Multiple choice general knowledge

If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the center field?

  1. 9

  2. 1

  3. 5

  4. 4

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is a classic riddle - if you combine haystacks, you get ONE large haystack, not 9 separate ones (5+4). The mathematical answer 9 is incorrect because combining physically merges the haystacks into one.