top button
Flag Notify
    Connect to us
      Site Registration

Site Registration

How many total handshakes were there?

0 votes
352 views

It was Annaya's first day at school. The teacher suggested that it would be a good idea for each child to meet every other child in the class. The teacher said, "When you meet, please shake hands and introduce yourself by name."

If there were 15 children in the class, how many total handshakes were there?

posted Jun 16, 2014 by Kapil Kapoor

Share this puzzle
Facebook Share Button Twitter Share Button LinkedIn Share Button

3 Answers (Check Answer ▼)





Similar Puzzles
+2 votes

In the opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, all football teams who participates gathered together. The team captain of each team was handshaking with one another to promote their new act for world peace which was called "A Handshake for Peace!". Each team captain is as polite as the other. How many teams are there if there were a total of 595 handshakes?

0 votes

Once upon a time, a king called for his 7 wisest men to be assembled in a room, with no one but them. All 7 men came in and shook their hands once with each of them.

How many total handshakes were there?

0 votes

During the African-US summit last year, 10 presidents left the conference room and greeted one another. Assuming no 2 presidents repeatedly greeted themselves, how many total handshakes were effected?

0 votes

In a party there are 123 persons present. If each of them shakes hand with all the other persons, in total how many handshakes will takes place?

0 votes

Seven Robbers robbed the bank and hide the coins at a deserted factory.
They decide to divide the money equally next morning. Two greedy robbers decided to cheat the others and reach the factory at night. They equally divided the coins between them, one coin left. So they called another robber and then they decided to divide equally among three. Sadly again one coin left. Same thing happened for 4th 5th and the 6th robber.
However when 7th robber reached in the morning, they are able to divide the coins equally.
How many coins were there in total?

...