Crazy Cows
An old farmer died and left 17 cows to his three sons. In his will, the farmer stated that his oldest son should get 1 / 2 , his middle son should get 1 / 3 , and his youngest son should get 1 / 9 of all the cows. The sons, who did not want to end up with half cows, sat for days trying to figure out how many cows each of them should get.
One day, their neighbour came by to see how they were doing after their father's death. The three sons told him their problem. After thinking for a while, the neighbour said: "I'll be right back!" He went away, and when he came back, the three sons could divide the cows according to their father's will, and in such a way that each of them got a whole number of cows.
The Riddle: What was the neighbor's solution?
The Answer: The neighbour borrowed an extra cow, to make the total number of cows 18. Then the oldest son got 1 / 2 of 18 is 9 cows, the middle son got 1 / 3 of 18 is 6 cows, and the youngest son got 1 / 9 of 18 is 2 cows. Since 9+6+2 = 17, the cows could be divided among the three brothers in such a way that the borrowed cow was left over, and could be returned to its owner.
What'd You Think?
(141 votes, average: 3.17 out of 5)
Loading ...
THIS JOKE STINKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !
ii love yu dewy and this joke was funny
what the heck is wrong with those 2 people melilahs and muscles??
They’re so stumped by the riddle they don’t even know it wasn’t a joke? It’s ok Samantha, George Carlin once said “Imagine how dumb the average person is, now imagine that half the world is dumber than them.”
I didn’t need the neighbor part to figure out this puzzle. I just found the smallest common denominator between 2, 3 and 9 (which is 18) and did the math.
I hate riddles and math
I was just thinking shoot the kids and make some cash.
this joke sucks
not a joke, but very smart. i like this one..
a good riddle and a not so good joke
Jangu you are right in only 1 way. It was a good riddle. But in 1 way you are not right. It was a good joke too! hahahahaha! This comment is from MALU. The cleverest girl from New Delhi.
Jangu you are right in only 1 way. It was a good riddle. But in 1 way you are not right. It was a good joke too! hahahahaha!
umm IT WASNT A JOKE! IT MADE SENCE THO
rubbish ! dont even make sense this is supose to be a RIDDLE not a maths test
that is gay
couldnt you just add 1+2 thats three and then add 1+3 thats four and then add 9+1 thats ten all together its 17 !!!!!!!!!
I wanna know who has the stinkin time to sit aroung and make this stuff up!!!!!!
THIS JOKE WAS HORRIBLE! WHO EVER THOUGHT OF THIS JOKE NEEDS TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF HUMOR BECAUSE IT IS RETARDED!! DUMBEST RIDDLE EVER! RIDDLES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY NOT GAY!!
i’m not sure if all quite understand that these aren’t ‘jokes’ they’re riddles hence they aren’t SUPPOSED to be funny ..
9+6+2= 17 but 9 doesn’t equal 1/2 of 17, 6 is not 1/3, and 2 is not 1/9, the problem is not solved.
even at that, 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/9 doesnt equal 100% so theres no of way of solving from the start of the riddle.
>:O
hehe.. the answer that i thought of is that we should just kill one cow LOL… =D
Cassie is right. Jokes are supposed to be funny… but riddles aren’t supposed to be funny. : )
your a dumb ass, riddles are supose to be clever not funny, they can be funny but not in this case. Tanya you suck at life.
OMFG how namy more people are goin 2 say this is “joke”omg is under riidles NOT jokes u dumb asses!!!
heheheh
Wow that was easy! gosh do the math. It’s like easier than the fruits one
This RIDDLE, SUXXXXX!!
This Is the most stupest riddle ever and the cows
That was stupid.
BTW: You spell it neighbor!
I love this riddle
I love how people think riddles are jokes. U R RETARDED. (and probably blonde)
Encourage each other to build and we’ll grow strong here; plus remember this is an international conversation before commenting on the spelling because even that, on the same word changes across borders. “Think First.” Seek your power, not by way of dominating but, in ways that strengthen your character and only good things will come to you from it.
i c…………
this was just a way of the other commenters to say that they don’t know MATHS (or maybe they hate them).
many people do!
but not me!!!
This joke BLOWS!! Its not even a joke. Its a math problem. So suck it! BIOCTH!