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Journey To St. Ives (Posted on 2003-05-19)

While on my way 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?

See The Solution Submitted by Ravi Raja

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2 much math

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Posted by seth on 2004-06-01 15:24:56

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