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Try this rhyme... As I was going to St Ives, I met a man with 7 wives Every wife had 7 sacks, Every sack had 7 cats, Every cat had 7 kits; Kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to St Ives?

  1. 1

  2. 7

  3. 8

  4. 49
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Explanation

This is a classic riddle - only one person (the narrator) was going to St Ives. Everyone mentioned (the man, wives, cats, kits) was coming FROM St Ives, not going TO it. The multiplication (7^4 = 2401 total kits/cats/sacks/wives) is a red herring.

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