Then you have three.
Queue. Take away the four letters UEUE and you are left with Q.
The answer to this riddle is that you would have 11 apples in total. The riddle is designed to trick the listener into overthinking the scenario by focusing on the hands rather than the total number of apples. By simply adding the apples together, you would realize the correct answer is 11.
queue [take away "ueue" and you still have "q"] Here's ANOTHER approach to the same question. ANSWER: Mailbox Regardless of how many "letters" you take away, it's still pronouced MAILBOX.
Oh, dude, Howard had 5 apples, he ate 2, so he's left with 3 apples. I mean, unless he decided to eat more after you asked the question, in which case, who knows? Maybe he's on a fruit binge now. But as of the moment he ate 2, he's got 3 left.
The word chair works. You sit on it and it's below you. And chair minus "c" is hair, which is (hopefully) above you. And hair minus "h" is air, which is around you.
two apples
5 apples take away 3 apples leaves you with 2 apples. 5 - 3 = 2
Well, honey, if you take away three apples from the bunch, you better believe you have those three apples in your hand. Just because you took them doesn't mean they magically disappear! So, to answer your question, you have three apples.
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If 'take away 3' means 'giving away the 3' to another then the answer is two (2) apples. Otherwise, If 'take away 3' means 'keeping the 3' to yourself and sharing the five (5) apples, the answer is three (3) apples. However, if 'take away 3' means 'keeping the 3' to yourself and still have the five (5) apples then the answer is eight (8) apples.
5 apples because you took the 3 away
two apples Three apples. You take three, the other guy has two.
You have 3 apples! You have 3 apples!
you have 4 apples and you take away three. In other words, you take apples from yourself, which means you now have 3, but you already have one so you actually have 4. The answer is four. I win. Give me money.
You would have 2 apples 5 - 3 = 2
You would still have 5
5 - 3 = 2 apples