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1. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a
man with seven wives. The seven
wives had seven sacks, each sack
was holding seven cats. Each cat had
seven mice, and each mouse had
seven grains of rice. Grains, mice,
cats, sacks and wives... how many
were going to St. Ives?
2. A woman has seven children, half
of whom are boys. How is this
possible?
3. If you were running a race and you
passed the person in second place,
what place would you be in now?
4. The word CANDY can be spelled
using just 2 letters. Can you figure out
how?
See below for solutions.
man with seven wives. The seven
wives had seven sacks, each sack
was holding seven cats. Each cat had
seven mice, and each mouse had
seven grains of rice. Grains, mice,
cats, sacks and wives... how many
were going to St. Ives?
2. A woman has seven children, half
of whom are boys. How is this
possible?
3. If you were running a race and you
passed the person in second place,
what place would you be in now?
4. The word CANDY can be spelled
using just 2 letters. Can you figure out
how?
See below for solutions.
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1. Only one was going to St. Ives -- the narrator of the story. The man with the seven
wives was just someone he met on the way.
2. The children are ALL boys. Therefore half of them are boys, as are the other half.
3. You'd be in second place, of course. The person in first place remained in front of you.
4. C and Y.
wives was just someone he met on the way.
2. The children are ALL boys. Therefore half of them are boys, as are the other half.
3. You'd be in second place, of course. The person in first place remained in front of you.
4. C and Y.
