Three guys go to a used furniture store and buy a table its $30.00 They give the owner $10 each.= $30 continue

after they walk out the store and are loading it in the truck the owner has Xmas feelings, he thinks I charged them too much.
He calls his young clerk and gives him 5 ONE DOLLAR bills he says "Hey go give thise guys $5.00 back.I'll charge them $25.00 for the table.
As the clerk is walking out of the store he thinks heck with it "!I'll give them $1.00 each back and keep two.So he does this ..They each paid $10.00 got one dollar back = $9.00 each 3 x 9 = $27.00 plus TWO DOLLARS the clerk put in his pocket is $29.00 ???? Where did the other dollar GO ?

It didn't go anywhere. The new price of the table is $25.00. The clerk gave three men $1 each ($3 total) and kept $2, making it $5 on top of the $25 which they store owner kept, bringing the total to $30 ($25 +$5 = $30).

I did not even need to read the rest of the question. This puzzle has been on this site so many times and in so many versions.

Okay to let you KNOW- the Question is Worded incorrectly and the bellhop/helper/clerk/delivery guy kept the extra DOLLAR!

There isnt a missing dollar.
If you think about it in your head, it works out to $30, but..when you write it out, it looks like thers one missing.!
Clever though.
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dont know

Ummm... my math teacher has explained this to me a billion times but i still dont get it!!!

The tax man, lol.

Don't add the $2 the clerk kept to $27, subtract it.. That leaves $25.00

25 + 2 (kept by clerk) + 3(dollar for each customer) = 30.

The question is worded incorrectly. The customers each paid 9 dollars, for a total of 27, but the owner only charged them $25. So why would you add the $2 the clerk kept to 27? That's where the question tries to trick you. The owner charged $25. The customers paid $27. The clerk pocketed the extra $2.

I have heard that riddle once but it was about a hotel.

The dollar is still there, you just have to add differently... Don't add the $2 the clerk kept to $27, subtract it.. That leaves $25.00

25 + 2 (kept by clerk) + 3(dollar for each customer) = 30.

the guys have it

idk even if this has been on here 100s of times i never read it, it stummped me

never really figured this one out....wierd

I HAVE IT IN MY POCKEY :D
I stole it :P

he has it

they paid 25...got 3 back, (28) and kept 2 (30) 4 himself....learn 2 count

You are adding things up wrong.

Lets look at this carefully now.

Guys paid $30 - Total spent $30

Refund of $5 -Total spent $25, with a $5 refund; adds to $30

Clerk steals $2 - Total spent $25, with a $3 refund, with $2 stolen; adds to $30.

There is no missing dollar. The three men actually spent $27. That is the $25 + the $2 stolen. They end up with $3. That ends up to be $30. What you are doing is taking the stolen part and adding it twice. You are saying that they paid $25 + $2 + $2. However, it needs to be amount spend + change + amount stolen. $25 + $3 + $2.

It was never there:

The table costs $25. (After rebate!)

The men pay $9 * 3 = $27.

The clerk pockest the difference $27 - $25 = $2

It went as a down payment to the "Better Off Dead" paper boy! " I want my two dollars!"
Now he just needs one

i get it after i read the other answers.
but good one, here is a star