Brain Teaser

Question

If one counts one for thumb,two for the index finger,three for the middle finger,four for the ring finger,five for the little finger and continues counting backwards,six for  the ring finger, seven for the middle finger, eight for the index finger, nine for the thumb,ten for the index finger, eleven for the middle finger, twelve for the ring finger, thirteen for the little finger, fourteen for the ring finger and so on. Which finger will be counted as one thousand?

Answer 1

Thumb is 9, 17, 25, 33, etc...  

 

That is, beginning with every 8 beginning with 9.

 

8x + 9 = 1000

 

8x = 991

 

 x = 991/8 = 23 with a reminder of 7

 

counting 7 from the thumb is the pointer finger