Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 A mother just came back from the market. Child : Mum, how many fishes you have bought today? Mother : Well, I have bought six fishes without head, nine fishes without tail and eight fishes with half of the body. Child : Wow! Question: If a complete fish is considered to have head, body and tail. How many fishes did the mother buy? Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 How many fishes or how many complete fishes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 10 if you add the parts together, or 0 if you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 10 if you add the parts together, or 0 if you don't. you have posted 3 answers and I would say one of them is correct but please explain why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Greetings, Without clarification on the fish the mother said she bought, it is difficult to be sure which answer is correct, but here are my two options: 14. If the descriptions are separate, then you get 12 body halves and 6 tails from the first batch, 9 heads and 18 body halves from the second batch and 8 heads, tails and body halves from the final batch. This gives 14 tails, 17 heads and 38 body halves (19 pairs of body halves) which could be combined into 14 complete fish with parts left over. 0. If the categories are not separate, then it could be that the six fish without heads also have no tails and are missing half their body. Two of the three remaining fish without tails could also be missing half their body. This would give you 6 fish with half a body each (but no head or tail), 2 fish with half a body and a head (but no tails) and one fish with a head and a complete body (but no tail). Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Well, I would say this is a riddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 A mother just came back from the market. Child : Mum, how many fishes you have bought today? Mother : Well, I have bought six without head, nine without tail and eight with half of the body. Child : Wow! Question: How many fishes did the mother buy? Have fun! I just make some changes. Hope you can got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 (edited) 8 because eight have half the body but can have the other half too to make 8 full fishes. the other 6 and 9 dont countif you dont stick halves together to make wholes)[/ 9: six without head or tail and 3 without tail but have head and rest of body. (if you dont stick halves together to make wholes) 17 (if u cant add up) edit: added "if u dont stick halves together to make wholes" Edited July 2, 2008 by lemonymelon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Question... Are the "Halves" just bodies. or do they also have half a head and half a tail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 23 - The actual question is how many fish did mum buy? ie 6, 9 & 8. Everything else including the complete fish bit is just to throw you off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 9 fishes, all of which have no tails, 8 of which have only half a body, and 6 of which have no head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Well, illustration is needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) Main article: Fish anatomy The anatomy of Lampanyctodes hectoris (1) - operculum (gill cover), (2) - lateral line, (3) - dorsal fin, (4) - fat fin, (5) - caudal peduncle, (6) - caudal fin, (7) - anal fin, (8) - photophores, (9) - pelvic fins (paired), (10) - pectoral fins (paired)[/codebox][spoiler=illustrated]Main article: Fish anatomy The anatomy of Lampanyctodes hectoris (1) - operculum (gill cover), (2) - lateral line, (3) - dorsal fin, (4) - fat fin, (5) - caudal peduncle, (6) - caudal fin, (7) - anal fin, (8) - photophores, (9) - pelvic fins (paired), (10) - pectoral fins (paired)[/spoiler] Edited July 3, 2008 by akaslickster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Fishes! Fishes is a verb. Fish (the noun) is the singular and the plural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) Fishes! Fishes is a verb. Fish (the noun) is the singular and the plural. Okay, okay, So I change the title to be "Number of Fish" ok? I am not that good in English. By the way, thanks akaslickster for widen the screen. Edited July 3, 2008 by woon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Okay, okay, So I change the title to be "Number of Fish" ok? I am not that good in English. By the way, thanks akaslickster for widen the screen. :DMuch obliged, anytime. Anyone could do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 So with the wider screen can you see how many fish there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 13 fish?So with the wider screen can you see how many fish there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 13 fish? Nope! How about I give the answer and let everyone guess why? <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Nope! How about I give the answer and let everyone guess why? <_<Naw, that would spoil the fun, and in a few hours the bunch will return and get it if it's not too difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 0, because '6' without the top is '0', '9'without the bottom is '0' and '8' is made out of 2 '0's, therefore if you half it it would be 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 the answer would be 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Mother : Well, I have bought six fishes without head, nine fishes without tail and eight fishes with half of the body. Have fun! what happens when you leave the door open and let the cat in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 0, because '6' without the top is '0', '9'without the bottom is '0' and '8' is made out of 2 '0's, therefore if you half it it would be 0 Bingo. Nice Job zuozhu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A mother just came back from the market.
Child : Mum, how many fishes you have bought today?
Mother : Well, I have bought six fishes without head, nine fishes without tail and eight fishes with half of the body.
Child : Wow!
Question: If a complete fish is considered to have head, body and tail. How many fishes did the mother buy?
Have fun!
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