riddle of the week
October 26, 2006 12:01 pm audience participation, general chit chat| What’s the least number of chairs you would need around a table to seat four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons? |
solve this for your chance to win a musli bar
jenny :
Date: October 26, 2006 @ 12:04 pm
4?
ryan :
Date: October 26, 2006 @ 2:39 pm
I say 6. Because there are 2 grandfathers, their 2 sons and 2 grandsons. Unless they are all different people, in which case you would need 12 chairs. Because there would be 12 people.
Or if some of them were the same people and some weren’t you would need somewhere in between 6 and 12 chairs. Unless some sat on the floor. Or shared. Or the the chairs were benches. And then it would depend how long the benches were.
scott :
Date: October 26, 2006 @ 2:40 pm
I say 4. Being a grandfather, a father and a son are not mutually exclusive.
Jem :
Date: October 27, 2006 @ 8:15 am
I say 6 as well. And not just because I would agree with the economist…but I added it up…and proud of it!
ben :
Date: October 27, 2006 @ 8:49 am
I’m going with four also. It’s not specified in the question whether these people need to be related to each other, just that we have the right number of grandfathers, fathers and sons
Person 1 is a grandfather (logically also a father and someone’s son) = G + F + S
Person 2 is a grandfather (same deal) = G + F + S
Person 3 is a father (also someone’s son) = F + S
Person 4 is a father (also someone’s son) = F + S
Grand total = 2G + 4F + 4S
howie :
Date: October 27, 2006 @ 2:09 pm
The correct answer is 4
The four fathers two of whom could be grandfathers and are definitely sons already
howie :
Date: October 27, 2006 @ 2:11 pm
I put all the peoples names into a hat who answered 4 and the winner of the musli bar is……..Ben
well done ben, you’ll get your musli bar in the mail sometime this week.
scott :
Date: October 27, 2006 @ 3:25 pm
frickin hats!
howie :
Date: October 27, 2006 @ 3:30 pm
there will be a new riddle next week scott so settle the hell down.
i didnt actually use a hat, in the ned i used a little yellow marker cone cause there was on on my desk.
ben :
Date: October 28, 2006 @ 7:07 pm
OMG, I can’t believe it. There are so many people to thank,… I’d like to thank the 2 grandfathers, 4 fathers and 4 sons who stood still long enough for me to count and double-count them to win the prize. (I hope it’s a big enough muesli bar to share with 10 people!)