On My Way To Saint Ives
On my way to Saint Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits, (kittens)
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to Saint Ives?
The answer is 1.
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1 solution
No math required, you just saw these people. It never said they were going to Saint Ives. Only you are. That equals ‘one’.