Gate guardian/solution

This page gives the solution to the riddle gate guardian.

Solution

You have to consider the number of letters in the question.

• 28 - "twenty eight". Eleven letters, so the correct answer is "11"
• 16 - "sixteen". Seven letters, so the correct answer is "7".
• 10 - "ten". Three letters, so the correct answer is "3"
• 8 - "eight". Five letters, so the correct answer is "5"
• and so on.