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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 each kit had seven mice how many were going to st.ives?
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∙ 14y ago
How many answers can you get from this? ONE PERSON was going to St. Ives, that was YOU.
The correct answer is ONE. You are the person going to Saint Ives. The fact that they use the term "you MET" a man, indicates he must be traveling in the opposite direction. If you had overtaken the man while he was on his way to Saint Ives then they would have said, you either "saw a man" or " caught up with a man", not "met". For two entities to "meet" they must be traveling in the opposite direction.
That leaves YOU, you were going to Saint Ives, you and you ALONE.. so yes the answer is ONE!
Plain and simple, why is this made so complicated. The original riddle was that on the way to Saint Ives, You met a man with 7 wives, etc etc. The original implied that you "met" the man, if you had caught up with the man, then the term would have been different. Back when the riddle was written the term "MET" meant that the person you "met" was obviously traveling the opposite direction, you were going to Saint Ives, the man was traveling in the opposite direction of you when you "met" him. Leaving only ONE possible solution. 1 person was going to Saint Ives, YOU, the man was NOT going to Saint Ives but rather traveling in the opposite direction.
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The answer is 1, because only YOU are going to St. Ives. You just met a man, but that doesn't mean he's going to St. Ives.
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As you were going to stives you met a man with 7wives each wife had 7sacks each sack had 7 cats each cat had 7kits kits cats sacks wives how many are going to stives?
2401, not counting you or the man--haydenwho no acctually it was 1. he met them when he was going not coming.
In the Nursery Rhyme As I was going to st. ives the narrator met a man with several what?
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?
In the nursery rhymeAs you were going to St.Ives the narrator met a man with several what?
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?
How many were going to St Ives?
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?
As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives every wife had seven sacks every sack had seven cats every cat had seven kits Kits cats sacks wives How many were going to St. Ives?
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.
7 WOMAN 7 BAGS 7 cats?
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.
As i was going to St. Ives i meet a man with 7 wives each wife had 7 sacks each sack had 7 cats each cat had 7 kits kits cats sacks and wives how many was going to St. Ives?
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On your way to St Ives you met a man with 3 wives - each wife had 3 cats each cat had 3 kits each kit had 3 mice and each mouse had 3 ticks How many were 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.
What is the answer to the phone number riddle in Die Hard 3?
The answer is 555-0001.The riddle is that the phone number is 555, followed by the answer to the riddle from "As I was going to St. Ives". The riddle is designed to have you multiplying and adding powers of 7 (seven wives, seven sacks, seven cats, seven kittens). The actual answer is that only ONE (the speaker, I) is going to St. Ives, while all the rest are coming from there.
What are 3 things that come in groups of 7?
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 ?
How many wives did Muhammad Ali have?
He had four wives.
If a man has seven wives does that make the wives wives with each other?
The wives are not wives with each other. They are just married to the same man.
