Friday, August 01, 2008

Man with 7 wives

Can you solve this?

A man was traveling to Tombouctou.
At the bus stop, he met a man with 7 wives.

Each wife has 12 sons and 12 daughters.
Each daughter of the man's wife had 4 sons and 7 daughters.

Each son of the man's wife had 7 sons and 4 daughters.
Each granddaughter had 4 friends.

How many people got to Tombouctou?

P/S Click on comment for answer.

6 comments:

Edgar Wong said...

Answer - 1 person.

Huh?

The moral of the story - stay focus on your objective.

The first line provided the answer.

But if you chose to be distracted by the "noises" in our life, we may never achieve our objective.

Anonymous said...

Hi Edgar,

Sometimes, there are multiple objectives to be achieved at the same time. It won't be easy to focus ya?

Edgar Wong said...

Well, we can try to prioritise and work within our resources to achieve what we want to achieve.

I ask for help from my friends too.

Smile :)

Anonymous said...

Haha..yea..i calculated all..starting was like one lump sum of figures total but stopped and classified to their different sex..haha..yea..u're right..and sadly i am one..but through this..i will learn. *Grins*
-Clara

Edgar Wong said...

Are you the same Clara who always have your dinners in class?

Anonymous said...

Yes i am..Teacher Edgar.. =) miss u sooo~ much..haha