As I Was Going to St. Ives

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Question: 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, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

Hint: Who is going to St. Ives?

Answer: 1, the only person that is assumed to be going to St. Ives is the narrator. But the following answers can be found if looking at the question in other ambiguous ways: 2802, 2800, 0, 2, 2753, 7, and 9.

Origin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_was_going_to_St_Ives

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By: Padma on 6/2/15

Lol this one always tricks me at first, I'm like OMG HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW ALL THAT MATH?!?!? But then im like oh, right. Duh. ☺️\n
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