Critical Thinking Question!

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by Ivas

How about this good ol' standard: On my way to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, each wife had seven sacks, in each sack there were seven cats and each cat had seven kits.
Altogether, how many men, wives, sacks, cats and kits were goin' to St. Ives?

there could possibly be more than one answer, as this is grammatically uncertain. The narrator said he met that group of people on HIS way to St. Ives. Nothing ever says those other people are going there as well. So the answer could be 1.

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by camaroitalia

none, u met them on the way so they could be going to anywhere, like to a brothel in vegas

you forgot about the guy going to St. Ives. lol

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by camaroitalia

none, u met them on the way so they could be going to anywhere, like to a brothel in vegas

Ah, but you forget the narrator; he IS definitely goin' to St. Ives; he says as much. So the correct response is one.

[camaroitalia]

Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro

you forgot about the guy going to St. Ives. lol

DAMN IT!!!!

[PoorMansCamaro]

but if you want the total number of people, it's 2802

[camaroitalia]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Ah, but you forget the narrator; he IS definitely goin' to St. Ives; he says as much. So the correct response is one.

i must say, u do speak good american

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by camaroitalia

i must say, u do speak good american

Whatchu' want, man? Would ya' prefer that I converse in French or Spanish? They're all the same to this one.

[camaroitalia]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Whatchu' want, man? Would ya' prefer that I converse in French or Spanish? They're all the same to this one.

no, just saying u have good vocabulary. its always fun to read what u say lol

[Berean]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Ah, but you forget the narrator; he IS definitely goin' to St. Ives; he says as much. So the correct response is one.

Was that Ivas going to St. Ives?

[Ivas]

Hmm, it kinda' sounded like one of 'dem anti-smartypants remarks with which I am so familiar... Truth is: I LIKE 'EM ALL. My thick skin has allowed me to enjoy hella insults over the years. To all the haters (obviously, present company excepted) I say, "Bring it!"

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Berean

Was that Ivas going to St. Ives?

You know the amusing part here is that I really did visit St. Ives during the 1970's; it's in England.

[camaroitalia]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Hmm, it kinda' sounded like one of 'dem anti-smartypants remarks with which I am so familiar... Truth is: I LIKE 'EM ALL. My thick skin has allowed me to enjoy hella insults over the years. To all the haters (obviously, present company excepted) I say, "Bring it!"

na i wasnt being a smart ass, sorry if it came off that way.

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by camaroitalia

na i wasnt being a smart ass, sorry if it came off that way.

Naw, bro. It's me who am the smart-ass, always have been to my eternal shame as well as fame.

[SDubATC]

Originally Posted by fielderLS3

Good job. 1000 internet points to both of you.

Did you guys use a computer/calculator, or did you actually figure it out by hand?

I did it by hand.