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As i was going to st ives riddle answer.

1 question as i was going to st. Kitten cats sacks wives how many were going to st. 1 the man i met. Mittens kittens and wives. Kits cats sacks and wives how many were there going to st. 2 401 343 cats times 7 kittens per cat so people sacks and cats summed up is 2 802.

As i was going to st. Two different plausible answers. As i was going to st ives roud 19772 is a traditional english language nursery rhyme in the form of a riddle. Because the narrator met all of the others mentioned in the poem this implies that they walked past each other in opposite directions and thus none of the wives sacks cats or kits was actually headed to st. As i was going to st ives i met a man with seven wives each wife had seven sacks each sack had seven cats each cat had seven kits kits cats sacks wives how many were going to st ives. 2802 2800 0 2 2753 7 and 9.

Each wife had 7 sacks. As i was going to st. Ives is the narrator. Each wife had a kitten. I was the only one going to st. But the following answers can be found if looking at the question in other ambiguous ways.

Kits cats sacks and wives how many were there going to st. Ives so only one. Who is going to st. Ives i met a man with seven wives each wife had seven sacks each sack had seven cats each cat had seven kits. Kits cats sacks and wives how many were there going to st. Assume all were going to st.

The most common modern version is. 7 their sacks. Each kitten has a pair of mittens. 343 49 sacks times 7 cats per sack kittens per cats. One person is going to st. While on my way to st.

1 the 7 wives. Ives read the first line again. If you like many think this answer is a bit silly you can assume that all the people sacks and animals mentioned were heading for st. As i was going to st. Ives i met seven wives every wife had seven sacks every sack had seven cats every cat had seven kittens kits cats sacks and wives how many are going to st. 1 you are the only one going to st.

Ives i met a man with seven wives each wife had seven sacks each sack had seven cats each cat had seven kits. 49 7 wives times 7 sacks per wife cats in sacks. Ives i met a man with 7 wives. Ives i met a man with seven wives each wife had seven sacks each sack had seven cats each cat had seven kits. Ives i saw a man with 7 wives. Each cat had 7 kittens.

In this case we would have 1 narrator 1 man 7 wives 49 sacks 343 cats.