SOLUTION: 5.Solve this children’s rhyme: As I was going St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives; Every wife had seven sacks; Every sack had seven cats; Every cat had seven kits; K

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Question 952408: 5.Solve this children’s rhyme:
As I was going St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks;
Every sack had seven cats;
Every cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. lives.?

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As I was going St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;-> I met them, nothing says they join me
Every wife had seven sacks;->....not important
Every sack had seven cats;->....not important
Every cat had seven kits;->....not important
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,->....not important
How+many+were+going to St. lives.?
answer is: only one