PUZZLES   to Puzzle You

                                                                        Amusement is one of the fields of applied mathematics   -- W.F.White

       Mathematics is not always hard,mind-boggling stuff. It can also be  simple, interesting and delightful. You will find           adventure,and excitement   in solving the puzzles and experience enormous intellectual entertainment.

 Hello Friends,

Let us have some fun with Maths.

    Reasoning
 

How Many Were Going To Saint Ives?
This is a very old rhyming riddle. See if you can answer it by reading and thinking very carefully.
As I was going to Saint Ives,
I crossed the path of seven wives.
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kittens,
Kittens, cats, sacks, wives,
How many were going to Saint Ives?





      Lateral Thinking

Crossing the River
Jake was standing on one side of the river, and his dog Scruffy was standing on the other side. "Come on Scruffy, come, boy!" shouted Jake. Scruffy crossed the river, ran to Jake, and got a treat for being a good dog. The amazing thing was that Scruffy didn't even get wet! How did Scruffy do that?

ANSWERS

1.    Only one person was going to Saint Ives.
       If he or she crossed the path of the seven wives, then the kittens, cats, sacks, and wives were all going in a different direction!

(If everyone was going in the same direction, however, the answer would be 2,801 — 7 wives, 49 sacks, 343 cats, and 2,401 kittens equal 2,800. Then you have to add one more for the person speaking the words of the riddle.)
 

2    There are two possible answers:
      The river was frozen.
       There was a bridge over the river, and Scruffy crossed the bridge.