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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?

Submitted by Ravi Raja

Rating: 2.4000 (15 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Only one person (that is ME) was going so St. Ives, which becomes obvious from the meaning of the word "MET".
(You meet someone when you both are travelling in opposite directions. So when I was going to St. Ives, everyone whom I met were coming from the opposite direction, that is from St. Ives and so were not going there).

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2007-03-18 03:34:36
Mwa	bookworm	2006-05-29 18:39:07
from a movie	Polean	2006-03-29 18:31:23
No Subject	ashleigh	2006-03-20 09:41:14
No Subject	ashleigh	2006-03-20 09:41:14
No Subject	ashleigh	2006-03-20 09:41:11
re: Heard ths a while ago	Kerffddg	2006-03-02 14:49:57
Heard ths a while ago	Kerffddg	2006-03-02 14:48:53
an old one	Mish	2006-01-13 21:19:40
The answer is....	Kathy	2005-07-26 11:35:20
easy	Myles Morrone	2005-07-11 23:51:34
consider the following	Jen	2005-07-11 19:44:21
i know this one	sherly	2005-05-09 20:47:38
solution	Jeff	2005-03-01 02:57:45
The alternate solution(s)	Dave	2005-01-19 16:24:11
straight from die hard with a vengance	Mat	2004-08-11 12:48:04
2 much math	seth	2004-06-01 15:24:56
I know I know	justin	2004-05-07 16:11:43
Ravi Raja...	logischer Verstand	2004-05-01 19:40:28
Answer	logischer Verstand	2004-05-01 19:37:50
re(3): Well	Mea	2004-04-07 10:38:39
re(2): Well	Mea	2004-04-07 10:33:11
No Subject	Stephanie	2004-04-06 08:53:43
only one	Billy Bob	2004-04-04 11:45:45
where are they going?	maeve	2004-02-22 21:58:39
Almost confusing	Ashley	2004-01-30 11:11:38
Hey	Ashira	2003-09-27 15:55:25
possibly...	dorkdork	2003-07-29 08:39:17
i got it	me	2003-06-02 02:25:12
Most likely Answer	Jayaram S	2003-05-23 00:41:46
No Subject	Jason	2003-05-22 09:41:22
re: All possible solutions	calla tah-n	2003-05-19 20:40:27
re: The version I heard	DJ	2003-05-19 18:44:13
The version I heard	Gamer	2003-05-19 10:18:27
re: All possible solutions	Gamer	2003-05-19 10:16:35
All possible solutions	Hank	2003-05-19 10:02:15
thee answer	tony	2003-05-19 06:54:19
The solution (hehe)	Alpha Tiger	2003-05-19 04:20:52
Well...	Hank	2003-05-19 03:44:27
re: Well	Gamer	2003-05-19 01:55:21
Well	DJ	2003-05-19 01:53:24
Solution	DuCk	2003-05-19 01:53:02
I know it!!!	Tim Axoy	2003-05-19 01:52:58

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