A woman was carrying a basket full of eggs in a market. A soldier’s horse hit her and all her eggs broke. She demanded compensation; soldier agreed and said he will pay only if woman could tell the exact number of eggs in her basket.
The illiterate woman said
“I cannot count but when I draw two two eggs, I was left with one egg in the basket.
Similarly if I remove 3-3 eggs, I am left with 1.
If I remove 4-4 eggs, am left with 1.
If I draw 5-5 eggs, am again left with 1.
If I draw 6-6 eggs, am left with one egg in the basket.
But when I draw 7-7 eggs my basket is empty."
The Soldier compensated her for the minimum number of eggs in the basket.
How many eggs were in the basket?
Please send your answers to abeldraj@gmail.com before 6.00 P.M. on Saturday,the 10th of May.
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4 comments:
Kindly note that there could be multiple answers,but nobody will like to pay compensation for higher numbers.
She must be a very strong lady to carry 721 eggs in the basket.. feel sorry for the soldier she would have smashed his head in haha
Hi Tiger,
The lady was not too strong to carry 721 eggs and the soldier was not rich enough to pay a compensation for higher numbers.Try again Tiger.
The number of eggs in the basket were 301.There will be multiple answer to this riddle..301,721,1141,1561....so on.Congrats Tiger u got the nearest one.
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