A Riddle
Jul 8, 2020 12:16:09 #
Jul 8, 2020 12:19:04 #
I change my answer from seven to ten because I overlooked that the monkeys had one tortoise in EACH hand.
Jul 8, 2020 12:31:51 #
Jul 8, 2020 12:32:41 #
G. Crook wrote:
The rabbit is not going to the river. He saw.....
Guess it's all in the interpretation-
"1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river.".
"While" is the key operator here.
Jul 8, 2020 12:35:50 #
Dannj wrote:
Why are you sure the rabbit was going to the river? It says: “1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river...”
which could mean the rabbit saw the elephants going to the river.
If it said: “while going to the river 1 rabbit saw 9 elephants...” then we could be sure the rabbit was going to the river.
Fun to play around with😊
which could mean the rabbit saw the elephants going to the river.
If it said: “while going to the river 1 rabbit saw 9 elephants...” then we could be sure the rabbit was going to the river.
Fun to play around with😊
Guess it's all in the interpretation-
"1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while <the rabbit was> going to the river.".
Jul 8, 2020 12:38:16 #
John_F wrote:
The riddle did not say whether the tortoises were adult (big) or newborn pets (small). So the monkeys might need two-hands to carry. So 3 monkeys could carry as many as 6 pet tortoises or as few as 3 big tortoises and any number inbetween.
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What part of "1 tortoise in each hand" was confusing?
Jul 8, 2020 12:53:51 #
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Jul 8, 2020 13:01:27 #
Jul 8, 2020 13:03:23 #
One Rude Dawg wrote:
None of them went into the river. 
...but the river was dry.
I mean levee...
Jul 8, 2020 13:21:32 #
John_F wrote:
The battle of Mathematics and English. Let’s see who can get it right
Question:
1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river. Every elephant saw 3 monkeys going to the river. Each monkey had 1 tortoise in each hand.
How many animals are going to the river?
If you win, I will delete your answer so that others can still guess .
I actually do not know the answer. You might consider telling your logic.
Question:
1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river. Every elephant saw 3 monkeys going to the river. Each monkey had 1 tortoise in each hand.
How many animals are going to the river?
If you win, I will delete your answer so that others can still guess .
I actually do not know the answer. You might consider telling your logic.
! rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river. This states that one rabbit was going to the river. The rabbit saw nine elephants while going to the river. It does not state that the elephants themselves were going to the river
Each elephant saw three monkeys going to the river. (Were they the same three monkeys? Or did each elephant see three different monkeys? ( we don't know the answer to that, so we need to assume that the elephants were together and saw the same three monkeys.) so now we have a rabbit and three monkeys at the river. The tortoise's were being carried at one point, we don't know if they were going to the river or being dropped off along the way. So all we know is that one rabbit and three monkeys were actually going to the river.
Jul 8, 2020 13:39:52 #
Jul 8, 2020 13:51:05 #
John_F wrote:
The battle of Mathematics and English. Let’s see who can get it right
Question:
1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river. Every elephant saw 3 monkeys going to the river. Each monkey had 1 tortoise in each hand.
How many animals are going to the river?
If you win, I will delete your answer so that others can still guess .
I actually do not know the answer. You might consider telling your logic.
Question:
1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river. Every elephant saw 3 monkeys going to the river. Each monkey had 1 tortoise in each hand.
How many animals are going to the river?
If you win, I will delete your answer so that others can still guess .
I actually do not know the answer. You might consider telling your logic.
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Jul 8, 2020 15:35:21 #
Jul 8, 2020 16:17:06 #
aggiedad wrote:
1. The rabbit was the only animal going.
???
"Every elephant saw 3 monkeys going to the river."
These don't count?
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