5 men and a monkey picked nuts all day, scooped the nuts into a single pile and went to bed.
During the night 1 man got up, divided the nuts into 5 even piles but there was 1 nut left over which he gave to the monkey. He kept 1 pile for himself and scooped the remaining 4 piles back together and returned to bed. Later on a second man got up, divided the nuts into 5 even piles and again there was 1 nut left over which he gave to the monkey. He also kept one pile for himself, scooped the remaining 4 piles together and went back to bed.
Similarly during the night each of the remaining men (3, 4 and 5) got up one by one and divided the nuts into 5 even piles, each time there was 1 nut left over which he gave to the monkey, kept 1 pile for himself and scooped the remaining 4 piles together and went back to bed.
In the morning they all got up, divided the nuts into 5 even piles, once again there was 1 nut left over which they gave to the monkey, took 1 pile each and went home.
2006-07-09
07:02:29
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