48 replies to this topic

[mattkonczal13]

My grandmother told me this when I was about 4. I knew it's really old and I thought I'd Google it to find out how old. Turns out it first appeared about 1650 b.c.

I was interested in what Wiki had to say about it as a solution and thought I'd post it.



I just love the ambiguity of language when you are trying to defend a concept.

The real answer is 10990.

[krpllpd]

The answer is one. " as I was going to St. Ives". I was the only one going to St. Ives, and I met the man with seven wives (he was obviously leaving St. Ives)

[ViZioN]

One

[Gyro]

Unless your a cat, a sack, a kitten, or a wife I would say 0.

[reggjenn]

one

[theshredder157]

it could be an infinite amount of people because it dosent say how many people are behind you

[Frost]

Spoiler for Answer

1 - You were the only one going to Saint Ives.

[Eagle]

the question does not provide enough information, we need to know if there are people ahead of you, or people behind you going to Saint Ives also, the man you passed with the seven wives, etc could be going to Saint Ives but, using a different route.

[rockinsteady]

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?

Spoiler for thats ez heheheee

one

[Vishmi]

Spoiler for Answer

Only 1. That was me.