An old nursery rhyme goes as follows:?

Question

"As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks; every sack had seven cats; and every cat had seven kitts. Kitts, cats, sacks, wives, how many were going to St. Ives?"

Not counting the narrator himself, how many were going to St. Ives

Answer 1

other than the narrator, nobody. zer0. all those other ppl are ppl he just met on the way, not neccessarily going to st. ives.

Answer 2

Not counting the narrator, zero. If the narrator met the other going to St. Ives, that means the other man was leaving St. Ives. That means the only person going to St. Ives is the narrator, and since you said not to count him, that means zero people were going to St. Ives.

Answer 3

1--the narrator is the only one "going to St. Ives." All the others he met along the way.

Answer 4

This is a logic question. The accepted answer here in the UK is 'ONE'; i.e. the man he met being the one.

However, the line 'I met a man with seven wives' is confusing. Did he met a man who had seven wives (but they were not with him) or were they accompanying him.

St. Ives is a lovely place - covered with cats though.

Answer 5

One

Answer 6

Since the narrator was the only one going, and you say not to count him, none.

Answer 7

beside the narrator ... 0. he was goin to St. Ives!

Answer 8

none
the narrator didnot take them with himself
he just met then in the way

Answer 9

That would be a goose egg, a "0".

Answer 10

1 guy