Merely 1% Of The Population Can Solve The Riddle Of St. Ives

Even mathematicians have trouble with this riddle.

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On Mar 28, 2017

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Have you heard the St. Ives riddle?

It's been around since the 1700s. It goes like this:

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?

Here it is again.

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?

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