*

  • @whyparkjiminwhenucanridejimin
    @whyparkjiminwhenucanridejimin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2876

    this made me realise i will never be rich

    • @agustthed584
      @agustthed584 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Why are we both here

    • @andyskillet
      @andyskillet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ARMYYYY!

    • @sirtetris
      @sirtetris 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ARMY!

    • @mouni773
      @mouni773 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      why park jimin when u can ride jimin
      your username-

    • @mr.sunshine2549
      @mr.sunshine2549 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aweee hi fellow army and aroha is that moonbin on your pic?

  • @jacksowers5742
    @jacksowers5742 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is the plot of “39 clues”😂

  • @deadmemes7554
    @deadmemes7554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The real riddle is how are 99 of your relatives still alive

  • @ellinak8815
    @ellinak8815 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2645

    Who watches these but never does them

  • @geometry1249
    @geometry1249 5 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    "Heya, I'll just grab the first k-"
    *"HEYA I KNOW THE ANSWER"*

    • @bob837
      @bob837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      i feel bad for that dude the guys who had to put all the lockers in there i mean

    • @susamogus8331
      @susamogus8331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bob837 I feel worse for the guy with the first key case dude gott open them all

    • @leiscrafts9811
      @leiscrafts9811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oof

    • @RayneKravenSegura-fw1om
      @RayneKravenSegura-fw1om หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@susamogus8331At least he didn't have to go thru that

  • @Maulik_TheRealOne
    @Maulik_TheRealOne 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I COULD SOLVE THE RIDDLE!!! took me 12-15 minutes but the happiness after confirming the answer was immeasurable!!🥳

  • @eileenliu2035
    @eileenliu2035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the ‘good luck’ from flying dead uncle gets me everytime

  • @nzmanhdee6246
    @nzmanhdee6246 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1058

    Wouldn't the girl still be pestered about the money by her relatives since the clue is for everyone and everyone knows who solves it?

    • @weenald7287
      @weenald7287 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      1:57 cuz she's a smartass

    • @nzmanhdee6246
      @nzmanhdee6246 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      If she's a "smartass" then she'll also be able to protect it- the money.

    • @Artaneius
      @Artaneius 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      by what? Filing 99 restraining orders?

    • @weenald7287
      @weenald7287 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      NzmAnh Dee how do you know she didn't

    • @colgateindustries4506
      @colgateindustries4506 7 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      +linkguy3305 legal protection from a lawyer

  • @missmittens6129
    @missmittens6129 7 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    If I got that money my parents would be like:
    "Oh good job you got the money! Now give it I am your Mom."

  • @audreyrouge417
    @audreyrouge417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i just opened like 10 different ted-ed riddle videos and i have only been able to answer one, feeling fantastic

  • @allys744
    @allys744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is lowkey “Knives Out” just without the clever riddle.

  • @drawinglife2008
    @drawinglife2008 7 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    Couldn't your great-uncle just tell you the answer instead before he passed away? That would be so easy lol

    • @andyreiner1802
      @andyreiner1802 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      as it said before, the relatives will find it unfair, so what the uncle trying to do is just make the other relatives look 'unworthy' for the money and he sure knew that the little girl will solve it

    • @AjBrine
      @AjBrine 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Couldn't he just give us the damn money?

    • @yvonnedonohoe9557
      @yvonnedonohoe9557 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      listen to the beginning of the video 0:23

    • @user-fx8ck3tv3o
      @user-fx8ck3tv3o 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Andy Reiner if I were the uncle, I would’ve told her the answer, but I would’ve also told her to act and pretend that she didn’t know about the answer from the beginning. That would’ve resulted in the money being given to the girl without any of the riddle work and without the relatives bugging her

  • @jallenchen6071
    @jallenchen6071 7 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    10/10 for best uncle ever

  • @Hicksmarine
    @Hicksmarine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "This pattern will continue," makes it sound like the fourth heir will open all of the lockers like the first one did.

  • @chaoschaos1726
    @chaoschaos1726 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how all of these have stories to it

  • @fitnessoni7881
    @fitnessoni7881 8 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    The whole point of this riddle was to leave the inheritance to you with the added bonus of not having pestering relatives. So what is stopping the relatives from pestering you after the riddle is solved?

    • @anonimase4315
      @anonimase4315 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      if it was directly to her, it would still be legally hers mate

    • @FDJustin
      @FDJustin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      They got pwned by uncle Mathew's eccentric need to to make everything into a math puzzle, just because of his name. The shame spread them to the far corners of the earth.

    • @otaviowada7300
      @otaviowada7300 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You did something that they didn't (think), so they don't have the right to complain without making themselves look stupid.

    • @Jones-bm2fv
      @Jones-bm2fv 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      FitnessNerd k

    • @saphiriathebluedragonknight375
      @saphiriathebluedragonknight375 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But either way she would have obtained the money legally, riddle or no riddle.

  • @sonimartinez7864
    @sonimartinez7864 7 ปีที่แล้ว +634

    I want an uncle like that, rich and that he would tell me riddles

  • @mehernigar9594
    @mehernigar9594 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This riddle series is the best!💙

  • @zero_prfctn
    @zero_prfctn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Honestly I just love how the diamonds are perfectly,green-screened diamonds, 3 supposedly terrible, drawn diamonds.

  • @qusshim7463
    @qusshim7463 8 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    This is not a riddle, it's a math problem.

  • @bryanblair2769
    @bryanblair2769 6 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    I think she’d still get pestered lmao

  • @qubitoast290
    @qubitoast290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice riddle took me half an hour to solve and I was right
    I had so much fun doing this.
    Thank you guys 😄

  • @jaydeetv1706
    @jaydeetv1706 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like it when teded gives you the moment to pause the video to answer the riddle. I don't know the answer but I feel smart.

  • @snakerattleroll6678
    @snakerattleroll6678 7 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    But they'll still pester her.

  • @zulfadhlizainal8176
    @zulfadhlizainal8176 8 ปีที่แล้ว +482

    I cant even understand the question. Fml

    • @catscats4427
      @catscats4427 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @zulfadhlizainal8176
      @zulfadhlizainal8176 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** i thought im the only one lol 😂

    • @mega17
      @mega17 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You mean you don't want to take the time to understand the riddle - cause you're just here for the entertainment. lol

    • @jort3256
      @jort3256 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +mega17 pretty much

    • @ymj4256
      @ymj4256 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      meet either

  • @gerard2749
    @gerard2749 ปีที่แล้ว

    i feel really happy since i got the logistics of both questions down.

  • @agiar2000
    @agiar2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Cool! I am glad that I was able to figure this one out! I have one minor gripe, though. The word sequence t 3:12 says "touched only twice", and in my introduction to logic course in college, they taught us that the word "only" has a very specific meaning in formal logic, distinct from how we use it in common language. Since this is a formal logic problem, I feel it bears mentioning that the first locker is, technically, touched "only" twice. "Only" does not mean that something has happened, only that it is not _exceeded._ So, to exclude the first locker, touched only once, we would want to say something like "touched twice _and only_ twice", but then that's 12 words in the clue, which means we need another 44 - 68 lockers, to change the word in locker 81 to "twice", in 100 to "and", for the word in locker 121 to read "only", and the one in the 144th locker to say "twice."

    • @nathanlaird
      @nathanlaird 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You could fix it by changing the phrase to "touched exactly twice" and sentence length would stay the same.

    • @agiar2000
      @agiar2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nathanlaird I feel like it must say something about the different _KINDS_ of intelligence that I thought that whole logical argument and missed something as simple as what you pointed out. Thanks. :)

    • @635atom
      @635atom ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry, but this is a misunderstanding of how the operator "only" is used in logic. Only is used to describe a necessary condition for some consequent. For example, consider the phrase "Open the locker only if it has been touched twice." Logically, this is equivalent to saying "If the locker has been touched twice, then open it." Under these conditions, if the locker had been touched just one time, it would not be opened. Similarly, using "only" in the manner they did in the video means that its including solely lockers that were touched exactly two times. Consider the use of the term only in a non-numerical context. "For fuel, my car takes only gas." There's really no way to consider how that concept might be "exceeded," and you wouldn't put diesel in that car, would you?

    • @zacharynguyen7286
      @zacharynguyen7286 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hope everyone is doing good

  • @charlieelizabeth3571
    @charlieelizabeth3571 8 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    Riddles are my FAVVVVVVV

    • @sofiamccabe3851
      @sofiamccabe3851 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same

    • @prateekkumawat3533
      @prateekkumawat3533 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Linda Lind this was a logic puzzle. Riddles are a subset of puzzle. Logic Puzzle is also a subset of puzzle. And riddles and logic puzzles are different.

    • @matthewgriffin4068
      @matthewgriffin4068 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Sofia McCabe same

    • @sorryitsanna7812
      @sorryitsanna7812 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Prateek Kumawat the word riddle is literally in the title

    • @prateekkumawat3533
      @prateekkumawat3533 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** sorryitsanna About riddles wikipedia says "A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.". And about logic puzzle "A logic puzzle is a puzzle deriving from the mathematics field of deduction."

  • @justinyou5343
    @justinyou5343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    If my uncle was that rich...

    • @tom-cr3cn
      @tom-cr3cn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My uncle will be

    • @arvo-noon
      @arvo-noon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I don’t have an uncle because my aunt is still in school.

    • @JiuWei_Mic
      @JiuWei_Mic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      xDDD Every one else are like my uncle could just tell me the answer, and the there's just u

    • @JiuWei_Mic
      @JiuWei_Mic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      xDDD Every one else are like my uncle could just tell me the answer, and then there's just u
      If my uncle is rich

  • @goodcitizen3780
    @goodcitizen3780 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That simply guitar ad is really funny. I watched it all the way through twice.

  • @TheRubyGamersTRG
    @TheRubyGamersTRG 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    With these kind of riddles you always have to realize something really specific. I feel like a lot of people wouldn’t realize that specific thing. That’s why I don’t like riddles. But these videos are really fun to watch anyway :)

  • @evetteandrea3823
    @evetteandrea3823 8 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Please upload more of riddles and brain teasers :) I love it so much

  • @DJEmonTV
    @DJEmonTV 8 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    My family would still nag me even if I have solved this riddle

    • @GauravMittal_GM
      @GauravMittal_GM 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      same

    • @leeewing8087
      @leeewing8087 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      me to, they would steal allllllllllll of ir
      t.

    • @Katrina_NYC
      @Katrina_NYC 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      EXACTLY. It's like wtf is the point of all of that? If he gave her all of the money or if she "won" all of the money...it wouldn't stop them from pestering her for it!

    • @chloestephen3960
      @chloestephen3960 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Katrina M.B But if he gave it all to her then they would Say its unfair. if she won it though, they would say that she earned it.

    • @GauravMittal_GM
      @GauravMittal_GM 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Katrina M.B : You guys don't seem to understand the essence of quiz, the story is not relevant only math question is.

  • @JB-qf5ep
    @JB-qf5ep 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    On a riddle marathon and finally got one!

  • @waterduck1266
    @waterduck1266 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your riddles!!!

  • @annabelchow3311
    @annabelchow3311 7 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    Finally, a use for prime numbers out of school

    • @veryfunnyname7060
      @veryfunnyname7060 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Annabel Chow how about cryptography?

    • @lunarmist8330
      @lunarmist8330 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Annabel Chow YESSSSSSSS

    • @davidb5205
      @davidb5205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Prime number are the reason RSA encryption works and why your bank account is safe from hackers

    • @anthonychiperuniverse4923
      @anthonychiperuniverse4923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well global economy will be fail without prime numbers

    • @RichRBLX
      @RichRBLX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hcf and lcm

  • @darkjordan7647
    @darkjordan7647 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I love these riddles (although I never answer it). You should do way more of these Ted-Ed

  • @benmangubat8005
    @benmangubat8005 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think for hours and was shock when the solution was just like that
    What an amazing riddle

  • @marekransome4129
    @marekransome4129 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for a great video! Much appreciated!

  • @alphabulblax1649
    @alphabulblax1649 8 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    This uncle isn't that smart. He could just give you the fortune and advise you to file 99 restraining orders.

    • @lawrencewong6171
      @lawrencewong6171 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      so you wouldnt solve an easy riddle and file 99 restraining orders?

    • @alphabulblax1649
      @alphabulblax1649 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Those relatives would pester you regardless.

    • @kyledilbert6424
      @kyledilbert6424 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Alpha Bulblax ,a bye some will hire people, to steal your ,money ,because the adjective "nasty"

    • @tintinfan007
      @tintinfan007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      actually the uncle only wanted to show off his extraordinary math skills

    • @tintinfan007
      @tintinfan007 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +SuperWaffle was this puzzle really easy to u ?

  • @jonsnow8034
    @jonsnow8034 8 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I memorize their riddles in the event that one day I end up in one of the scenarios that they describe...

    • @rajeshgupta1055
      @rajeshgupta1055 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol 😂😂

    • @benoitg6933
      @benoitg6933 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jon Snow you should try to solve them so that you can solve any riddles thown at you. Like the girl did actually

    • @jonsnow8034
      @jonsnow8034 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Ben G Lol I do sometimes I get it other times...

  • @talentlessbird7831
    @talentlessbird7831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Everyone: focused on getting money and being rich forever
    me: wondering what the heck is wrong with my uncle

  • @Krampy2
    @Krampy2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't solve any of the riddles yet I still watch these just for the cute animations.

  • @bunnylife747
    @bunnylife747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    I can never solve these riddles BUT IDC

    • @atom104n
      @atom104n 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      haha same, i hope we all learn something

    • @user-nw3ol7fk1i
      @user-nw3ol7fk1i 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @thedestroyera6971
      @thedestroyera6971 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too XD

    • @mirillis6083
      @mirillis6083 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bunny Life I did one the frog with right reasoning sum how

  • @koalafan1455
    @koalafan1455 8 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    That's basically the 39 clues series but really shortened

    • @laveragegamer6000
      @laveragegamer6000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      EXACTLY!!!! Finally someone said it.

    • @brialorecampbell8050
      @brialorecampbell8050 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just with more math

    • @peoniequeen
      @peoniequeen 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly what I was thinking!

    • @in_this_rain
      @in_this_rain 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I came to the comments section just to see if someone else said it :P

    • @theanythingguytag3420
      @theanythingguytag3420 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seemed more like “The Westing Game” to me

  • @carsonproctor6037
    @carsonproctor6037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like how were so smart we can figure this out in less than 5 seconds.

  • @maheenrida
    @maheenrida ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the reoccuring joke of the Green-eyed riddle on every Ted Ed riddle video

  • @MatthewSmith-wx9wy
    @MatthewSmith-wx9wy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    1:42
    Ted-ED: How?
    Me: Why do I always do this to myself?

  • @zazac9447
    @zazac9447 7 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    How? She looks 10 and he did in like 1 minutes. Here I am, a senior, blacking out at this riddle.

    • @TheBlueGirl18
      @TheBlueGirl18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Zaza Codio akskskksks I'm an college freshman and I was like oh I'll jus keep watching the video for the answer lol

    • @zazac9447
      @zazac9447 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol

    • @astroblade3782
      @astroblade3782 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup

    • @thenolifekid2649
      @thenolifekid2649 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m 11. I waited for him to answer it then, I thought about how it really worked. It’s quite simple after the answer is revealed and the you take time to think about it. I would have never thought of it but it makes sense.

  • @jesdonut2223
    @jesdonut2223 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the ted ed riddle

  • @twiceisl0ve102
    @twiceisl0ve102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is real easy! All the numbers will be opened by the very first heir but closed if it's either a prime # or divisible by a pair of number which leaves us to the squares since they only go once (coz it's the same number!)
    Edit:
    Oops P.S. there's another riddle in this riddle

  • @humamalshawa7538
    @humamalshawa7538 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    You guys need to make more of these riddles. I love them.

  • @katiapopova5626
    @katiapopova5626 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Damn if my uncle wasn't a college dropout in his parents' apartment

    • @9w2xyz
      @9w2xyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💀

  • @LeandudewithATTITUDE
    @LeandudewithATTITUDE 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    First ted riddle that I was able to solve by myself.

  • @martinaromerov.1342
    @martinaromerov.1342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Smart _and_ wholesome, perfect

  • @InklanUtterfield
    @InklanUtterfield 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    To be honest, the phrasing was unclear, but, then again, I'm almost certain I still wouldn't have got it so I'm not even mad.

  • @MelonNickles
    @MelonNickles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1045

    Instant replay: you step forward and tell the lawyer you know witch lockers will remain open. But How? Answer: Your uncle told you.
    Edit: wow. i logged on to my old account hoping to find something nice from 2 years ago and found this comment i made for fun with 460 likes. that the most ive ever gotten. WOW

    • @user-mz7cn9hq8v
      @user-mz7cn9hq8v 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      delet this

    • @JiuWei_Mic
      @JiuWei_Mic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      xDD Yessssss

    • @fireblaster8916
      @fireblaster8916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why did you make another account

    • @user-mz7cn9hq8v
      @user-mz7cn9hq8v 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fireblaster8916 his mom discovered his YT channel

    • @MelonNickles
      @MelonNickles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fireblaster8916 idk

  • @codrinradetchi1877
    @codrinradetchi1877 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nailed it right how you explained

  • @headcanon6408
    @headcanon6408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TED-Ed predicted the plot of Knives Out