Here are a few. 1) Days of the week 2) Players in a Netball team 3) Each number in a standard set of dominoes is represented 7 times. 4) The St Ives Problem.....As I was going to St Ives I met a man with 7 wives. Every wife had 7 sacks, and every sack had 7 cats, every cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks and wives how many were going to St Ives ?
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clowder of cats clutter of cats glaring of cats pounce of cats dout of cats (house cats) nuisance of cats (house cats) kendle of cats (kittens) kindle of cats (kittens) litter of cats (kittens) destruction of cats (wild cats)
7 girls = 14 legs. Hold that number for later. (7 girls) times (7 bags per girl) = 49 bags (49 bags) times (7 cats per bag) = 343 cats (343 cats) times (7 kittens per cat) = 2,401 kittens (343 cats) + (2,401 kittens) = 2,744 4-legged creatures (2,744 4-legged creatures) times (4 legs per creature) = 10,976 legs on the cats and kittens. Add 14 legs on the girls. Total = 10,990legs. (But I am still the only one headed for St. Ives.)
The correct answer is 29178. 26,262 is incorrect. This answer only includes the number of legs of the men and kittens. It misses the the 2912 leges of the cats. Men Cats Kittens (9 x 2) + (81 x 9 x 4) + (81 x 9 x 9 x 4)
As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kittens, Kittens, cats, sacks and wives, How many were there going to Saint Ives?
Here are a few. 1) Days of the week 2) Players in a Netball team 3) Each number in a standard set of dominoes is represented 7 times. 4) The St Ives Problem.....As I was going to St Ives I met a man with 7 wives. Every wife had 7 sacks, and every sack had 7 cats, every cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks and wives how many were going to St Ives ?
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The modern version is:As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives.Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives. How many were there going to St. Ives?
The nomal riddle answer is "one" (you). However, if you overtook them as they were headed in the same direction, the answer is 1+1(man)+3(wives)+9(cats)+27(kittens)+81(mice)+243(ticks) = 365.The original is an old English nursery rhyme :As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives Each wife had seven sacks Each sack had seven cats Each cat had seven kits Kits, cats, sacks, wives How many were going to St Ives?The answer would be 1 or 2802.
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The riddle is as follows... As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going to St. Ives? After you multiply things out for a while, you realize the answer is one. I was going to St. Ives. The other people were going in the opposite direction.
KITTENS means baby cats.So only CATS can have kittens.
clowder of cats clutter of cats glaring of cats pounce of cats dout of cats (house cats) nuisance of cats (house cats) kendle of cats (kittens) kindle of cats (kittens) litter of cats (kittens) destruction of cats (wild cats)
Cats and kittens are carnivores.
One.Only you were going to St Ives.It says "As I was going.." but intends to say that the people met were leaving St. Ives, but that is obviously not a required situation -- you could be walking alongside them.
In the Riddle of St. Ives, only one person was going to St. Ives, the person asking the riddle. All the rest were going the other way. : As I was going to St Ives : I met a man with seven wives : Each wife had seven sacks : Each sack had seven cats : Each cat had seven kits : Kits, cats, sacks, wives : How many were going to St Ives?